Bathroom fitters · Swadlincote
Bathroom Fitters in Swadlincote
New bathrooms, en-suites and cloakrooms for homes in Swadlincote and the villages of the National Forest. Our Gas Safe plumbers, electricians and tilers help you choose the right toilet, basin and suite, then fit the whole room.
- Help choosing the right suite
- Gas Safe plumbing
- Our own Part P electricians
- No-obligation quote
Choosing your toilet and basin
Swadlincote knows more about toilets than most towns: Sharpe’s Pottery here grew from teapots into toilets and wash basins. Choosing them today is less about the name on the pan and more about how each type fits your room, your pipework and how you use the bathroom.
The toilet and basin decide where the waste pipes go, how much floor is left and how easy the room is to clean. These are the choices we talk through before anything is ordered.
Toilets
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Close-coupled
The cistern sits on the pan. Simple, reliable and the least expensive, at around £150–£250 fitted.
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Back-to-wall
The cistern hides in a unit or behind a panel, with only the pan showing. Around £300–£500 fitted.
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Wall-hung
The pan is fixed to a frame in the wall, leaving the floor clear underneath. Around £400–£700 fitted, and worth it in a small room.
Basins
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Vanity unit basin
A basin set into a cupboard or drawer unit, giving you storage that hides the pipework.
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Wall-hung basin
Fixed straight to the wall with the trap on show or behind a short shroud, keeping the floor clear.
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Cloakroom basin
Compact basins from around 400mm wide, made for small rooms and downstairs toilets.
The prices above come from our bathroom design guide, which compares every type of fitting in more detail.
Choosing a new suite in Swadlincote?
We’ll visit, look at your pipework and help you pick fittings that suit the room.
Fittings in our recent bathrooms
Close-coupled toilet and drawer vanity, Belper
A close-coupled toilet beside a two-drawer vanity basin under a backlit mirror, in a room rebuilt around a walk-in shower.
Read the Belper case study
Kept suite, new shower area, Willington
Here the existing toilet and vanity basin were in good order, so they stayed while the bath became a level-access shower.
Read the Willington case study
Wall-hung fittings on film
In this clip, Liam Taylor, our project lead, shows three bathrooms we fitted in a Derby house. They include wall-hung vanity units and a wall-hung toilet, alongside LED strips in the ceiling and a lit niche in the shower.
Wall-hung fittings need a frame or solid fixing built into the wall before it is boarded, which is why the choice is made at the design stage.
Complete bathrooms from us are typically £5,000 to £18,000 depending on size and finish. See the bands on our Derby bathroom fitters page.
Local know-how: Swadlincote
- Sharpe’s Pottery
Thomas Sharpe founded his pottery in Swadlincote in 1821, starting with teapots and pie dishes before the business moved into toilets, urinals and wash basins.
- Possibly the oldest of its kind
The Grade II listed bottle kiln and workshops are believed to be the oldest surviving sanitary pottery works in the country, and maybe the world.
- Clay and coal
South Derbyshire’s clay and coal drew potters and industry from the 16th century onwards, bringing prosperity along with heavy marks on the landscape.
- A town in the forest
Swadlincote now sits within the National Forest, where former industrial land has been replanted with woodland.
Also fitting bathrooms near Swadlincote
From Swadlincote we cover Melbourne to the east and Repton and Willington to the north, where we finished the wet room above, along with Hilton and Etwall.
Toilet and basin questions
Which toilet is easiest to clean?
A wall-hung pan, because there is nothing on the floor to clean around. A rimless pan makes the bowl itself quicker to clean, whichever style you choose.
Can a wall-hung toilet go on any wall?
It needs a frame fixed into the floor and wall, and room for the cistern behind a false wall or panel. We check the space and the waste position at the survey.
Does a wall-hung toilet take my weight?
Yes. The frames are designed to carry the load into the floor, not just the wall, when they are fitted correctly.
What height should the toilet be?
Standard pans suit most people. Comfort-height pans are a little taller and easier to get on and off, which helps anyone with stiff knees or hips.
Should the basin have storage?
In most bathrooms, yes. A vanity unit hides the pipework and gives you somewhere for everything that would otherwise clutter the surfaces.
Areas we cover
Swadlincote and the rest of our area
Swadlincote is the furthest south-west we work. These are the other places on our list.
Ready to choose a new suite? Ring 01332 529555 or request a quote, and we’ll help you pick fittings that suit your room.
