Bathroom Flooring

Never use carpet in the bathroom! It’s unhygienic. Also, try to avoid vinyl flooring too

Ceramic or stone tiles are the most suitable materials for bathroom flooring – use limestone, slate, marble or sandstone. A cheaper alternative is stone-looking ceramic tiles. If you prefer the warmth of wood, hardwood or properly treated softwood can also be used in a bathroom. If you decide on tiles consider some under-floor heating.

Bathroom walls

Bathroom walls should be able to take condensation and areas next to water should be water resistant.

This doesn’t mean that you must use tiles all over the walls. You can paint the walls with specialist bathroom paint and just tile around the bath. Instead of tiles, consider using clear, frosted or coloured glass! You can also panel the bathroom walls and paint the wood-work with gloss or external paint. If you want a trendy bathroom wall – panel it with veneered MDF, then seal it with yacht varnish. Alternatively, cover the walls with decking or bamboo fencing!

Bathroom storage

Storage is very important in bathrooms - yet it’s widely overlooked when people remodel their bathrooms.

Most wall space can be effectively used for plenty of storage space!rnBut don’t just install a couple of shelves or cabinets – utilise a full wall if possible. Bathroom cabinets don’t need to be deep (really, only the thickness of a toilet roll). Add mirrored or wooden doors! You can also use the space under your bath – just panel your bath with wooden doors and store your cleaning products there.rnHave only a few toiletries on display – use a trolley for storing them and your towels.

To drill through a tile

If you need to put up a shelf or a fixture you might have to drill through some tiles.

Try to arrange your fixture to be installed through the grouting. If this is not possible, you’ll have to drill through the tiles with a masonry drill. To avoid cracking the tile, put a cross of masking tape over the spot where you want to drill. Drill through the tape, tile and wall slowly with the smallest drill bit you have. Drill again with the correct gauge bit. Make sure the hole is deep enough by marking the length of a wall plug on the drill bit with tape.