Bathroom Fitters in Nottingham
Bathroom fitting across Nottingham, from the Victorian terraces near the centre to the semis on the city's northern side. We plan, supply and fit the whole room with one team covering the plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and joinery, for a fixed written price agreed after we have seen it.
- 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-two miles — around forty-five 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 Nottingham?
A lot of Nottingham bathrooms were never planned as bathrooms. In the terraced streets of Sherwood, Carrington, Forest Fields and Lenton, the bathroom was usually added to the rear outrigger long after the house was built, squeezed in behind the kitchen or taken out of a back bedroom. The pipes went wherever was easiest at the time, and every refit since has added another layer. So replacing a bathroom on those streets tends to raise questions about the floor, the waste run and the wall behind the old tiles well before anyone gets to choosing a basin.
Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens works from Creswell, around forty-five minutes north of the city down the A60, or through Mansfield and along the A611. Nottingham sits inside our thirty-mile radius, so there is no travel charge, whether you need a new toilet and basin or a full strip-out back to brick. You get a fixed price after a survey and a firm start date with the quote, and because every trade is on our own team, nothing stops between first fix and handover while someone waits for an outside contractor.
What Bathrooms Do We Find Behind Nottingham Front Doors?
The outrigger bathroom is the one we are asked about most. It is long and narrow, usually has a window on one side only, and at least one wall is exposed to the weather on two faces, so it is often the coldest room in the house. The bath normally runs along the long wall because nothing else would fit when the room was first made. When the floor comes up anyway, it is worth asking whether a walk-in shower, a shorter bath or a different arrangement of the toilet and basin would use the length better. We draw it out at the survey so you can compare before committing.
Across the northern suburbs, Arnold, Bestwood and the streets running up towards Hucknall, the interwar and post-war semis bring a different set of questions. The bathroom sits at the top of the stairs, some houses still have a separate toilet next door to it, and there is often an airing cupboard holding a hot-water cylinder that may or may not still be needed. Bringing the toilet into the bathroom, or reclaiming the cupboard space where the heating allows, can make a small room feel much less cramped without moving any outside wall.
Then there are the larger houses, including those in conservation areas such as The Park and Mapperley Park. Inside the room, the work is much the same as anywhere else. What needs more thought is anything that shows on the outside, like a new extractor outlet or a soil pipe on a visible wall, so we settle those routes at the survey rather than improvising on the day. Building control depends on the address too: many homes with a Nottingham postcode are in Gedling, Rushcliffe or Broxtowe rather than the City, and we confirm which applies before we quote.
What are we asked for most?
- Outrigger bathrooms in the Victorian terraces stripped back and replanned, not just re-tiled
- Separate toilets joined to the bathroom in interwar and post-war semis where the wall allows
- Walk-in showers and shower rooms in place of a bath that no one uses
- Extract and soil routes agreed at survey for houses in conservation areas
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.
Which trades does a Nottingham bathroom need, and who supplies them?
Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens supplies all five trades a Nottingham bathroom needs — plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and joinery — from its own team, under one written quote. A bathroom involves more trades than any other room: the electrician wires the lighting and extraction, the joiner builds the boxing and panels, and everything has to happen in the right order. Because they all work for us, the quote covers the whole room and one person is answerable for how it turns out.
How long does a bathroom take, and when can you start?
Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens fits a full Nottingham bathroom in seven to twelve working days from strip-out to handover, and gives a firm start date with the quote. A straight swap in the same layout sits nearer the lower end. We also tell you which days you will be without a working toilet or shower, so the household can plan for them.
Do you build wet rooms in Nottingham?
Yes: Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens builds fully tanked wet rooms in Nottingham where the floor can be laid to a fall towards the drain, and fits low-tray walk-in showers where it cannot. In an outrigger with a timber floor, the joists are checked and the floor is reinforced and formed to the fall before it is waterproofed. In a semi with a concrete ground floor the question is usually the waste route instead. Either way, we tell you at the survey which is realistic in your room.
Can you add an en suite to a Nottingham house?
Often, yes: Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens fits en suites into box rooms, the corner of a large bedroom or the space over the stairs in Nottingham semis and terraces, as long as the waste can reach the soil stack with a proper fall. An en suite also needs an extractor ducted to the outside; in a conservation area such as The Park or Mapperley Park, where that outlet appears on the wall matters, so we agree the route before quoting. Doing it alongside the main bathroom keeps the disruption to one stretch.
Will you come out for a leaking shower tray or a toilet swap?
Yes: Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens takes on small Nottingham bathroom jobs with no travel charge, from a shower tray that has started leaking to a single toilet, a basin and vanity swap or a cracked wall of tiles. Not every enquiry is a full refit, and it does not need to be. We still come and look first, because a leak usually has a cause that needs seeing before it can be priced.
What Else Might You Need?
Which Official Guidance Applies?
- GOV.UK: Approved Document P, electrical safety (bathroom zones)
- GOV.UK: Approved Document F, bathroom and en suite extraction
- GOV.UK: Approved Document G, sanitation, hot water and water efficiency
- GOV.UK: Approved Document H, drainage and soil connections
- Nottingham City Council: building control (city addresses)
Where Else Near Nottingham Do We Fit Bathrooms?
- Hucknall — about sixteen miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
- Southwell — about fifteen miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield — about thirteen miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
- Mansfield — about nine miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
- Sutton-in-Ashfield — about twelve miles from Creswell, Nottinghamshire
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Bathroom Installation in Nottingham: Questions We Get Asked
Do you take on small bathroom jobs in Nottingham, or only full refits?
How long will our Nottingham bathroom be out of action?
Can the bath in our terrace outrigger be replaced with a walk-in shower?
Our postcode says Nottingham but we are in Gedling. Does that change anything?
Is there an extra charge for coming to Nottingham from Creswell?
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