Matt black shower and bath with stone-effect wall panelling in a West Sussex bathroom renovation

Case StudyWest Sussex

New Family Bathroom Case Study

A full renovation taken back to bare walls and floorboards, then rebuilt in warm stone-effect panelling with matt black fittings throughout, every valve, plate and unit set flush and level.

~3 weeks

Project Duration

West Sussex

Location

Family

Bathroom Type

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Bathroom stripped back to bare walls before renovation

The Brief

Client Requirements

Our client wanted a tired family bathroom reimagined as a modern, low-maintenance space with a confident, contemporary look. The brief centred on matt black fittings throughout, a clean wall-hung suite, and a warm stone finish that would feel calm rather than clinical.

The Challenge

The room had two window reveals to work around and a compact footprint, so every line had to be planned. Matt black shows every millimetre of a fitting that sits out of true, which meant the first fix and the levels had to be spot on before a single fixture went on the wall.

Our services:

Bathroom Design & Installation Wet Rooms Tiling Plumbing

Step-by-Step Transformation

Strip-Out

The bathroom was taken back to bare walls and floorboards, giving us a clean, sound base to rebuild from and a proper look at the existing pipework before anything new went in.

Reboarding & Plumbing Prep

We ran all-new copper pipework and set the concealed cistern frame for the wall-hung toilet, levelling the valve and the frame precisely so everything fitted afterwards would sit true.

Panelling with Precision

The walls were lined in a stone-effect waterproof panelling in a soft grey travertine tone. Each board was cut and scribed to the window reveals so the joints landed cleanly, and the upper walls were re-plastered ready for paint.

Fitting the Fixtures

Matt black throughout: a riser rail and handset, mixer, a ladder-style heated towel rail and a black-framed shower screen over the bath, with a matt black flush plate on the wall-hung WC to match.

Final Details

The concealed valve was set dead level so the plate sits flush and square, and the wall-hung vanity was fitted flush to the wall finish. The floor is laid before the bath panels go on to close everything in.

Result: A Clean, Modern Family Bathroom

Because the toilet and vanity are both wall-hung, the floor runs unbroken beneath them, which makes a compact bathroom feel noticeably larger and far easier to keep clean.

The finished room is a hard-wearing, modern family bathroom: a white double-ended bath, a clean wall-hung suite and matt black fittings tying the whole scheme together. Small things done properly, from the pipework you cannot see to the finish you can, are exactly what separates a fitted bathroom from an installed one.

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