On the third floor of this prestigious development lies our homeowners apartment.  We were invited to provide a design, specification and formal quote to replace the existing poorly chosen and designed bathroom after another bathroom installation company "disappeared".

Our brief was a wet room or similar with clean lines, stylish in appearance.

We suggested to build the back wall out since we already had to conceal the soil pipe running in the casing on the right hand side of the room seen in some of the before pictures.  This could not be moved or sunken as it serves each of the flats on all 3 floors so the only way to make it seem invisible was our suggestion.

For a showering solution, we suggested installing a colossal Matki Walk In Enclosure which is 1200 * 900mm (4' * 3') with 30cm/12" deluge rain head and separate riser kit with diverter valve.  We suggested constructing a step alongside the low profile tray to allow water splashed from the tray to run back in.

For the sanitary-ware we suggested a wall hung basin, oval in shape with no tap holes which was complemented with a wall mounted mixer tap and a concealed cistern WC with back to wall floor standing pan helped with the clean lines.  Because this shape of basin was not available with no tap holes we recessed the tap plinth/mounting section of the basin into the wall, giving the impression that the oval is hanging from nowhere.

So as not to waste the space of the built out wall, we suggested for storage that we "build in" a mirrored door cabinet - 1000 * 750mm in size with 3 doors provides plenty of space.  Above the WC we created a lit, tiled recess which can be used for decoration or shelved if need be.

Lastly, electric under-tile heating was specified to heat the room.

AWI designed, specified, supplied and installed this bathroom.

From start to finish the job included:

• Removal of the existing suite, wall & floor coverings
• Demolition of the old shower enclosure
• Construction of the new false stud wall including framing for the cabinet recess and tiled recess
• Framing out of the angled corner in the room to allow it to be more usable to back a cabinet onto in the future (the original corner had a 45degree slope of approximately 4"/100mm - we increased this to 12"/30cm)
• Installation of the WC frame and basin frame including concealed WC cistern
• Installation of PVC ceiling cladding
• Re-wiring to split the lighting into two separately switched banks of 3 spotlights; installation of 6 * IPx4 35W SELV spotlights; installation of 2 * LED lights to the recess; provision of a supply for the electric under-floor heating
• Re-plumbing as required to support the new layout
• Installation of the shower tray
• Construction of a step with a fall/slope to allow water to run back into the tray
• Tanking/water-proofing of the whole shower area
• Walls fully tiled (large format ceramic tiles) including two feature strips of mini-bloc mosaic tiles which were separately grouted in charcoal
• Floor fully tiled (porcelain tiles) including the step area
• Installation of the new bathroom suite including walk-in shower enclosure, thermostatic shower with 12"/30cm deluge head and separate riser kit, basin, WC, cabinet and accessories