B&Q Take Away Bathrooms

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I'm looking to replace my current bathroom and was thinking of using one of the 'take away' bathroom suites from B&Q. Does anyone know how well made/sturdy they are. Any pitfalls I should know about. Many thanks.

ended up with one after builder decided we needed to fit one in a hurry (complicated)and didn't have time to wait for an ordered one.
Bath side very flimsy, chain broke on plug within 5 mins.
Plug holes seem to block easily so don't
know if they are narrow - our old ones never used to.
Toilet fine
I think cheap and cheerful and fine if you are strapped for cash or in a rush as we were, but with hindsight we might have been better off paying a bit more and making builder wait as not the sort of thing you want to replace regularly.

hth

We had the Maadrid one in our last house - as Pippo said, flimsy bath panel but otherwise fine. The cistern took ages to refill (Plumber told us this was because it was continental design not British but no idea if that was pure invention. Otherwise, we were really happy with it. You can always change the taps if not to your likeing but for the price, we had no complaints.

Thanks for your feedback, any other places that are good i.e. cheap for bathrooms or kitchens come to think of it? All recommendations welcome.

Try end of ranges at places like Bathstore (you are better going in rather than on-line). There will be sales coming up shortly I would imagine. We got our bathroom cabinents from them at a good price (display models).