Bathroom Fitters in Derby
Bathroom fitting across Derby, from the long back bathrooms of the Victorian terraces to the family bathrooms of the semis in Allestree, Littleover and Mickleover. Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens designs the room with you and fits it with its own plumbers, electricians, plasterers, tilers and joiners, for a fixed written price agreed after a survey.
- Est. 30+ years' trade experience
- NVQ Level 3 Carpentry & Joinery
- Fully insured
- All trades in-house
- Rated 5.0 on Google (6 reviews)
- Distance from us
- about twenty-six miles — around fifty minutes by road
- Survey usually within
- a week or so
- Travel charge
- None anywhere inside our 30-mile radius
- Trades on the job
- All ours — no subcontractors
How Do We Approach Bathroom Installation in Derby?
A new bathroom in Derby usually starts with one of two rooms. In the terraces of Normanton, Pear Tree and Rose Hill it is the bathroom over the kitchen in the rear outrigger: long, narrow, one window at the end, and a waste pipe that runs the length of the house to reach the stack. In the interwar and post-war semis further out it is a small bathroom at the top of the stairs with the WC in its own cubicle next door. Both can be made into a room that works properly, and both need looking at before anyone can tell you honestly what that will involve.
As bathroom fitters coming to Derby from Creswell, about fifty minutes away, we offer a free design consultation and survey first, then give you a fixed written price that already includes the plastering, electrics, tiling and making good. There is no travel charge anywhere in our thirty-mile radius, and because every trade is ours the job runs as one continuous programme: most complete bathrooms take seven to twelve working days from strip-out to handover.
What Do Derby Bathrooms Usually Need?
The rear-outrigger bathroom in a Victorian terrace is a matter of shape. A room roughly two metres wide and three or more long needs fittings chosen for it rather than for a showroom: a shorter bath or a walk-in shower across the end wall, a wall-hung basin to keep the floor clear, a heated towel rail where a radiator would block the walkway, and boxing that hides the pipework without stealing width. The plaster behind the old tiles is often blown and the floor rarely level, so both are put right before anything new goes on.
In the semis of Allestree, Chaddesden, Littleover and Alvaston the most common job is joining the bathroom and the separate WC into one room. The stud wall between them comes out, the toilet and basin are repositioned, the waste and supplies are re-run, and the space is plastered and tiled as one room. If the dividing wall turns out to carry anything, we say so at the survey and price it properly, rather than finding out halfway through.
On the newer estates such as Oakwood the bathrooms are squarer and the work is usually an upgrade: a proper walk-in shower in place of the builder's cubicle, better tiling, underfloor heating, and an extractor fan ducted outside that actually clears the steam. En suites in the main bedroom are a regular request in these houses too.
What are we asked for most?
- Rear-outrigger bathrooms in the Normanton, Pear Tree and Rose Hill terraces, with fittings and boxing chosen for a long, narrow room
- Bathroom-and-WC knock-throughs in the Allestree, Chaddesden, Littleover and Alvaston semis
- Walk-in showers, wet rooms and easier-access bathrooms, with the floor and tanking done properly
- En suites and upgrades to builder-standard bathrooms on the newer estates
What Does Our Bathroom Installation Include?
Every bathroom installation job Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens takes on covers all 10 parts of the work, from strip-out and first fix to making good and the final clean, carried out by one in-house team of seven trades. See the full list of what is included.
What does a bathroom installation in Derby include?
A complete bathroom installation by Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens covers the strip-out and removal of the old suite, first-fix plumbing and electrics, plastering and boarding, tanking in the shower area, wall and floor tiling, fitting the suite, taps, shower and towel rail, second fix, and the final clean. Everything is done by our own team and listed in the written quote, including what is not included, so nothing is added once the room is stripped.
How long does a new bathroom take to fit?
Most complete bathrooms take Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens seven to twelve working days from strip-out to handover. A like-for-like replacement in the same layout sits at the shorter end; a knock-through, a wet room or a terrace bathroom where the walls and floor need rebuilding sits at the longer end. You get the programme with the quote, and because there is no waiting for outside trades it tends to hold.
Can we choose the suite and tiles ourselves?
Yes. Plenty of Derby clients choose their own suite, tiles and products from a showroom or online, and we install them with the same attention to detail as a bathroom we supply. Tell us what you are considering before you order and we will check the shower tray, waste and tap specifications against your room, because some combinations cause problems in particular layouts. Or Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens can supply the whole bathroom for you.
Which building regulations apply to a bathroom?
A like-for-like bathroom replacement does not usually need building control approval. A new electrical circuit, such as one for an electric shower, comes under Part P, new drainage under Part H, and the extractor fan under Part F, and any gas work must be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Derby City Council handles building control if the local authority route is used, and we confirm at the survey which parts of your job are notifiable.
What Else Might You Need?
Where Else Near Derby Do We Fit Bathrooms?
- Belper — about twenty miles from Creswell, Derbyshire
- Ilkeston — about twenty-one miles from Creswell, Derbyshire
- Alfreton — about thirteen miles from Creswell, Derbyshire
- Nottingham — about twenty-two miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
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