How To Add An En-Suite Bathroom To Your Bedroom

You might be wondering what to do with your bedroom if you’ve got a lot of space in it. Sure, you could always add some extra furniture to it or perhaps convert part of it into a home office. But have you ever considered building an en-suite bathroom in your bedroom?

As you can imagine, en-suite bathrooms offer many advantages. For example, if you had one installed in your bedroom, it’ll make your life easier as you won’t have to share the main bathroom in your home with the other people living there.

Another benefit of having an en-suite bathroom is that it’ll increase the value of your abode, so if you’re thinking of selling your home in the future, it’ll be worth more than you expected.

You’re likely reading this article because you’d like to know how to add an en-suite bathroom to your bedroom. Here’s what you need to know:

Planning Permission

The good news is that you don’t usually need to obtain planning permission before adding an en-suite bathroom to your bedroom. Generally speaking, the only time you do need permission is if your home is a listed property.

Of course, it goes without saying that you wouldn’t be allowed to add an en-suite bathroom to your bedroom if you lived in a rented property! Only the landlord can make such alterations to the property.

Deciding On What You Want

Once you’ve established whether you need planning permission or not, the next stage of your en-suite bathroom build is determining what you want.

As you can appreciate, you have almost limitless choices for selecting things like toilets, bathtubs, shower units, sinks, taps, and other items for your en-suite bathroom.

The good news is you can do everything on a strict budget or be lavish with your choices if money is no object. In either case, you’ll end up with an en-suite bathroom that you’ll love!

Full Bathroom Suite

If you’ve got enough space in your bedroom, you might decide that you’d like a complete bathroom suite. It can contain everything you’ve got in your current bathroom, such as a toilet, bathtub and shower mixer, toilet, and sink.

Full bathroom suites add more value to properties than wetrooms, but they also cost more to build. It’s worth weighing up whether getting an affordable en-suite bathroom is a higher priority than increasing your home’s value as much as possible.

Wetroom

If money is tight or you don’t have lots of spare space in your bedroom, it can make more sense to install a wetroom. As you can imagine, a wetroom takes up less space than a complete bathroom suite and is quicker and cheaper to get.

You could even build the wetroom yourself using cheap waterproof shower panels, a basic shower mixer, and perhaps reclaimed tiles for the floor if you want to keep costs down as much as possible.

Buying What You Want

Whether you do all the work yourself or pay someone else to do it for you, one task you still need to do is choose the brands and items you want for your en-suite bathroom.

There are many brands on the market. Some are established household names, while others might be new to the market or are perhaps not very well known.

Quality And Warranty

When looking at different options, you need to determine the brand’s quality. Are they a reputable brand that only sells premium products? Do they offer a no-quibble warranty or guarantee on all their products?

Getting an en-suite bathroom installed in your bedroom is a significant investment. That’s why it makes sense to stick with well-known brands approved by homeowners and contractors alike.

Retail Or Trade?

It’s no secret that all bathroom products are cheaper to the trade than they are to retail customers. Ideally, you want to purchase everything for your en-suite bathroom at trade prices – even if you’re doing all the work yourself.

Avoid companies that only sell to retail customers as they will likely have a huge markup on their prices.

DIY Or Contractor?

There’s no reason why you can’t do all the work yourself if you’re a competent DIYer and have all the right tools and equipment at your disposal.

However, if you’re unsure whether you’ll do a good job or simply don’t possess DIY skills, it would be best to hire a professional to do the installation work.

Planning The Work

Whether you do the work yourself or pay a contractor, there is still much planning required to ensure everything gets done as expected and causes the least disruption for you and your family.

The following points illustrate what you need to consider when planning your en-suite bathroom project:

Scheduling The Work

Firstly, you need to schedule the work to take place. Ideally, it would be best to consider a date range when there will be minimal disruption to your household.

If you do all the work yourself, you need to schedule the delivery of all your en-suite bathroom components to coincide with the start of your project.

Organising A Skip

Another thing you will need to do, irrespective of who does the work, is getting a skip organised. It makes sense to arrange for a skip delivery at least one day before your project begins.

If you can’t have a skip unloaded on your driveway, you may need to ask your local authority for a permit to put a skip on the road outside your home.

Booking In Contractors

Last but not least, if you’re going to entrust the work to a building contractor instead of doing it all yourself, you’ll need to schedule them for your required project dates. Be sure to agree on all dates and project milestones before booking them.

Final Thoughts

Getting an en-suite bathroom is an exciting prospect for any homeowner. Once you’ve had one installed in your bedroom, you’ll soon reap the benefits, such as no longer queueing to use a shared bathroom or disturbing other householders if you work irregular shift patterns.