Bathroom fitters · Alfreton & South Normanton
Bathroom Fitters in Alfreton & South Normanton
Family bathrooms, shower rooms and en-suites for homes in Alfreton, South Normanton and the villages around them. Whether you want to keep a bath, add a shower or both, one team plans and fits the whole room.
- Baths, showers or both
- Gas Safe plumbing
- Our own Part P electricians
- Free home survey
Keeping a bath in a new bathroom
Walk-in showers get most of the attention, but plenty of households still want a bath: for children, for a long soak, or simply because a family home feels incomplete without one. The good news is that you rarely have to choose. With the right bath, most rooms can have a good shower too.
The choice comes down to the size of the room, how you use it and what the floor will take. These are the options we talk through at the survey.
Bath options for every room
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Straight bath with a screen
The most space-efficient way to have both. A hinged or fixed glass screen and a good mixer turn the bath into a proper shower.
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P-shaped or L-shaped shower bath
Wider at the shower end, so there is more room to stand without losing length for bathing.
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Freestanding bath
A real centrepiece, but it needs space around it and a floor that can take the weight when full. We check the joists first.
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Steel or acrylic
Enamelled steel is rigid and hard-wearing; acrylic is lighter, warmer to the touch and comes in more shapes.
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Taps and fillers
Deck-mounted, wall-mounted or floor-standing. Wall-mounted taps need the pipework planned before the wall is boarded.
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Bath and separate shower
In a larger room, the best of both: a bath for soaking and a walk-in shower for everyday use.
Planning a bathroom in Alfreton or South Normanton?
We’ll measure the room and show you which bath and shower combinations fit.
Recent bathrooms by our team
Belper: bath swapped for a shower
Here the owners chose a walk-in shower instead of the old roll-top bath. A good example of what the space looks like without one.
Belper project page
Willington: bath area made level-access
Where a bath had become hard to use, it was replaced with a level shower area, a fold-down seat and grab rails.
Willington project page
Inside three family bathrooms
Liam Taylor, who leads our projects, shows three bathrooms we fitted in one Derby house. One of them keeps a bath, with a rainfall head and glass screen above it and a lit niche in the wall beside it.
It is a good illustration of having both in one room: a full-length bath for the children and a proper shower for everyone else.
Our complete bathrooms usually run between about £5,000 and £18,000; a freestanding bath or a separate shower moves a room up that range. See our Derby bathroom fitters page for the bands.
Local know-how: Alfreton and South Normanton
- Alfred’s farmstead?
Alfreton is first recorded in 1004 as Aelfredingtune, “Alfred’s farmstead”. Tradition links it to King Alfred the Great, though there is no proof it was him.
- Derbyshire’s coal capital
In the 18th century Alfreton was the chief coal mining centre in Derbyshire and the county’s third-largest town.
- An unusually large lock-up
The House of Confinement on King Street, a Grade II listed parish lock-up with a stone-slab roof, has cells either side of a central corridor.
- Where Strutt was born
Jedediah Strutt, the hosier and cotton spinner behind the Belper mills, was born in South Normanton in 1726. Its three collieries closed between 1952 and 1969.
Also fitting bathrooms near Alfreton and South Normanton
From here we also cover Ripley, Ambergate and, a little further north, Chesterfield. You can also see the bathroom we finished in Belper, the town Strutt built.
Bath and shower questions
Can I have a bath and a good shower in a small bathroom?
Usually. A shower bath, wider at one end, or a straight bath with a glass screen and a thermostatic mixer gives you both in the space of one.
Is a freestanding bath too heavy for my floor?
Sometimes. A freestanding bath full of water and a person is a lot of weight on one spot. We check the joists and strengthen the floor if it needs it.
Steel or acrylic: which is better?
Both are good. Steel is rigid and very hard-wearing; acrylic is lighter, feels warmer and comes in more shapes. The choice often comes down to the shape you want.
Are shower screens better than curtains?
A good glass screen keeps water in the bath and is easier to keep clean. A curtain is cheaper and suits rooms where the bath is also used for bathing children.
Can you fit a bath I’ve already chosen?
Yes. We check the size, the waste position and the tap holes against the room and the pipework before fitting.
Areas we cover
Alfreton, South Normanton and the wider county
Both are on the northern side of the area we cover. These are the other places.
Want a bath, a shower or both? Ring 01332 529555 or request a quote, and we’ll come out and see what your room can take.
