Bathroom fitters · Ashbourne
Bathroom Fitters in Ashbourne
New bathrooms, en-suites and walk-in showers for homes in Ashbourne and the villages around Dovedale, from period houses in the town centre to newer homes on its edges. One team covers the plumbing, electrics and tiling, with no subcontractors to chase.
- Gas Safe registered plumbers
- Part P certified electricians
- Experienced with older and listed homes
- Free survey and quote
Bathrooms for Ashbourne’s older homes
Ashbourne has more than 160 listed buildings, many of them Georgian houses along Church Street and around the market place. Homes like these need a bathroom planned around what is already there: thick walls, floors that have settled over two centuries, and pipe routes that weren’t designed with a modern shower in mind.
If your home is listed, internal changes can need listed building consent, so we check before we design. Where the original fabric has to stay, we work around it: boxing pipes rather than chasing walls, using a low-profile tray where a floor can’t be lowered, and choosing fixings that suit stone and old brick.
Thinking about a new bathroom in Ashbourne?
Book a free visit and we’ll look at the room, the walls and the pipe routes before we talk prices.
What we do in older properties
- Survey before design
We look at the walls, the floor and how the water and waste reach the room, and ask whether the house is listed or in the conservation area.
- Pipes without damage
Where walls can’t be chased, pipework is boxed in neatly or run under the floor, so period plaster and joinery stay as they are.
- Floors that aren’t level
Old floors are levelled with boards or a screed before tiling, and we check the joists before fitting a heavy cast or stone bath.
- Ventilation that works
An extractor fan matters more in a house with solid walls, which hold damp. We size it for the room and vent it outside.
Recent bathrooms from our team
Walk-in shower room, Belper
Built-in tiled shelves in a Belper bathroom we rebuilt around a walk-in shower. A good example of storage that doesn’t take up floor in an older house.
See the Belper bathroom
Level-access wet room, Willington
A bath area turned into a level-access wet room with a fold-down seat and grab rail, keeping the parts of the room that were still in good order.
See the Willington wet room
A closer look at our finish
Liam Taylor, who runs our projects, filmed this short tour of three bathrooms we fitted in one house in Derby. It shows the details that make a room feel finished: LED strips in the ceiling, a lit niche set into the shower wall and backlit mirrors over wall-hung vanities.
The same attention goes into a period home, just with different materials. Tell us at the survey whether you want the room to feel modern or to match the house, and we’ll plan the lighting and finishes to suit.
Most complete bathrooms we fit cost between £5,000 and £18,000. Work in older or listed homes can add to that if walls, floors or pipe routes need more preparation, and we price that in at survey rather than later. Price bands are on our Derby bathroom fitters page, and you can spread the cost through our finance options.
Local know-how: Ashbourne
- Shrovetide, Royal since 1928
Royal Shrovetide Football is played through the town on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, between the Up’ards and the Down’ards, split by the Henmore Brook. The game became “Royal” when the Prince of Wales turned up the ball in 1928.
- Goals three miles apart
The goals are at Sturston Mill and Clifton Mill, a full three miles apart, so play goes through streets, fields and the brook.
- A spire seen for miles
The spire of St Oswald’s, Ashbourne’s Grade I listed parish church, rises 212 feet above the town.
- A town full of listed homes
With over 160 listed buildings, many Ashbourne homes need consent for changes inside as well as out. We ask at the survey so nothing is designed that can’t be built.
Also fitting bathrooms near Ashbourne
We cover the west of the county from our base in Derby, including Hilton and Etwall, Belper and Mickleover and Littleover on the way into the city.
Ashbourne bathroom questions
Do I need permission to change a bathroom in a listed house?
Possibly. Listed building consent can be needed for internal work such as moving walls, new pipe or soil routes, or removing original features. We ask at the survey and design within what can be changed.
Can you fit a modern shower in an old house?
Yes. The main checks are water pressure, where the waste can go and whether the floor can take a tray. Older houses often have low pressure, so a pumped or electric shower may suit better than a mixer.
Can you keep a cast-iron bath?
Often. If the enamel is sound, we can refit it with new taps and waste. We check the floor first, because a filled cast-iron bath is very heavy.
What about damp in an older bathroom?
Solid walls hold moisture, so ventilation matters. We fit an extractor sized for the room and, where tiles go on, use the right boards and adhesive for the wall behind.
Can you fit an en-suite in an older house?
Usually. The deciding factor is often the waste route, because a toilet needs a fall to the soil stack. Ventilation is the other check. Our en-suite installation guide covers the options, including macerators where gravity won’t work.
Can the cost be spread?
Yes, subject to status, through Ideal4Finance, who act as a credit broker rather than a lender. The finance options page has the details.
Areas we cover
Ashbourne and the towns around Derby
Ashbourne is the edge of the Peak on our map. These are the other places we cover.
Want a new bathroom in your Ashbourne home? Call 01332 529555 or request a quote, and we’ll come out to see it, free of charge.
