your new bathroom, designed, supplied and fitted, free design consultation included
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NORTH LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE
Bathroom Fitters in Islington
Bathrooms designed, supplied and fitted by one team in Islington’s Georgian and Victorian terraces, converted flats and the estates between them. Fixed price in writing, 2 year guarantee on our work. Call 01462 506 374.
BATHROOM FITTERS IN ISLINGTON
A bathroom in an Islington terrace starts with the joists and the stack
The terraces of Barnsbury, Canonbury and Highbury were built in the early 1800s for families with servants, then spent much of the twentieth century split into bedsits, then were put back together. What that leaves is a bathroom carved out of a bigger room, a cast iron soil stack that is often on the wrong elevation for the layout you want, and floor joists that were never sized for a stone tiled floor plus a full bath of water.
So our survey starts under the floor and at the stack, not at the tile samples. We check span and deflection, trace the waste route, and price any strengthening or rerouting into the quote. Gas Safe registered under 956889. Our own workmanship on a bathroom installation is guaranteed for 2 years.
Some of our recent bathrooms
Real rooms we designed and fitted, in our own photographs. See every project with its brief in our bathroom gallery.
Four Islington jobs, and what decides each one
The Georgian house put back together
A family bathroom on the first floor and an en suite in the old dressing room. The stack is on the rear elevation, the joists are 1820s softwood, and the ceiling below is lath and plaster you do not want to lose. We overboard or strengthen where stone is going down, run the waste to the existing stack wherever the fall allows, and keep every new pipe off the street elevation.
The converted flat
Two or three homes in one house, one shared stack, and a lease that says what you can touch. The layout follows the stack. A toilet moved across the room may need a macerator, and we are honest about where that is a compromise. Anything external goes to the freeholder before it goes on the quote.
The loft
Extraction and the waste run decide it, not floor space. Building Regulations want 15 litres a second out of a bathroom, ducted to outside, and a loft room needs it more than any other because it is the warmest, wettest room in the house.
The basement
Islington usually requires planning permission for basement work and has a basement development policy for it. A basement bathroom also needs pumped drainage in most Islington houses because the sewer is above it. It is done all the time. It is planned first.
Hard to very hard
Thames Water across N1, N4, N5, N7 and N19
Thames Water, and it is hard
Thames Water describes its London supply as hard, around 260 to 320 mg/l depending on the zone. Scale is what furs up a shower cartridge and clouds a glass screen. We specify valves with replaceable cartridges and raise a scale reducer or softener at survey, before the tiles go on.
Get a fixed price before we start
Call and talk to an engineer, or send us the details and we will come back to you with a price.
Fifteen working days in a Canonbury terrace
The order of a full refit in a period house, and why the middle week cannot be hurried.
Strip out, joists, stack
The old room out, the floor opened, joists checked and strengthened or overboarded for stone, the cast iron stack inspected and the new waste positions run to it with the fall they need. First fix for hot, cold, electrics and the extract duct. Boarded and tanked.
Tiling
Walls in an 1820s house are rarely square, so setting out takes a morning and the tiling takes as long as it takes. This is the week that shows for fifteen years.
Second fix and handover
Sanitaryware, brassware, screen, mirror, the fan commissioned and tested, sealing, the snag list walked with you, the final clean.
Islington parking is planned, not hoped for. The borough runs 24 separate zones with their own hours, a tradesperson permit is £33.30 a day, a bay suspension is £320 for the first day and needs 14 days’ notice, and a skip licence is £127 a month. We book it, we price it into the quote and we show it as a line, so nothing appears on the invoice that was not on the quote.
An Islington bathroom is priced from the survey, not a table
Two rooms the same size in the same street can be a different price, because one has a sound floor and a stack on the right wall and the other does not. Labour and tiling are most of the cost and they follow the room. The quote you get is itemised line by line, includes the permit and the skip at the council’s own rates, and is fixed before the first board comes up.
Chosen for Islington houses, not off a showroom shelf
Valves with cartridges you can swap when the water has scaled them, because it will. Trays shallow enough for a terrace with no depth under the floor, with a waste you can still reach. A proper tanking system under every wet room, laid once the floor has been proved to carry it. Pumped drainage in the lofts and basements where gravity has nothing to offer. A fan that reaches outside and moves 15 litres a second, so the ceiling stays white.
The whole room, one crew, one signature on the quote
Nobody hands you a half finished bathroom and an argument about whose fault it is. Two years on our workmanship.
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Why choose Vantage
Rated 4.9 on Google from more than 700 reviews across Google, Checkatrade and Trustatrader. Qualified, accredited engineers, a fixed price before any work begins and a labour guarantee on every job, from an established local company with an office team you can actually reach. No job too small.
Gas Safe registered
Company registration 956889. Every gas engineer carries their own Gas Safe ID card, and you can ask to see it.
Refcom F-Gas certified
REF1024550. Legally required for air conditioning installation and servicing, and we hold it.
CHAS Elite accredited
Veriforce CHAS assessed for health and safety, which is why commercial clients and landlords use us.
City & Guilds and BPEC qualified
Qualified, insured engineers on every job. No subcontracted strangers.
700+ reviews, 4.9 on Google
Across Google, Checkatrade and Trustatrader. Read them before you book.
Labour guarantee on every job
12 months on repairs, installations and everything else. Two years on a full bathroom refit. If anything we did develops a fault, we come back and put it right.
Fixed price before we start
The price is agreed with you before any work begins. No hidden extras on the invoice.
24/7, answered by a person
The emergency line is answered every day of the year by someone who can send an engineer, not a call centre.
Fully stocked vans
Five vans carrying the parts that fail most often, so most jobs are fixed on the first visit.
An office team behind every job
An established local business with multiple engineers and a dedicated office team to keep you informed.
Vaillant myREWARDS and Ideal Max accredited
Accredited installer status means extended manufacturer warranties on the boilers we fit.
Emergency response within the hour
Our average response to an emergency call is under an hour across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Trusted & Accredited Professionals
Why choose Vantage
Gas Safe registered under 956889. One team from strip out to silicone, one point of contact, no subcontractors passing the blame. Pricing itemised and fixed before a single board comes up. A 2 year guarantee on our own workmanship. Parking and skips booked and shown on the quote. Company number 13248357, VAT number 392 8946 37.
Where we fit bathrooms in Islington
Every part of the borough, including:
BarnsburyCanonburyHighburyIslington villageUpper StreetAngelClerkenwellHollowayTufnell ParkArchwayFinsbury ParkHighbury FieldsCanonbury SquareGibson SquareArlington Square
Around Islington
We work across the N1, N4, N5, N7 and N19 postcodes and the EC1 edge of the borough, and into the neighbouring boroughs:
CamdenHackneyHaringeyHighgateKentish TownStoke Newington
The wider area is on our North London page.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a bathroom refit take in an Islington terrace?
Two to three weeks for a full strip out and refit, as one continuous run. A like for like swap or a cloakroom is quicker. If the floor needs strengthening for stone, allow the extra days we show on the quote rather than finding them in week two.
How much does a new bathroom cost in Islington?
Enough that it is worth a proper survey rather than a number off a website. The room, the floor and the stack set the labour, and the labour is most of the price. We itemise it, show the Islington permit and skip at the council’s rates, and fix the total before we start. Staged payments, 50, 40 and 10, are set out on our prices page.
Can you add a bathroom in a loft or a basement in Islington?
Yes. A loft bathroom in a terrace is decided by the waste run to the stack and by extraction. A basement bathroom usually needs planning permission in Islington, which has had a basement development policy since 2016, and Building Regulations approval. We tell you which applies before you order anything.
My flat shares a soil stack with the flat below. Is that a problem?
It is the normal situation in a converted Islington house and it shapes the layout: the toilet wants a gravity fall to the stack, and moving it across the room may mean a macerator. We survey the stack, check what the lease says about touching it, and design around it.
Do I have to tell the council about a bathroom in a conservation area?
Internal work usually does not need permission. A new soil and vent pipe or waste on a street elevation can, and in Barnsbury, Canonbury, Highbury Fields and the other Article 4 streets the council has removed the usual permitted development rights for external changes. We flag it at survey.
What does Thames Water’s hard supply do to a new shower?
Scales the cartridge and clouds the glass, within a year if nothing is done. So the cartridges we fit are replaceable, and a scale reducer or a softener on the main is on the survey agenda for every whole house.
How long is the guarantee on the bathroom?
Two years on everything we did with our own hands, from the day we hand it over. The products carry their own manufacturer warranties on top.
Start with a survey
Ring 01462 506 374 or send us the details. We come to the house, look under the floor and at the stack, measure what the mains delivers, read the lease if there is one, and put an itemised fixed price in writing.
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