Bathroom questions in Wicklow

The room is stripped to the walls, so there's dust and a skip outside for a few days. A good company sheets the stairs and landing, cuts tiles outside where it can and tidies up every evening.

Ask for it in writing: a guarantee on the workmanship, the makers' guarantees on the shower, the valve and the suite, and the guarantee on the tanking. The electrician gives you a completion certificate.

One bathroom renovation company that covers your part of Wicklow. They see the room, check the floor, the hot water and the waste, then price it in writing.

Yes. Wicklow County Council requires written grant approval before any adaptation work starts on site. Work started before approval is not covered.

Up to €40,000 for adapting a home for a person with a disability, or up to €8,000 under the Mobility Aids Grant for household incomes up to €37,500.

Keeping the toilet, basin and shower in the same positions avoids re-routing the 110 mm soil stack and floor waste pipes through joists or concrete slabs.

Yes. Grout is porous over time; a liquid or sheet tanking membrane behind the tiles stops water reaching plasterboard or timber joists.

A Registered Electrical Contractor (REC) must fit bathroom lighting, extractor fans, electric showers and shaver sockets under Irish IP zone rules and issue a completion certificate.

Yes. A 1700 mm bath space takes a low-profile walk-in shower tray and fixed glass panel, often connecting straight to the existing bath waste position.

A wet room has a level, tanked floor laid to a fall with a flush drain and no lip at all. A low-profile tray sits 25 to 45 mm high and only requires tanking in the shower enclosure.

An electric shower heats cold mains or tank water on demand. A mixer shower blends hot cylinder water with cold water and often uses a booster pump on Irish gravity-fed plumbing systems.

Yes. Electric undertile heating mats sit in flexible tile adhesive over insulation backer board and warm porcelain or stone floor tiles quickly.

Irish building rules require mechanical extract ventilation in bathrooms and shower rooms, often wired to an overrun timer or humidity sensor to clear steam.

Fit a quiet humidity-sensing extractor fan, tank wet walls properly and finish movement joints with sanitary-grade anti-fungal silicone.

The fitting company strips out the old suite and tiles and removes the waste in a skip or van load as part of the full job.

A main bathroom with a bath or a shower is €8,800 to €16,500, and one with a bath and a separate shower €12,000 to €18,000. A refresh with a new suite and tiles is €4,400 to €8,800. Moving the toilet or shower adds €1,200 to €2,500. The cost guide has every line.

Six working days for a straightforward bathroom, one to two weeks for most. See how long it takes.

Yes. Wicklow County Council's Housing Adaptation Grant pays up to €40,000: the full amount under €37,500 of household income, nothing over €75,000, a sliding scale between. See disability bathroom grants.

Often, yes. An original bathroom in a pre-1980s house can hide old pipework, walls that aren't straight and a timber floor that needs work, so expect the full-renovation price and keep 10 to 15% back.

Yes. Send the form and pick Elsewhere in Wicklow. We'll tell you straight if no company covers you.

They're the largest towns in County Wicklow by Census 2022 population.

Wicklow County Council, for every town in the county.

Six days to two weeks for a standard bathroom. See how long a bathroom takes →

Two to three days in a standard bathroom, after the tanking has dried. See how long a bathroom takes →

Moving the toilet or shower, a wet room floor, drying times, and tiles or a vanity that haven't arrived. See how long a bathroom takes →

No. It's out of use for the whole job. If it's your only one, ask how the toilet will work overnight and plan showers elsewhere. See how long a bathroom takes →

A full family bathroom with the layout kept is €8,800 to €16,500, a refresh €4,400 to €8,800 and an en-suite €3,000 to €13,500. The company prices yours in writing once it has seen the room. See bathroom renovation in arklow →

Yes, from Wicklow County Council: up to €40,000 under the Housing Adaptation Grant or €8,000 under the Mobility Aids Grant, means tested. Apply before any work starts. See bathroom renovation in arklow →

One bathroom renovation company that covers your part of Wicklow. They come out, see the room and give you a written price. You're not tied to anything until you accept it. See bathroom renovation in arklow →

41% were built before 1981, 25% between 1981 and 2000 and 34% in 2001 or later, by Census 2022. See bathroom renovation in arklow →