Is 8 years a good lifespan for a bathroom?

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We have two bathrooms in our house that were completely renovated from scratch 8 years ago when we moved in. They are now both leaking through the walls, the sink cabinets are falling apart and the toilets have developed faults. Basically we need to rip it all out and start again.
Is this an average lifespan for a bathroom? It feels too soon! We used Victoria plumb products throughout.
Is this an average lifespan for faults to develop or have we been unlucky

Poor quality products it sound like to me

We had our bathroom refitted 9 years ago and it's still pristine. Not even a hint anything needs replacing.
I would be livid if it had only lasted 8 years! Not acceptable. Very poor quality.

Christ I’d be fuming it that happened to me. It sounds like poor fitting and cheap units.

I would expect about 15 years before it looked lived in/dated and 20 years for any issues really

I was told when we did ours at our old house (bath store products) by our builder that Victoria Plumb were poor quality and not to use them. We’re now about to replace one of the bathrooms in this house and considering using a plumber’s merchant such as PlumCo.

I'm 16 years in with my bathroom. It looks tired but it's still basically sound. Toilet got a foghorn noise but that was easily fixed and taps drip a bit but that's it other than few chips in the tiled floor.

Rather then leave it to get so bad it all needs ripped out why did you not have each problem dealt with at the time they developed?

8 years for a toilet is ridiculous. Mine hasn't been changed in at least 25 years. We have had to fix the flush and replace another piece of the plumbing in the cirstern; but nothing to justify ripping it out.

Ours is 23 years old and looks fine. I'd be pretty annoyed at 8! Had to replace a couple of loo flushers and the loo seat a few times obvs but that's nothing.

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Snap!

Because it all developed and became apparent over 2020 which hasn't exactly been the easiest year for fixing faults.

Toomanycats99 how did you fix the foghorn noise?

That's not good, 8 years is nothing in bathroom years.

Are you going to complain to VP?

8 years is still basically a brand new bathroom so far as I am concerned.

Very poor

We had ours replaced 2 years ago after 17 years and that was in a new build so was fairly ropey quality tbh

8 years old should still be looking great!

Our bathroom furniture is 21 yrs old, has had a change of tiles, new sink taps and several loo seats but thats all. There is a leak now somewhere around the seal on the bath so DH is about to deal with that this week. We have a downstairs shower room and the tiles, shower base and screens have been changed once in same timescale.

I would say it's more to do with the installation rather than anything else .
Don't really under stand what problem you can have with a toilet the inside workings of the cistern do wear out but the cost of push button flush and water valve is about £20.
Bathrooms do need to be maintained like the seal round the bath and shower to stop water ingress.

Our current white bathroom is nearly 30 years old and we are having it replaced this year, fingers crossed. We've replaced taps, the loo lid and re-sealed around the bath more than once but that's just maintenance.

Having to fully replace an entire bathroom after only 8 years is ridiculous.

Difficult to say whether it is the installation or the products or both, but 8 years is way too soon.

I did a bathroom with everything from Victoria Plumb as well. The toilet never worked properly from the start. Apparently they are churned out cheap from China and wasn't a standard size so parts for the cistern wouldn't fit properly.

2yrs later the enamel on the sink surround was bubbling up and worn.

It looked fab when it was done but never again. I moved a year later and what I have now is 26yrs old and still ok if a little tired looking. Bathrooms I'd expect 15-20yrs out of.

An single individual fault after 8 years, for example the cupboard door coming loose or a dodgy flush or a wobbly shower door etc. Meh - fine, wear and tear. The whole thing needing gutting? Sub standard, either installation or product.

For contrast, my mother had her bathroom re-done last year. The suit was at least 25 years old (probably older - was there when she moved in) apart from toilet cistern was cracked so she had a new toilet - she was able to reuse the full suite and get fresh tiles and floor around them. Still going strong.

8 years is outrageous! My house is only on its second bathroom. The house is 98 years old. Admittedly the original 1920s bathroom was in dire need of replacing when we bought the house.

by sink cabinets, I guess you mean vanitory units made of chipboard?

Not a good material to use in a room that contains water.

As for leaks, that is more likely to be poor fitting.

A ceramic basin and WC should last 20-50 years, though you would need to replace working parts like syphons and tap washers.

Pop-up wastes need changing after around five years, when they start to leak, but a plug on a chain can last a hundred years.

15 years is more reasonable. Toilets do develop faults, I've had mine fixed twice in 10 years, tap leaked and soaked a cabinet so needed to fix that but rip out, no

No way

My bathroom is 22 years old and going strong.