Which bathroom fitter to call for which job
A wet room. SB Interiors Design & Installation draws wet rooms in 3D and fits them with its in-house team, and Matt Wregg Plumbing & Bathrooms specialises in wet rooms and tiling.
An accessible bathroom. Goldswan Bathrooms designs level-access bathrooms with grab rails and shower seating, Connelly Home Centre fits assisted living bathrooms, and Hallam Interiors installs disabled bathrooms.
A full refit from a showroom. A1 Kitchens & Bathrooms employs its own fitters and has a showroom on Valley Road, Connelly Home Centre designs and installs from Bulwell, and Bransons designs in store and fits the whole room.
A bathroom from a Which? endorsed firm. Grain Plumbing & Heating is endorsed by Which? Trusted Traders.
Buying the bathroom only. Goldswan Bathrooms and Bransons both sell bathrooms for your own fitter to install.
Building regulations for a new bathroom
GOV.UK lists installing a bathroom that involves plumbing, and changing electrics near a bath or shower, among the jobs that need building regulations approval, and without approval you will not have the certificates of compliance you may need when you sell your home. The Planning Portal counts alterations to existing circuits in the spaces around baths and showers as notifiable electrical work, along with any new circuit or consumer unit, and says an installer registered with a competent person scheme can self-certify it; otherwise building control inspects and approves the work.
Nottingham City Council says you do not need approval yourself for electrical work or gas installations carried out by a competent person. Most building work to a listed building, internal and external, needs listed building consent, and the council’s My Property map shows whether a home is listed.