Bathroom Refit
Highly recommend Ultra Build — had my bathroom ripped out and replaced, completed to a very high standard. Craig and the team kept me in the loop the whole way through. 5★ service.
Daniel Bolton
Bathrooms · Manchester & Greater Manchester
Bathroom Refits In
Manchester — Tanked,
Tiled And Certified.
Full bathroom refits, walk-in showers and wet rooms across Greater Manchester — strip-out, first fix, tanking, tile, suite install and certified second fix. One team, one fixed price, written guarantee.
FMB Member · Fully Insured (£2m PL & EL) · Fixed Written Quotes
Manchester-Based Team
Gas Safe & NAPIT Sub-Trades
Fixed-Price Written Quotes
FMB Members
Service Overview
Bathrooms —
The Brief, In Plain English.
What It Is
Full bathroom refurbishments — strip back to substrate, re-pipe and re-wire to current Regs, tank the wet area, tile floor and walls, install bath / suite / vanity / walk-in shower / wet room, fit second-fix tapware and decorate. Cloakroom WCs, en-suites and family bathrooms all on one contract.
Who It's For
Homeowners replacing a failed bathroom, anyone moving in to a property where the bathroom is the first thing to come out, landlords on void-period upgrades, clients adding an en-suite as part of a loft or extension build.
When You Need It
When tiles are dropping, grout has failed, the bath enamel is gone, the shower tray is moving, or the room layout is wasting space. Also when a buyer's survey has flagged dated suites or non-compliant electrics ahead of sale.
Why It Matters
Bathrooms are the room that gets wet, hot and cold every day. Substrate, tanking and electrical Zone-rating decide whether the finish lasts 15 years or 18 months — and most failures are invisible until water finds the ceiling below.
What Happens If You Wait
The Cost Of
Doing Nothing.
A bad bathroom refit hides its failures behind tile. By the time the stain shows on the ceiling, joists have been wet for months.
Risks Of Ignoring It
- →Tile substrate failure — tiles laid on plasterboard without backer, grout cracking inside two winters.
- →Inadequate tanking around showers — water tracks behind tile into the wall and onto joists below.
- →Electrical work in Zone 1/2 done outside Regs — no RCD, no certificate, insurance void if anything fails.
- →Wet room slope formed wrong — water sits, grout fails, the floor doesn't drain.
- →Inadequate extraction ducted into the loft — moisture builds in the void, mould in the ceiling within a year.
Common Mistakes Customers Make
- ×Hiring on the lowest quote with no certification check.
- ×Cheap shower tray on suspended timber — flex cracks the seal, water gets out.
- ×Skipping tanking to save £150 on a £10k bathroom — the failure point of the whole job.
- ×Silicone applied before tile sealants cure — peels away, water in the gap.
Our Process
First Call To
Final Sign-Off.
01
Survey & Spec
Measured survey, suite and tile selection, layout review, honest go/no-go on wet rooms over timber floors.
02
Fixed Written Quote
Itemised quote with PC sums for suite / tile / tapware.
03
Strip-Out & First Fix
Old suite, tile and flooring out, first-fix plumbing and Zone-rated electrics, plaster, cement board to wet zones, tanking membrane to the shower.
04
Tile, Install & Second Fix
Tile floor and walls, install suite, fit shower / bath / vanity, second-fix taps and electrics, fan ducted to outside, towel rail and mirror.
05
Snag & Sign-Off
Silicone done last and given time to cure, snag walked through, NICEIC certificate issued, guarantee written into the contract.
Credentials
What Stands
Behind The Work.
Fully Insured
£2m public liability and £2m employers' liability cover.
FMB Members
Federation of Master Builders — verified profile.
Structural Work In-House
Carried out by Ultra Build's own team — not subcontracted out.
Garden & External Works
Handled in-house alongside the main build.
NAPIT-Registered Electricians
Electrical work carried out by our NAPIT-registered specialist subcontractors, with certification on completion.
Gas Safe-Registered Engineers
Gas work carried out by our Gas Safe-registered specialist subcontractors, with certification on completion.
The Team
Around 7 full-time staff, and 20+ including long-standing subcontractors we've worked with for 5+ years.
Why It's Worth It
What You
Actually Get.
Tanked Wet Zones
Cement board on wet walls, tanking membrane to the shower enclosure — water stays where it should.
Certified Sub-Trades
NAPIT-registered electricians for Zone-rated wiring, Gas Safe for any boiler or towel-rail tie-in, certificates issued on completion.
Proper Extraction
Humidity-sensing fan ducted to outside (never into the loft) — no moisture build-up, no ceiling mould.
Fixed-Price Only
Quote in writing against your spec. No day-rate creep — variations priced before any extra work starts.
Workmanship Guarantee
Up to 5 years on internal renovation defects, written into the contract.
Workmanship Guarantee
Written Into
The Contract.
Every Ultra Build Northwest contract carries a workmanship guarantee in writing. It covers defects with the structural build and plumbing issues such as faulty fittings — not just a verbal promise.
Documented at handover
10
Years
On Roofs
2
Years
On Extensions
Up To
5
Years
On Internal Renovation Defects
In Detail
Bathrooms —
Every Variation Covered.
Materials, methods and the situations each variation applies to — so you know what you're buying before you buy it.
Working across
Manchester · Cheshire · Oldham · Salford · Stockport · Alderley Edge · Altrincham & Hale
Full Service Area MapFull Bathroom Refits
Strip to substrate, re-pipe and re-wire to Regs, plaster, tank wet zones, tile floor and walls, install bath / WC / basin / vanity, second-fix taps, decorate. Family bathrooms, en-suites and cloakrooms on one contract.
Walk-In Showers & Low-Profile Trays
Walk-in enclosures with low-profile stone-resin or tiled trays, frameless glass screens, thermostatic mixer showers with rain-head and handset. Tanking behind tile is non-negotiable.
Wet Rooms
Slope-formed floor with bonded drain and full tanking membrane, tile-over-tray or fully tiled. We don't recommend wet rooms on suspended timber without serious substrate build-up — we'll tell you straight before quoting.
Suite Replacements
Like-for-like swap-outs where layout works — bath, WC, basin and vanity replaced, tile and walls made good, no full strip-out where it isn't needed.
En-Suite Builds
Adding an en-suite to a master bedroom or loft conversion — soil run worked back to existing stack, electrical Zone planning, extraction designed in.
What Clients Say
Bathrooms Clients,
In Their Own Words.
New Bathroom
We recently had a new bathroom installed by the Ultra Build team and were very pleased from start to finish. They gave us so many ideas and suggestions on how to make the best use of our bathroom area.
Kehinde Anderson
Questions
Straight
Answers.
Cost, timeline, guarantees, lifespan, emergency availability — the questions everyone asks, answered before you call.
Ask YoursHow much does a bathroom refit cost in Manchester?
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Greater Manchester 2026: standard refit £6,500–£12,000 (labour, tiling, plumbing, decoration — suite excluded); mid-range with new suite, walk-in shower and quality tile £12,000–£20,000; high-end / wet rooms £20,000+. Fixed itemised quote.
How long does a bathroom refit take?
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Typically 2–3 weeks from strip-out to handover. Wet rooms 2.5–3.5 weeks. Programmed week-by-week with the contract.
Are your electricians and gas engineers certified?
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Yes — NAPIT-registered electricians for all bathroom wiring (Zone-rated to Regs) and Gas Safe-registered engineers for any boiler / towel-rail / shower-pump tie-in, with certificates issued on completion.
Do I need to be out of the house?
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Only if it's your only bathroom and there's nowhere else on site. Most clients stay in, with a 1–2 day window when the WC is being swapped.
Can you do a wet room over a timber floor?
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Sometimes — with serious substrate build-up, deck reinforcement and a bonded membrane. Often a low-profile tray walk-in is the better long-term answer. We'll tell you honestly at survey.
Do you guarantee the work?
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Yes — up to 5 years on internal renovation defects, written into the contract. Suite and shower warranties pass through from the manufacturer.
How quickly can you survey and quote?
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Surveys booked within a few days; a fixed written quote follows as soon as it's ready.
Do you cover all of Greater Manchester and Cheshire?
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Yes — Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Cheshire and surrounding towns.
Can you add a downstairs WC or en-suite?
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Yes — soil run, Zone-rated wiring, extraction and structural alterations all handled in-house.
Next Step
Get A Bathroom That Lasts.
Free site survey across Greater Manchester, fixed written quote — no obligation. FMB member, fully insured with £2m public liability and £2m employers' liability, Manchester-based.
Fully Insured · £2m PL & EL Manchester Based FMB Member
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