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New Bathroom. This was a cramped old bathroom. The bath used to run length ways, under the window with the sink to it's left on far wall. This left little or no room. We began by fitting a large mirror onto the wall. This helps give a feeling of space and makes the room look bigger. This is well worth doing and is an attractive feature. Don't buy a mirror with holes in. A glass supplier will cut you a mirror glass to the size you want. Then fix it to the wall with tile adhesive, add a tile border and tile round it. The bath has been moved to fit across the far wall. The sink fitted under the window. This gives far more room and makes the room feel quite spacious. The floor is a laminate and came from Topps Tiles.	Click on the image to enlarge. New Bathroom.
Black and White Theme.
Hand Basin. The Basin is bolted to the wall and has a half pedestal to hide the pipe work, which had to be brought across under the floor and buried in the wall. this gives the illusion of more floor space.	Basin.
Plumbing. This bathroom is as neat and clean as you can get.	Hidden pipe work.
Bath Panel. Again with neatness in mind we mounted the Victorian taps on the wall to give a very modern and up market look. Although it meant burying more pipes it was not too difficult. Actually, with the width of the room being less than a standard bath we cheated by cutting the tap end off of a standard 1500 bath. Non standard baths are a lot more expensive. This one was £135.00. There is no need to pay more. We fitted a shower screen and made the bath panel, bringing it out from the bath like a wall and tiled it to give a more solid look.	Bath and Screen.
Stunning Bathroom. If you have got the room you can produce a showroom bathroom. This beautiful bathroom is really quite stunning. It has a 'wet' area for showering. To see how this bathroom was done; Click Here.	Maggie Erickson's Bathroom.
Shaped bath. This bathroom has a half pedestal. This meant burying the pipes in the wall and running the bath waste under the floor. The tiles are a faint marble with a blue border and we mounted a large mirror into the tiles. This makes a bathroom appear much bigger.	Lorna's Bathroom.
Black and White Theme. Another Black & White theme. This bathroom has our standard suit fitted. (SEE OUR STANDARD BATHROOM). We also tiled the room. It is a small bathroom because it has a separate WC. What Terry has to say. Hello Alan, I have at last had a chance to e-mail you and thank your for the work on our bathroom. Helen was really pleased with the bathroom and toilet when she saw them for the first time. We are all getting used to our new found luxurious bathroom and enjoying using it. Thanks. Would you be interested in carrying out more work for us? Take care Terry and Helen	Terry's Bathroom.
Fed up with white tiles? How about black tiles in another Black and White Theme? Another Black & White theme. Or is it 'Another brick in the wall'?   We don't want no............	Black brick style.
Another Inset Mirror. This bathroom has been tiled with pale marble effect tiles which are light enough to make the room seem bigger and lighter.Again we mounted a large mirror into the tiles. The floor was laminated with tile effect laminate.
The bath panel was tiled with matching tiles. This gives it a solid look.
Alan Thanks for the great job with our new bathroom. Hazel and I are extremely pleased with the end result and cannot believe the transformation in such a short space of time. Had we of known how painless the process would be, be would have had you round much earlier! Great service, value for money and a high quality of workmanship. We could not have asked for more. Thank you to yourself and Paul for your great efforts. Please see the attached pictures. Before/during/after photos. Martyn Fulcher June 2008 ________________________________________________________________
OH NO We've wrecked the room. I thought he said painless? It looks worse than it is and does not take long to put right. But it gives you an idea of the work involved.	Martyn Fulchers Bathroom.
Brick effect. This bathroom has been tiled with the tiles on their side in a brick style. This is becoming more common and makes a nice change without going over the top with colour. It can be done with the cheapest of tiles and is very effective. Again we mounted a large mirror into the tiles. The floor was tilled with black floor tiles.	Mr. Oxborrow's Bathroom.

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A collection of Vanity Units. Here is a smart way to hide pipe work and give storage. This works very well and looks Great. This is not a large bathroom and yet the units do not dominate the room. The Floor is a quality laminate from Topps Tiles. What Albert Chivers has to say. In recommending you to anyone I would have to say..... " Alan (Apollo Design) was the jack of all trades and master of ALL. In refurbishing my bathroom his skills were plenty evident in the way he tackled the Plumbing, Tiling and Flooring. When overcoming the inevitable builders' problems he always took time and effort to choose the best solution rather than the easiest and quickest. I value his helpful advice in making the numerous choices involved in creating that 'smart' finished look that one sees in the magazines. We were so impressed by the results, and value for money, that we have asked Alan to do a similar dream job on our downstairs cloakroom. I cannot recommend Alan and Apollo more highly." Thanks again Albert _________________________________________________________________	Smart Look.
Vanity Units. Here is another vanity unit. This also works very well and looks Great. This is an even smaller bathroom. But being white the units do not look overpowering. The WC is hidden around the corner, it used to be where the basin is but we suggested a swap as this gives more room and looks nicer.	Mrs Warne's Bathroom.
Vanity Units. Here is yet another vanity unit, looks Great. This is not a small bathroom and does the unit much justice. The black tiled floor goes great with the unit top.	Mrs Knight's Bathroom.
Vanity Units. Another superb vanity unit. The walls are tilled with a stone effect coloured tile with a stone mosaic border. Again we inserted a large mirror into the tiled wall over the bath.	Mr. Applegates Bathroom.
Half pedestal. This is another bathroom with a half pedestal. This meant burying the pipes in the wall. It is extra work, but the clean lines make it well worth it. The full floor space gives the illusion of a larger room This shows off the floor to its best. The floor is actually a laminate to look like tiles. This has several advantages. It is cheaper to lay, warmer to the bare foot and can be taken up and re laid if ever needed. We removed the skirting and replaced it with new. This was to avoid using the traditional beading used to cover the expansion space needed for the laminate. We think that the beading looks wrong and gives away the fact that is a laminate. So the new skirting covers the gap. What Mr Clarke has to say. We would like to thank you for the great job you did on our bathroom, The half pedestal sink makes the bathroom seem more spacious.The wall tiling is excellent also the laminate flooring looks like real tiles. We would not be afraid to recommend you to other people. we will be in touch with you at a later date about our kitchen floor .Thank you for a very professional job . June and Dick Clarke _________________________________________________________________	Mr Clarke's Bathroom.

Black and White Theme. Another Black & White theme. This one also has a mirror tiled into the wall with a black boarder tile around it. Makes a great feature in a plain room. Here is another way to hide pipe work. It can be boxed in and tiled over. This is a very popular way of dealing with pipe work.	Margaret's Bathroom.
Yet more Black and White. Another Black & White theme. This room has large white tiles with a black patterned border and black floor tiles.	Kathy's Bathroom.
Our Standard Suite. This bathroom has been fitted with another standard suite ( SEE OUR STANDARD BATHROOM). The wall tiles are a very light grey with a very very faint patten. The floor tiles are Reddish beige finished with a sandstone grout from Topps Tiles.	Dave's Bathroom.
Pipe work. Here the pipe work was rerouted to accommodate a freestanding bath with centre taps.	Plumbing.
Tiling. The pipe work carried out first. The sink has been moved from the right hand wall to accommodate a new toilet. This bathroom did not have a WC as there is a separate one next door. But it was big enough to accommodate one. We just cut through the outer wall for the soil pipe. The tiling is carried out next so the sink and cistern can be mounted on the tiles rather than cutting the tiles around the suite.	Cream tiles with green skirting tile.
Bath. Here is the freestanding bath mentioned above.	Bath.
White and green. The finished bathroom with freestanding bath. Bright and clean with an old fashioned traditional look.	Victorian.
Borders. Again, clean, bright white with just a touch of blue in a mosaic border that has a Mediterranean feel. You can add to the colour with matching towels and a rug or bathmat. Note the mirror has been set into the tiles.	Blue Theme.
Colour? If you would like some colour and do not like white? Think about some of the 'stone effect' tiles. These have a Mediterranean look that should last. The floor is tiled with stone tiles.	Warm look.
Colour. Same room again.	Warm.
Neat tiling. We always try to avoid ugly cuts in the tiles. Here we have inserted a shaving socket into the tile without a cut showing.	Neat.

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