Bathroom renovations

D3V!L · 24-02-2021 3:40pm #1

Can anyone give a rough idea of the price of a complete bathroom renovation for a bathroom in a 3 bedroom semi-d ? Also the same with an en-suite.

First company I spoke to gave me the price of just under 20k for a basic set up which I thought was off the wall.

Sleeper12 · 24-02-2021 3:47pm

Plumbing Forum might be a better place to ask

kieran26 · 24-02-2021 4:52pm

I'm currently doing an ensuite in a bungalow in Co. Galway at the minute. 3.2m x1.2m tiled floor to ceiling. there was no ensuite there before so no removal of old units or tiles

Tiler €1200 + vat
Tiles €800
Sanitary Wear, Shower tray door, shower, vanity unit, toilet radiator and mirror €2000-2500.
plumber €200ish
electrician €200 wiring already chased and ran previously just need to terminate 2 exiting sockets and hook up shaving light and shower. I have another little job for him to do while he's in the house too.
Connecting to existing drains €TBC, I will probably do it myself but need to expose drains to see how much of a job it is.

This would be for a faily high spec finish, talking about €5000 in total,

I have a bigger bathroom 3.2mx 2.2 to do also and i'm estimatating that to be €7000-€7500 but i will do the removal of the old units/ tiles myself. most of the extra expense is for the tiles and bath there's curently a shower and a seperate bath in there but i might combine the 2 to save space/ money so €12-12500 for the 2 with me doing most of the demolition. so 20k seems high

hope this is of some help.

D3V!L · 24-02-2021 4:53pm

kieran26 wrote: »

I'm currently doing an ensuite in a bungalow in Co. Galway at the minute. 3.2m x1.2m tiled floor to ceiling. there was no ensuite there before so no removal of old units or tiles

Tiler €1200 + vat
Tiles €800
Sanitary Wear, Shower tray door, shower, vanity unit, toilet radiator and mirror €2000-2500.
plumber €200ish
electrician €200 wiring already chased and ran previously just need to terminate 2 exiting sockets and hook up shaving light and shower. I have another little job for him to do while he's in the house too.
Connecting to existing drains €TBC, I will probably do it myself but need to expose drains to see how much of a job it is.

This would be for a faily high spec finish, talking about €5000 in total,

I have a bigger bathroom 3.2mx 2.2 to do also and i'm estimatating that to be €7000-€7500 but i will do the removal of the old units/ tiles myself. most of the extra expense is for the tiles and bath there's curently a shower and a seperate bath in there but i might combine the 2 to save space/ money so €12-12500 for the 2 with me doing most of the demolition. so 20k seems high

hope this is of some help.

Thanks for that

listermint · 24-02-2021 4:57pm

Average bathrooms are coming in between the 8k to 10k depending on spec and location.

Yes it's high but there's no shortage of customers and they can charge what they like tbh.

Wesser · 24-02-2021 5:01pm

My bathroom is 1.7 m by 2.3 m and i did it up last year absolutely gorgeous for just under 4k

D3V!L · 24-02-2021 5:03pm

Wesser wrote: »

My bathroom is 1.7 m by 2.3 m and i did it up last year absolutely gorgeous for just under 4k

Did you do it yourself or get someone to do it ? I'm working full time at home and apart from not having the time, I'm not comfortable with plumbing.

Wesser · 24-02-2021 5:06pm

No i had a builder who sub contracted some of the work to a plumber, an electrician and a tiler. Fantastic job. Moldovans.

listermint · 24-02-2021 5:08pm

Wesser wrote: »

No i had a builder who sub contracted some of the work to a plumber, an electrician and a tiler. Fantastic job. Moldovans.

So part of an existing job....

You'd have to have gotten the sub contractors details to get they sort of deal.

Wesser · 24-02-2021 5:11pm

No..... not part of an existing job. A lone standing job.

Builder sorted all the skills with his colleagues and he coordinated everyone.

Now he was terrible at co ordinating everyone..... it was very slow..... but when they came they were perfect.

listermint · 24-02-2021 5:14pm

Wesser wrote: »

No..... not part of an existing job. A lone standing job.

Builder sorted all the skills with his colleagues and he coordinated everyone.

Now he was terrible at co ordinating everyone..... it was very slow..... but when they came they were perfect.

I'm confused you got a builder to come and subcontractor work just for a bathroom?

Was this your home builder or..

Sleeper12 · 24-02-2021 5:17pm

kieran26 wrote:

Tiler â‚¬1200 + vat Tiles â‚¬800 Sanitary Wear, Shower tray door, shower, vanity unit, toilet radiator and mirror â‚¬2000-2500. plumber â‚¬200ish electrician â‚¬200 wiring already chased and ran previously just need to terminate 2 exiting sockets and hook up shaving light and shower. I have another little job for him to do while he's in the house too. Connecting to existing drains â‚¬TBC, I will probably do it myself but need to expose drains to see how much of a job it is.

Plumber 2000 rather than 200 I would think?

Wesser · 24-02-2021 5:21pm

Maybe im using the wrong words. Im not a professional in this area.

I had a contract with a builder. He came in... did the demolition... then he paid some other skilled tradesman for certain aspects of the job that he wasnt skilled in.... so i call that subcontracting.....

I got a lovely unit plus sink and tap in ikea. Constructed it myself.

Bath already there.... grand bath.. .no need to replace it..... Shower drains into the bath..... new shower.

Tiling on the wall and floor
Panelling on the other wall
Painted the panelling myself
2 new lights
Tiny bathroom..... couldnt swing a cat...... like i said.

Few plants. Mirror from ikea

Total incl Labour was abour 3900

munstergirl · 24-02-2021 5:25pm

Got bathroom gutted 3 bed semi d, new everything, big walk in shower, sink, toilet, radiator, tiles, fan, labour almost €5,000. Went to bathroom shop in Limerick, they supplied & delivered everything plumber/handyman, electrician and tiler and took away all rubbish. Took 5 days.

Didn't get the expensive mirror, expensive bathroom accessories. That would have been around another €1,000.

That's a couple of years ago now in limerick, shop around.

Nunu · 24-02-2021 5:29pm

Just under 10k for us in a 3 bed semi N Dublin.

Work involved knocking a wall between main & en-suite to make one bigger bathroom.

Floor & wall Tiling (which was a heftier chunk than I’d imagined), plumbing & then bath, shower, bowl, sink (w/under storage unit), towel rad, mirror, spot bulb lighting...oh and also a pump for increased shower pressure fitted in hot press.

Lovely job.

Just remembered they also fitted a Stira to the attic.

A2LUE42 · 24-02-2021 5:30pm

kieran26 wrote: »

I'm currently doing an ensuite in a bungalow in Co. Galway at the minute. 3.2m x1.2m tiled floor to ceiling. there was no ensuite there before so no removal of old units or tiles

Tiler €1200 + vat
Tiles €800
Sanitary Wear, Shower tray door, shower, vanity unit, toilet radiator and mirror €2000-2500.
plumber €200ish
electrician €200 wiring already chased and ran previously just need to terminate 2 exiting sockets and hook up shaving light and shower. I have another little job for him to do while he's in the house too.
Connecting to existing drains €TBC, I will probably do it myself but need to expose drains to see how much of a job it is.

This would be for a faily high spec finish, talking about €5000 in total,

I have a bigger bathroom 3.2mx 2.2 to do also and i'm estimatating that to be €7000-€7500 but i will do the removal of the old units/ tiles myself. most of the extra expense is for the tiles and bath there's curently a shower and a seperate bath in there but i might combine the 2 to save space/ money so €12-12500 for the 2 with me doing most of the demolition. so 20k seems high

hope this is of some help.

You also need to add:
Grout
Adhesive
Trims (if needed)
Levelling compound(if needed)
Tanking system for Shower.
Agree with another poster that the Plumber would probably be dearer too.

If you want to try and save some costs, having a shower screen rather than a door can be more cost-effective if you have space.
Tiling floor to drain compared to low profile tray were similar costs.
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A2LUE42 · 24-02-2021 5:41pm

munstergirl wrote: »

Got bathroom gutted 3 bed semi d, new everything, big walk in shower, sink, toilet, radiator, tiles, fan, labour almost €5,000. Went to bathroom shop in Limerick, they supplied & delivered everything plumber/handyman, electrician and tiler and took away all rubbish. Took 5 days.

Didn't get the expensive mirror, expensive bathroom accessories. That would have been around another €1,000.

That's a couple of years ago now in limerick, shop around.

I ordered the led lighting mirrors from Amazon which worked out at about 20% of what they were in Limerick stores. I needed 3 at the time, so it was a massive saving. Not sure how that would work now, with Brexit restrictions.

kieran26 · 25-02-2021 9:07am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Plumber 2000 rather than 200 I would think?

He's a neighbour but all he has to do is fit units/ hook everything up. it'll take him half a day maximum. All services are already installed apart from hooking up the waste. To do all the services previously it only took half a day and that was with Kangoing out the floor for the waste pipes and bringing water supply through the attic for the shower.

kieran26 · 25-02-2021 9:14am

A2LUE42 wrote: »

You also need to add:
Grout
Adhesive
Trims (if needed)
Levelling compound(if needed)
Tanking system for Shower.
Agree with another poster that the Plumber would probably be dearer too.

If you want to try and save some costs, having a shower screen rather than a door can be more cost-effective if you have space.
Tiling floor to drain compared to low profile tray were similar costs.

Tiler has included all the above in his price. Don't need tanking as i'm putting in a shower tray. True the plumber cost could double if some of the work wasn't already done. But for my house its a half days work max. I did all the prep work myself in half a day. including wall chases and floor prep for waste pipes.

salmocab · 25-02-2021 9:23am

I’d say look for recommendations, we got en-suite done. Went into a local bathroom shop and without asking for any details he said 7-9 k. Rang a builder I know and he gave me the bathroom guy he uses number and the job cost 4.5k. Including tiles, new shower, tray, sink & vanity unit, toilet and rad. Now I did strip out the old bathroom but he replaced all the plasterboard. He also put in a pvc ceiling we wanted. I got him to leave all the rubbish outside my front door and I did a trip to the dump in the car to save getting a small skip.

D3V!L · 25-02-2021 10:10am

salmocab wrote: »

I’d say look for recommendations, we got en-suite done. Went into a local bathroom shop and without asking for any details he said 7-9 k. Rang a builder I know and he gave me the bathroom guy he uses number and the job cost 4.5k. Including tiles, new shower, tray, sink & vanity unit, toilet and rad. Now I did strip out the old bathroom but he replaced all the plasterboard. He also put in a pvc ceiling we wanted. I got him to leave all the rubbish outside my front door and I did a trip to the dump in the car to save getting a small skip.

What bathroom shop did you get the quote from ?

salmocab · 25-02-2021 10:15am

D3V!L wrote: »

What bathroom shop did you get the quote from ?

Not sure if I can name them. PM’d you

Rows Grower · 25-02-2021 10:29am

salmocab wrote: »

I’d say look for recommendations, we got en-suite done. Went into a local bathroom shop and without asking for any details he said 7-9 k. Rang a builder I know and he gave me the bathroom guy he uses number and the job cost 4.5k. Including tiles, new shower, tray, sink & vanity unit, toilet and rad. Now I did strip out the old bathroom but he replaced all the plasterboard. He also put in a pvc ceiling we wanted. I got him to leave all the rubbish outside my front door and I did a trip to the dump in the car to save getting a small skip.

People would be surprised how much easier this makes the whole job, how inexpensive it is and how important it is if there was any issues of dampness from the previous bathroom.

Same with the floor, if it's an upstairs bathroom a new sheet of plywood costs peanuts compared to the advantage's of replacing it.

salmocab · 25-02-2021 10:42am

Rows Grower wrote: »

People would be surprised how much easier this makes the whole job, how inexpensive it is and how important it is if there was any issues of dampness from the previous bathroom.

Same with the floor, if it's an upstairs bathroom a new sheet of plywood costs peanuts compared to the advantage's of replacing it.

Yeah I stripped off all the boards as most were getting damaged anyway taking off the old tiles and the rad and sink needed pipes moved along with the shower being replaced so it makes sense to strip off and do the whole place from new

hurleronditch · 25-02-2021 11:00am

We had ours done a few weeks ago, we had a builder doing a light reno of our upstairs and he provided demolition, tiling, carpentry and we subbed in the plumbing. All in all
It was about 3.5k for materials and ware, and 4K labour. The labour was higher than we hoped or expected but the plumbing was old and dated, and lots of it was over the floorboards behind the bath screen and in boxing along the wall so we had the floor taken up, all the pipe work replaced and properly sunk under the floor, moved the sink slightly etc. All in for 7.5k the job looks immaculate now with no half measures taken.

CoBo55 · 25-02-2021 12:28pm

I got mine done last summer. Upstairs bathroom, standard size council house type, nothing fancy. Got a guy in and he did a fantastic job. Took out everything, bath sink and toilet. New shower tray, T90sr and sliding door, sink and unit, lit mirror and modern toilet, tiled from top to bottom and PVC ceiling with new centre light. €6400. He had to plumb and wire the shower as there was only a bath end gravity shower before that. Couldn't recommend him and his guys highly enough they were too class and very professional.

D3V!L · 25-02-2021 12:29pm

CoBo55 wrote: »

I got mine done last summer. Upstairs bathroom, standard size council house type, nothing fancy. Got a guy in and he did a fantastic job. Took out everything, bath sink and toilet. New shower tray, T90sr and sliding door, sink and unit, lit mirror and modern toilet, tiled from top to bottom and PVC ceiling with new centre light. €6400. He had to plumb and wire the shower as there was only a bath end gravity shower before that. Couldn't recommend him and his guys highly enough they were too class and very professional.

Can you send me on his details ?

CoBo55 · 25-02-2021 12:33pm

D3V!L wrote: »

Can you send me on his details ?

He's based in castlebridge in Wexford, is that near you?

I sent you a link to his site.

hesker · 25-02-2021 5:48pm

I did my own downstairs en-suite last year.

Wet room, sub floor, drains, sanitary ware, plumbing, rad, tanking, under floor heating, tiling, the works basically.

It’s a lot of work so if you can get that done for about 5k then pay someone to do it. I might do it again if it was to cost upwards of that.

I’d advise everyone to do the tanking if you’re doing a full refurb. It’s well worth it. But insist on doing a water leak test if you are.

listermint · 25-02-2021 7:11pm

hesker wrote: »

I did my own downstairs en-suite last year.

Wet room, sub floor, drains, sanitary ware, plumbing, rad, tanking, under floor heating, tiling, the works basically.

It’s a lot of work so if you can get that done for about 5k then pay someone to do it. I might do it again if it was to cost upwards of that.

I’d advise everyone to do the tanking if you’re doing a full refurb. It’s well worth it. But insist on doing a water leak test if you are.

Advise them to pull up the floor boards and re-enforce the joists as you did is sounder advice . Tanking won't solve a bending joist

ebayissues · 25-02-2021 7:59pm

Within the past 12 months, I've gotten bathroom quotes from 10- 12k. My bathroom is under 10m2. For labur all charged 3.5k , 1.5k in extra and materials rest.

Pricey

20/20 · 26-02-2021 4:56pm

ebayissues wrote: »

Within the past 12 months, I've gotten bathroom quotes from 10- 12k. My bathroom is under 10m2. For labur all charged 3.5k , 1.5k in extra and materials rest.

Pricey

What part of bathroom measures 10m2 ? Was is a wet room.

1.5k in extra and materials rest. ?? What do you mean or what are you trying to say.

ebayissues · 26-02-2021 6:51pm

The size of my bathroom is under 10m2. It will have a walk in shower + free standing bath.

The 1.5k was misellanouus expenses, no full idea what it was - skip, tanking materials, grout etc. All the quotes had them.

Rows Grower · 26-02-2021 7:16pm

listermint wrote: »

Advise them to pull up the floor boards and re-enforce the joists as you did is sounder advice . Tanking won't solve a bending joist

It might prevent a lot worse.

20/20 · 26-02-2021 7:44pm

ebayissues wrote: »

The size of my bathroom is under 10m2. It will have a walk in shower + free standing bath.

That is not the full room , just the walls in shower area. ?

The 1.5k was misellanouus expenses, no full idea what it was - skip, tanking materials, grout etc. All the quotes had them.

Why would you bother with a quote when you dont even know what €1500 is for. ?

D3V!L · 26-02-2021 7:50pm

I had local guy that was meant to come today and talk to us about the bathrooms. I also had a partial kitchen renovation for him as well.

D'ya think he turned up. DID HE F*CK ! Didn't even bother calling me. He lives 5 minutes from me.

The biggest challenge we're going to have is to get someone to do the work.

CoBo55 · 26-02-2021 10:29pm

D3V!L wrote: »

I had local guy that was meant to come today and talk to us about the bathrooms. I also had a partial kitchen renovation for him as well.

D'ya think he turned up. DID HE F*CK ! Didn't even bother calling me. He lives 5 minutes from me.

The biggest challenge we're going to have is to get someone to do the work.

Did you try the guy I pm'd you? Are you in the Wexford area? I can get you the number of another guy who's highly recommended.

D3V!L · 26-02-2021 10:37pm

CoBo55 wrote: »

Did you try the guy I pm'd you? Are you in the Wexford area? I can get you the number of another guy who's highly recommended.

I'm in North county Dublin so he likely couldn't do it.

CoBo55 · 26-02-2021 11:26pm

D3V!L wrote: »

I'm in North county Dublin so he likely couldn't do it.

Not in the present situation. Might be able to get a Dublin guy for you I know someone who got a bathroom done recently in Dublin, I'll give it a try.

hesker · 03-03-2021 8:39pm

listermint wrote: »

Advise them to pull up the floor boards and re-enforce the joists as you did is sounder advice . Tanking won't solve a bending joist

I didn't even think of mentioning that because my job was ground floor, on concrete. But yeah, working off a solid base is key.

bamayang · 03-03-2021 9:16pm

Just finished 2.2m c 2.2m en suite refurb.
Demoed it all out myself, which was a thoroughly unenjoyable experience.
New vanity, fancy back light mirror, new shower frameless shower unit with tiled shower tray. Tiles floor to ceiling, tanking kit etc
All materials and equipment € 4,500 (but he threw in 20m2 of timber flooring in that)
Plumber 350
Tiler (fit the shower unit as well) €800.

All the shower/vanity/glass were fairly high end.

minzabud · 03-03-2021 9:22pm

Paid 3300 in labour recently for full renovation including relocation of radiator to different wall north Louth area took 3.5 days.

Rows Grower · 03-03-2021 10:05pm

bamayang wrote: »

Just finished 2.2m c 2.2m en suite refurb.
Demoed it all out myself, which was a thoroughly unenjoyable experience.
New vanity, fancy back light mirror, new shower frameless shower unit with tiled shower tray. Tiles floor to ceiling, tanking kit etc
All materials and equipment € 4,500 (but he threw in 20m2 of timber flooring in that)
Plumber 350
Tiler (fit the shower unit as well) €800.

All the shower/vanity/glass were fairly high end.

You did very well there for a top class job.

The small things wouldn't be long adding up but clearing it all out before the tradesmen come in to do their work pays off in the end.

Nousheen · 27-03-2021 8:50am

Wesser wrote: »

My bathroom is 1.7 m by 2.3 m and i did it up last year absolutely gorgeous for just under 4k

Hi can you please give me the contact of the person who did it for you thanks

Nousheen · 27-03-2021 8:53am

minzabud wrote: »

Paid 3300 in labour recently for full renovation including relocation of radiator to different wall north Louth area took 3.5 days.

Hi I would really appreciate if you can give me the number of person who did it for you thanks

Nousheen · 27-03-2021 8:56am

CoBo55 wrote: »

Did you try the guy I pm'd you? Are you in the Wexford area? I can get you the number of another guy who's highly recommended.

Hi do you know someone in cabinteely or fox rock area thanks I want to get my bathroom renovated and want one small bathroom ground floor as my house is 3 bed & one bathroom

Nousheen · 27-03-2021 8:57am

minzabud wrote: »

Paid 3300 in labour recently for full renovation including relocation of radiator to different wall north Louth area took 3.5 days.

Hi I would really appreciate if you can give me the number of person who did it for you thanks

Dymo · 27-03-2021 9:11am

Not ready to start until next month, I got 3 quotes, all came in around the same, bathroom 2.3 x 2.3 not very big.

Went with the company that had the best personal reviews as I tracked down people who they did work for.

Labour includes, preparing the bathroom, removal of old sanitary ware, taking down the old tiles, waste skip bathroom will be literally gutted and then plumbing, electric work and tiler. They look after everything. Arrive on a Monday and finished by Friday.

Cost €5,800 including VAT, Sanitary ware, electric shower, tiles, lights etc.. I think highish spec another €4,500 - €5,000

Looking at prices here maybe I'm paying above the odds but the good reviews and start on a Monday and finished by Friday means a lot to me, I know I could do a lot myself but for the professional job I'd prefer to pay the couple of thousand extra.

CoBo55 · 27-03-2021 10:37am

Dymo wrote: »

Not ready to start until next month, I got 3 quotes, all came in around the same, bathroom 2.3 x 2.3 not very big.

Went with the company that had the best personal reviews as I tracked down people who they did work for.

Labour includes, preparing the bathroom, removal of old sanitary ware, taking down the old tiles, waste skip bathroom will be literally gutted and then plumbing, electric work and tiler. They look after everything. Arrive on a Monday and finished by Friday.

Cost €5,800 including VAT, Sanitary ware, electric shower, tiles, lights etc.. I think highish spec another €4,500 - €5,000

Looking at prices here maybe I'm paying above the odds but the good reviews and start on a Monday and finished by Friday means a lot to me, I know I could do a lot myself but for the professional job I'd prefer to pay the couple of thousand extra.

Mine was done from top to bottom, started on Monday finished on Friday, had a shower on Saturday morning €6400

CoBo55 · 27-03-2021 10:39am

Nousheen wrote: »

Hi do you know someone in cabinteely or fox rock area thanks I want to get my bathroom renovated and want one small bathroom ground floor as my house is 3 bed & one bathroom

Couldn't get the number of the Dublin based guy, he only works on a word of mouth basis(probably a bit of cash too)

Dymo · 28-03-2021 10:43pm

CoBo55 wrote: »

Mine was done from top to bottom, started on Monday finished on Friday, had a shower on Saturday morning €6400

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know this thread was a competition.

I thought this was a post where someone asked a question and people gave their own experiences.

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