Hello.

Can anyone recommend a decent white bathroom suite not much more than
=A3300?

Screwfix seem to do some reasonable ones, e.g. the "Avenue Suite" but
it's difficult to tell from the photos on the website.
Likewise B&Q do a "Madrid Bathroom Suite" which seems to fit the bill.

Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a steel
bath instead of the acrylic one. My concern is the taps provided. I'd
rather not have to worry about buying replacements down the line.

Thanks very much.

Ed.

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Ed_Zep wrote:

Hello.

Can anyone recommend a decent white bathroom suite not much more than
£300?

Screwfix seem to do some reasonable ones, e.g. the "Avenue Suite" but
it's difficult to tell from the photos on the website.
Likewise B&Q do a "Madrid Bathroom Suite" which seems to fit the bill.

Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a
steel bath instead of the acrylic one. My concern is the taps
provided. I'd rather not have to worry about buying replacements down
the line.

Thanks very much.

Ed.

I have recently converted part of my garage into a down-stairs bathroom for
my 95-year-old father-in-law who has moved in with us. We bought a
"Chamomile" Suite from Focus - the list price is £229 for the steel bath
variety. The important bits are good and solid - and very good value (even
better if you're over 60 and buy it on a Tuesday). The taps are chrome -
separate hot and cold (not mixer) but are perfectly ok. However, the plastic
basin and bath wastes are rubbish - so I replaced both with decent ones but
that only added a few quid. Also the side panel for the bath is very flimsy.
I mounted the bath a bit higher than standard anyway - so the side panel
wouldn't have been any good - and I made my own side and end panels out of a
sheet of material* which Focus gave me.

* We were looking in the racks of MDF and conti-board for something suitable
to make the side and end panels out of, and came across what looked like a
large sheet of laminate flooring - about 9' x 2' x 8mm (pardon the mixed
units!)without any identication or bar codes on it. We took it to Customer
Services to ask what it was and how much it was - only to be told "It's a
piece of packing which came with some worktops. It's due to be chucked in a
skip. If you want it, you can have it for nothing". It was absolutely ideal.
If anyone is interested, I will post a photo of the finished job tomorrow.
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Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a steel
bath instead of the acrylic one.

Too right. I wouldn't touch the plastic one. The steel baths are so much
better, and cheaper too!

My concern is the taps provided. I'd rather not have to worry about
buying replacements down the line.

I wouldn't dream of using the taps that come with the suite. They're just
1.99 specials thrown in to make the deal look complete. Buy a suite and then
buy the taps. Throw the toy ones away. I would also usually buy new wastes,
too. A proper chromed metal pop up bath waste with rotating control knob on
the overflow is much nicer than the 99p plastic one with black plastic plug
that is usually provided.

Christian.

The screwfix one is pretty good, for a basic suite bought some designer taps
from them as well at £50 each (Bath and Baisn) and they ended up doubling
the order so if you wanted the taps would send them to you for £50

Ed_Zep wrote:

Hello.

Can anyone recommend a decent white bathroom suite not much more than
£300?

Screwfix seem to do some reasonable ones, e.g. the "Avenue Suite" but
it's difficult to tell from the photos on the website.
Likewise B&Q do a "Madrid Bathroom Suite" which seems to fit the bill.

Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a steel
bath instead of the acrylic one. My concern is the taps provided. I'd
rather not have to worry about buying replacements down the line.

Thanks very much.

Ed.


No specific names ffor you, but cheap loos and baths work well. Pay
money for taps, loo flushing mechanisms, and tiles as the first two are
a pain when they drip and the second make the room look expensive even
when it ain't.

When using cheap acrylic baths, turn uside down and use bits of wood and
fiberglass or car body filler to stiffen them up before installing, and
to make more useable instalation points for e.g. the nice wooden bath
panels you want to make...

A bit of DIY and nice tiles round a really chape set of china can make a
room look very special indeed.

Ed_Zep wrote:

Hello.

Can anyone recommend a decent white bathroom suite not much more than
£300?

Screwfix seem to do some reasonable ones, e.g. the "Avenue Suite" but
it's difficult to tell from the photos on the website.
Likewise B&Q do a "Madrid Bathroom Suite" which seems to fit the bill.

Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a steel
bath instead of the acrylic one. My concern is the taps provided. I'd
rather not have to worry about buying replacements down the line.

I'd definitely go for a steel rather than plastic bath (unless you were
spending many 100s of £££ on a good plastic one, which you're not). The
best price I find is under £100 inc VAT for a Twyfords at my local Travis
Perkins. Our local PTS has also for some time had a reasonable offer on a
bog & basin. So try your local merchants.

Christian McArdle wrote:

Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations. I'm happy with a steel
bath instead of the acrylic one.

Too right. I wouldn't touch the plastic one. The steel baths are so much
better, and cheaper too!

My concern is the taps provided. I'd rather not have to worry about
buying replacements down the line.

I wouldn't dream of using the taps that come with the suite. They're just
1.99 specials thrown in to make the deal look complete. Buy a suite and
then buy the taps. Throw the toy ones away. I would also usually buy new
wastes, too. A proper chromed metal pop up bath waste with rotating
control knob on the overflow is much nicer than the 99p plastic one with
black plastic plug that is usually provided.

Some of Toolstation's wastes are very nice solid brass things at cheap
pressed-tin prices. Can't remember if their plug&chain bath waste is, but
their pop-up is OK.

I bought a Madrid Suite from B&Q - and am very pleased with it. I did replace the waste - which cost £25, but apart from that I have used all the standard fittings, which whilst is a bit flimsy. looks very nice indeed. I replaced the bath taps with a mixer and shower attachment (bought on ebay) which matches the Swan neck of the basin tap). Although it is very plain, everyone has commented on how nice it looks - I do like the shape of the basin and the cistern. Finally, I will get round to replacing the loo seat which is a bit flimsy but has not been a problem so far......

Thanks everyone for the responses.

Ed.

Can anyone recommend a decent white bathroom suite not much more than
=A3300?

Screwfix seem to do some reasonable ones, e.g. the "Avenue Suite" but
it's difficult to tell from the photos on the website.
Likewise B&Q do a "Madrid Bathroom Suite" which seems to fit the
bill.



The cheap bathroom suites offered by the sheds all seem to offer a
"push button" bog flushing mechanism (excuse my use of technical
jargon).

I imagine that such a mechanism would be flimsier and less reliable
than an old-fashioned lever flush.
However, push-buttons seem to be popular on the continent. So maybe I
am wrong in my assumption...

Bruce

In article .com,
wrote:
The cheap bathroom suites offered by the sheds all seem to offer
a "push button" bog flushing mechanism (excuse my use of technical
jargon).

I imagine that such a mechanism would be flimsier and less
reliable than an old-fashioned lever flush.
However, push-buttons seem to be popular on the continent. So
maybe I am wrong in my assumption...

The one on my new B&Q WC seems OK save that to remove the cistern
lid you need to unscrew a chrome ring that affords almost no grip -
I can see that if not disturbed for a few years it could end up
unmoveable. The plus is that you get a fairly intuitive short/long
flush (no pull and hold), also you don't need an overflow.

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