Seven stages

An unhurried way to build a bathroom

Nothing here is rushed, and nothing is a surprise. Each stage has a name, a duration and a thing you get at the end of it.

01

From first call to the twelve-month check

Most clients are with us for three to five months in total. Only a few weeks of that are noisy.

  1. The first conversation

    30 minutes, by phone

    Before anyone drives anywhere we talk about the room, the household and roughly what you want to spend. If we are not the right shop for the job we will say so on this call.

    • No sales visit until we both think it is worth one
    • Honest budget range given on the phone
    • Earliest realistic start date
    The first conversation
  2. Measuring visit

    About 90 minutes on site

    We measure everything, open an inspection hole where it is sensible, photograph what is behind the wall, and ask a lot of questions about how the room gets used.

    • Full measured survey
    • Inspection hole with your permission
    • Photographs of existing plumbing and structure
    Measuring visit
  3. Plan and fixed proposal

    5 to 8 working days

    You get a to-scale plan, elevations for the wet area and vanity wall, a written scope, a fixed price and a materials allowance you can see inside.

    • Drawings, not a bullet list
    • Line-item pricing
    • Named contingency for what we cannot see yet
    Plan and fixed proposal
  4. Selections at the studio

    Two sessions, unhurried

    Tile, stone, fixtures and glass chosen in daylight at our Riverside Mill studio, with full-size samples you take home for a week before deciding.

    • Samples go home with you
    • Every selection priced as you choose it
    • Nothing ordered until you sign the schedule
    Selections at the studio
  5. Pre-construction meeting

    One hour, one week out

    We walk the route, agree where the dust wall goes, confirm the daily start time, and hand over a week-by-week schedule with your lead carpenter's direct number.

    • Written schedule
    • Direct number for your lead
    • Agreed parking, water and power arrangements
    Pre-construction meeting
  6. Build

    9 days to 7 weeks

    One crew, the same faces, an 8 am start and a tidy site at the end of every day. A photo update lands in your inbox each Friday afternoon.

    • Negative-air dust control
    • Friday photo update
    • Change orders in writing before work begins
    Build
  7. Walk-through and the year after

    Handover plus a 12-month visit

    We close the punch list before we invoice the balance, leave a care folder with every product in the room, and come back at twelve months to check grout, sealant and glass hardware.

    • Punch list closed before final invoice
    • Care folder with warranties
    • Twelve-month return visit included
    Walk-through and the year after

02

Six things we do on every job

These are not upgrades. They are the parts of the method that stop a bathroom failing in year four.

A written schedule

Week by week, handed over at the pre-construction meeting, with your lead carpenter's direct number on it.

Dust control

A sealed wall at the doorway and a negative-air machine running through demolition.

A documented flood test

Twenty-four hours, photographed at the start and the end, before a single tile goes on.

Friday photographs

A short update in your inbox at the end of every week, whether you are in town or not.

Change orders in writing

Nothing is added to your invoice without a signed line describing it and pricing it.

A twelve-month visit

We come back and check grout, sealant and glass hardware. It is included, not an upsell.

A finished bathroom by Still Water Bath Co.

Next step

Start at stage one

Thirty minutes on the phone. If we are not the right shop for your bathroom, we will tell you on that call.

Free measured survey · Fixed written proposal · Bathrooms only

03

Living through the build

If yours is not here, call the studio. We would rather answer it now than have you guess.

Talk to the studio

(828) 555-0211

Mon - Thu 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

All questions

Nine to twelve days for a conversion, three to five weeks for a full remodel, four to seven weeks for a larger ensuite. You get a week-by-week schedule at the pre-construction meeting and a photo update every Friday.

Yes, and we plan around it. We sequence the toilet so you lose it for a single day rather than the whole project, and we can arrange a temporary unit for the days when the floor is open.

We build a sealed dust wall at the doorway, run a negative-air machine while we demolish, cover the route from your front door, and vacuum at the end of every day. It is a construction site, but it stays contained to one room.

The crew arrives at 8 am and packs up by 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. We do not work weekends unless you ask us to, and we never start early without agreeing it with you first.

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