Bathroom: how long do you keep yours?

[Kelvinmcloud]

My partner is sat here trying to tell me that people re do their bathrooms every 10 years.

I say not a chance!

how often do you change yours?

Madness. We redid ours when we first moved in as it was gross. And then later on switched it to a bigger room so we could have a walk in shower although we reused our bath which was a reclaimed Victorian one. Not planning to do it again but bath needs re enamelling at some point.

23 years and counting

We did ours after moving in because (a) it was set up for someone in a wheelchair and was uncomfortable for the able bodied (high toilet and low sink) and (b) the flooring was lifting. We won't be doing it again before we move out unless it ceases to be waterproof. We will be here about 25 years in total.

We had our bathroom replaced last year . The bath was the original enamel bath from when the property was built in the late 1940s. We had previously had it resprayed a couple of times . We've had new flooring quite often though, plus replacement shower and tiles .

Just redid our en suite after 25 years. The shower had leaked at one point, and the walls were ruined (thankfully and fortunately they were at least bone dry!) so it was a 'must do'. I didn't want to patch it up either so I waited a bit and had it done exactly the way I wanted it - I love it. I hope it will last my lifetime now!!

Bathroom was also put in 25 years ago and we had to replace the bath during lockdown as it cracked! WHB and toilet are the originals. We bought our house as a new build and went for what we thought was relatively basic sanitary ware, but it's Roca which seems to have a higher profile now.

We fully tiled it and laid Amtico flooring 20 years ago and it still looks pretty good. Also got a bespoke Roman blind which I still love even now.

Had to replace the radiator as it burst!! Put in a much more modern ladder type radiator, colour matched to the tiles.

I think I was ahead of my time, because I have a light on my mirror!! There weren't many lighted mirrors around then. It's not integral but it's a really good light for makeup etc. Might replace it with a LED one at some point but in no hurry to.

Downstairs loo... I hate, and want to change!! Went for a pale colour and have always regretted it. I want a cloakroom style whb with navy blue cupboard wall-hung, matching wall hung loo, and tiles on the floor and part-way up the walls. I already have the bin and soap dispenser lol, just have to get the more expensive bits now!!

I have put a new light fitting in it and 2 huge mirrors which face each other and make the small windowless room look a little bigger.

I dont really get why ceramic sanitaryware and taps would wear out. Maybe would need a new washer etc, certainly new mastic. But not a whole new bathroom!

However, vanity units and the like will surely chip, or fade /yellow over time, or joints will loosen letting steam in, etc. I can see how theyd not last forever.

It was put in 25 years ago, we don't intend to replace it, I doubt we will be here in another 25 years so it should outlive us

We replaced the bathroom that was here when we moved in five years ago, about two years ago , based on the colour of the suite and the pink floral tiles it had been there at least thirty years. We've replaced with a suite and tiles more in keeping with the age of the house, with good quality sanitary ware and other than a lick of paint to freshen up, I don't see it being replacing for a very long time

DH put in new taps and changed the electric shower and replaces cistern innards, also paintwork is refreshed but the actual bath toilet and sink should last years

Have just completely replaced ours - bought house in 1997, re-tiled but kept original bath, sink and toilet.
Bathroom is now the best room in the house!

This.

We did ours 22 years ago when we moved in, the old suite was brown, the tiles were hanging off the walls, it was carpeted, just horrific. We did buy a good quality white suite but kept the same layout to save money (it's on the ground floor and pipes and wastes are in a concrete floor). The bath and basin are still fine but tiles. taps, wastes, flooring, vanity all need replacing again now, the toilet has never been great and this time we want to change the layout so the suite has to come out and I think we will replace it all.

As long as I can get away with, i prefer paying for experiences rather than ' things'

If I had more money obviously I'd do both

We have just redone ours but as we will be in our 70’s in 10 years I’m expecting to change the bath for a shower at some point.
Hopefully that will see me through until I die or move out.

The newest bathroom in our house is now 9 years old and is still lovely. The second oldest bathroom looks about 20 years old but I repainted and put in a bespoke blind and we don't plan on changing it urgently. I'm more concerned about updating the third bathroom with a carpet and random colourful tiles (so I'm guessing early 90s?). TBH the sanitary ware is perfectly functional but the carpet and tiles need sorting.

We are about to redo our main bathroom which was done 11 years ago. However this is because we had work done to the room underneath and four tiles have cracked. We will keep the toilet bath and sink. I am putting in a new shower cubicle but will keep the actual shower. Will keep the lighting. So really it’s just new tiling, towel rail and shower cubicle.

still expecting it to cost £10k for a 2m x 2m room.

When it gets difficult to clean/badly cracked or chipped. Replaced 20 years ago and have no plans to do anything yet.