Ulverston · Barrow · South Cumbria
Plumbing and tiling in Ulverston
Plumbing and tiling in Ulverston covers everything from a dripping tap through to a complete bathroom installation and the tiled finish that goes over it. Alan Towse takes on both the small jobs and the large ones across Ulverston, Barrow and south Cumbria.
Small jobs matter here. Plenty of tradesmen will not turn out for a leaking pipe. That is exactly how you lose the customer who later wants a whole bathroom.
The small stuff, done same as the big stuff
A toilet that will not flush properly. A tap that drips. A pipe weeping behind a cupboard. An outside tap, or a plumbing point for a washing machine.
None of it is glamorous and all of it is worth doing properly.
- Repairs and renewals: leaking pipes, dripping taps, poor flushing
- Outside taps and washing machine connections
- Shower installations and replacements
- Full new and replacement bathrooms and wet rooms
- Under-stair toilet installations
- Repairs to drains and soil stacks where a new fitting needs them
Under-stair toilets, and who they are really for
This is a speciality, and it is a space saving trick that pays for itself.
It matters most for older or less mobile clients, where a downstairs toilet is the difference between managing at home comfortably and not. The stairs stop being a problem several times a day.
It is also, incidentally, the thing visitors always remark on, because nobody expects a proper cloakroom to come out of a cupboard.
Tiling, including fixing somebody else's
A full tiling service, from a new build through to stripping out old tiled areas, levelling the wall properly and starting again.
The levelling is the part people skip. Tile straight onto a wall that is out and every course afterwards tells the story.
Advice on which tile suits the property comes free, and it is worth having before you buy four square metres of something that will look wrong in a Lakeland cottage.
Questions people ask
Will you come out for a small job?+
Yes. Basic repairs and renewals such as a poorly flushing toilet, a leaking pipe or a dripping tap are part of the service, not an inconvenience.
Do you handle drains and soil stacks?+
Where fitting or replacing a toilet or bathroom means tapping into or replacing existing drainage, that work is normally included as part of the job rather than passed to somebody else.
Can you re-tile over existing tiles?+
Usually the better answer is to remove them and level the area first. Tiling over an uneven surface shows in every course above it.
Do you fit under-tile heating?+
Yes. Under-tile heating systems are a standard part of the bathroom and wet room work.
What areas do you cover?+
Ulverston, Barrow-in-Furness and the surrounding South Lakes and Furness area of south Cumbria.
Next step
Get a price in writing.
Alan comes out, looks at the room, and puts a figure on paper. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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