Bathrooms in Truro
We design and install complete bathrooms across Truro — the whole job, managed by us, with the same team from strip-out to the final seal.
- TR1 · TR3 · TR4 and surrounding villages
- Fixed price agreed before we start
Why bathrooms in Truro is its own job
Truro is the county's commercial centre and the place most of Cornwall passes through, so it is where we are based and where we can usually get to you quickest. The city packs an unusual amount of variety into a small area: Georgian merchant houses on Lemon Street, flats carved out of the floors above the shops on Boscawen Street, and sprawling modern estates out at Threemilestone and Highertown.
The property here
Central Truro is dominated by Georgian and Victorian townhouses, a great many of them listed or in the conservation area, and a large number since divided into flats and offices. Original pipework runs in awkward places and rarely where the drawings suggest. Out at Highertown, Threemilestone and Gloweth the stock flips to post-war and modern estate housing with conventional layouts and, increasingly, first-generation combis now old enough to need replacing.
What catches people out in Truro
The city-centre flat conversions are the ones that catch people out. A leak on a second-floor bathroom above a shop does not stay a second-floor problem — it becomes three businesses' problem within the hour, and access has to be arranged with people who are trading. We plan those jobs around the building rather than just the flat. Truro also sits where the Kenwyn and the Allen meet before the tidal Truro River, so the lower-lying parts of the city have a genuine history of water where it shouldn't be.
Bathrooms in Truro — what actually matters
Bathrooms in flats and conversions
Upper-floor bathrooms in converted buildings bring two constraints the brochure never mentions: what the floor will carry, and where the waste can actually run to. Both are settled at design stage, because neither is negotiable once the strip-out has started.
Listed and conservation-area bathrooms
Where the building is listed, waste routes, extraction and any external penetration need thinking about in consent terms as well as technical ones. We would rather establish that at design stage than have it become a problem later.
Terraced-house bathrooms
These are usually the smallest rooms with the most awkward geometry — a soil stack in the wrong place, a window where the shower should go, and a floor that is not level in either direction. Getting a good bathroom out of that is design work, not assembly.
Replacing an original bathroom
Where the suite is the original, the pipework behind it usually is as well, and it is nearly always worth renewing while the walls are open. Tiling over forty-year-old pipework to save a few hundred pounds is a decision people regret exactly once.
What we cover
- Full bathroom design and installation
- Wet rooms and level-access showers
- En-suites and cloakrooms
- Bath to walk-in shower conversions
- Tanking and waterproofing
- Tiling, flooring and finishing
- Underfloor heating and heated towel rails
- Accessible and mobility bathrooms
- Extraction and ventilation done properly
How it works
- 1
Design and survey
We measure, look at what the existing pipework and structure will allow, and design around the actual room rather than a catalogue layout.
- 2
A fixed written quote
Itemised, with the products specified by name so you know exactly what you are getting. Materials are agreed with you before anything is ordered.
- 3
Everything ordered before we start
We do not begin a strip-out until the materials are in. Nobody should be living around a half-finished bathroom while a fitting is on back-order.
- 4
Installation
One team, a clear schedule, and a working toilet in the property wherever it is physically possible.
- 5
Sign-off
Everything tested, sealed, cleaned and walked through with you before we ask for the final payment.
What it costs
Bathrooms are quoted individually at a fixed price after a survey, with the materials itemised and agreed with you before ordering. The cost of materials is confirmed with you in advance — no order is placed on your behalf without you having seen the price first.
Mains gas in Truro
Truro is well served by mains gas across the city and the main suburbs, though outlying villages towards Chacewater and Shortlanesend can be a mixed picture.
Where we work around Truro
TR1, TR3, TR4 and the villages around them. These are the places we are in most weeks — if yours is not listed, it does not mean we do not cover it.
Near Truro Cathedral, Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske, Lemon Quay? That is well within our normal patch.
Everything else we do in Truro
Plumbers in Truro
Leaks, taps, toilets, tanks, pipework and everything else that carries water around a house.
Read moreEmergency plumbing in Truro
Burst pipes, major leaks, no water and no heat — answered out of hours, every day of the year.
Read moreBoiler repair in Truro
Fault-finding and repair on gas, oil and LPG boilers — diagnosis first, parts second.
Read moreBoiler installation in Truro
New boilers and full replacements, sized properly to the house rather than to the old one.
Read moreBoiler servicing in Truro
Annual servicing and landlord gas safety certificates — the full check, not a five-minute glance.
Read moreCentral heating in Truro
Radiators, pipework, power flushing, controls and full system installations.
Read moreBathrooms in Truro — your questions
If yours is not here, send us the form and ask. We would rather spend five minutes answering a question than have you book something you did not need.
How long does a bathroom take?
A typical full bathroom is one to two weeks depending on the extent of the work, tiling and whether anything structural is involved. We give you a schedule at quote stage and tell you if it slips.
Do you do the tiling and electrics too?
Yes — it is all managed by us. You are not coordinating four trades who each blame the last one.
Can you do a wet room in an upstairs bathroom?
Usually, though it depends on the floor construction and the fall you can achieve. It is one of the first things we check on survey because it determines the whole design.
Can I supply my own suite?
You can. We will fit it, but we can only warrant our workmanship, not products we did not supply — and we will flag it honestly if we think something is not up to the job.
Do you cover the villages around Truro as well as the town?
Yes — Highertown, Threemilestone, Gloweth, Malpas, Kenwyn, Newbridge, Shortlanesend, Chacewater and Playing Place are all part of our normal Truro patch, along with the smaller places between them. If you are not sure whether we reach you, send the form and ask.
How quickly can you get to Truro?
We are based on the Truro side of the county, so city callouts are typically the fastest response we offer.
We also cover, close to Truro
Need bathroom installation in Truro?
Send us the details and someone who knows Truro will ring you back. We will tell you honestly whether you need us, what it is likely to involve, and what it will cost.