Battersea · SW11

Bathroom Renovation

A dated Battersea bathroom rebuilt as a modern shower room with a layout that finally works. The bath, basin, toilet and old tiling came out, and the plumbing was reworked around the new arrangement, including moving the toilet soil pipe. That is the awkward one: a large-diameter waste that has to run under the floor at the right fall, with a secure connection and no room to spare. A low-profile tray and glass enclosure followed, with new sanitaryware, a chrome heated towel rail, and beige stone-effect tiling lifted by contrasting green tiles inside the shower. New boxing conceals the boiler while keeping the ventilation and access an engineer needs. Two weeks, and every scrap of the old bathroom taken away.

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Area: Battersea · SW11
Duration: Two weeks
Work: Bathroom renovation

The transformation

Before & after

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How it was done

The full transformation, stage by stage

Every photo below is from this job, in the order the work happened. Tap any one to see it full size.

Stage 1: The starting point
The customer wanted the existing bathroom stripped out and turned into a modern shower room with a layout that made better sense: a spacious enclosure, new sanitaryware, new floor and wall tiling, better lighting and a tidy solution around the boiler.
The old bath and shower curtain, with the basin squeezed alongside
Basin, toilet and towel radiator in the old layout
Stage 2: Strip-out and first fix
Bath, basin, toilet, fittings, boiler cabinet and every tile came out. The plumbing was then altered for the new layout, including relocating the toilet soil pipe, and the connections prepared for the shower, basin and towel radiator.
Stripped back to the walls, with the new tray still boxed
First fix: the relocated soil pipe stub in the floor
Stage 3: Tiling and boxing
Beige stone-effect tiles to the walls and floor, with contrasting green feature tiles inside the shower. New boxing was built around the boiler and pipework, keeping the access and ventilation an engineer needs.
Green feature tiles going up inside the shower
Tiled out, with the boiler boxing finished
Tiling complete: the green shower wall against the stone-effect tiles
Stage 4: The finished shower room
Low-profile tray and glass enclosure, new shower system, toilet, basin and a chrome heated towel rail. The light switch was moved outside the room, the ceiling light replaced, the extractor checked, and the ceiling and door decorated.
The finished room: vanity basin, toilet and heated towel rail
Wall cabinets, mirror cabinet and the new ceiling light
Looking in from the door
Close-coupled toilet and the chrome heated towel rail

The part you don't see

Moving a soil pipe under the floor

Relocating the toilet soil pipe for the new WC position was the technical heart of the job. It is a large-diameter waste, so the route beneath the floor had to keep the correct fall, make a secure connection and stay clear of the existing plumbing. The boiler was the other constraint: the boxing and tiling around it had to look neat while leaving safe ventilation and access for future servicing.

What went in