Bathroom Tiling

Chic Bathroom Renovation

In this Gold Coast bathroom renovation, the team from Armrock Constructions achieved a great result working with our client’s budget and requirements. Cost-saving measures in this project include retention of original locations such as the shower, tub and vanity, and the re-use of assets such as the tub and blinds.

In a renovation, sometimes the right solution is to replace everything – but sometimes, best results are achieved by re-using and re-invigorating existing components.

Renovation Commences

All renovations begin with a demolition stage, and this project is no exception. While the renovation process can be disruptive, Armrock minimises the impact with an efficient approach and complete team. We aim to complete your reno as quickly as possible so you can get on with life and enjoy your new bathroom!

Back to Bare Bones

Having completely removed all unwanted aspects of the old bathroom, our team can now get started rebuilding.

Tiling Solution

These tiles have a long, thin horizontal disposition and they’re a non-conventional approach. Because of the soft colour tone, they create a pleasing, restful impression. Armrock’s tilers ensure tiles are laid as they should be, equipping the project for the installation of the vanity and shower.

Final Result

Our client has opted for a pre-fabricated vanity in this renovation. The circular mirror enhances the tiling for a mystical, relaxed vibe in this newly fresh, cleanly renovated Gold Coast bathroom.

5 Star Bathroom Renovation

There’s nothing like the feeling of walking into your own bathroom and feeling like you’re in a 5-Star resort. In this recent Gold Coast Renovation, the team from Armrock Constructions worked with our clients to create a striking, innovative and intensely modern bathroom experience. We’re proud of the results we’ve achieved. Read on to learn more about this renovation.

Subtle Entry Details

As soon as you step in the doorway of this bathroom, you know you’re into something special. The deep blue-greys in the door bounce off the warm timber frame for a positive transition into this expansive bathroom.

Take a look at the colour palette from the entrance. These darker tones create a backdrop against which white features such as the cistern and bathtub generate an emphatic visual appearance.

Cube Vanity Solution

This innovative vanity breaks away from pre-conceived vanity ideas to create a cube-like feature for the basin. It’s dead simple and it’s always going to be nice and tidy – no collection of clutter for this vanity! With its central location, it also serves to divide the room between the cistern and bathtub.

Sometimes in renovations, decisions are made for you – utilising this position for the vanity, you can see how the width is constrained by the presence of the windows on each side. We’ve turned this into a strength here by condensing the vanity for an emphatic statement.

If you’re interested in vanities, talk to our team about a custom vanity to suit your project. Learn more about custom vanities here.

In this image, you can see how the cistern, basin and bathtub are linked together by their white colour. This elevates the room and accentuates these features against the darker tones of the walls and floor. Because the bathroom has got two tall, louvred windows, a fabulous relationship occurs in which the eye is drawn up towards the twin towers of light!

Free Standing Bathtub

This free-standing bathtub enjoys the benefit of natural light from the louvres directly behind. It joins with the open shower to create a wet area and designated bathing zone on this end of the bathroom.

5 Star Shower

Rounding out this fantastic bathroom is the frameless shower. Featuring a large rainfall showerhead & handheld combo, it’s simple and elegant. The oversized wall tiles to all the talking here. This shower solution is functional, looks fantastic, and finishes off this 5-star bathroom renovation.

Bathroom Drains

The choice and style of drain for your Gold Coast bathroom renovation can add value to the design. Drains used to be an afterthought, but now their valuable visual contribution is recognised. Whether your drains are designed to blend in or stand out, make sure you take their presence into account when planning your new bathroom.

In this article we discuss bathroom drain styles, with examples from some of our recent Gold Coast renovation projects.

Gold Coast Bathroom Floor Drain Styles

Historically, bathroom drains were considered in terms of their function rather than how they looked. In modern bathroom design, the presence of all inclusions is taken into account. Because drains are different to the area they occupy (for example, bathroom tiles) they naturally stand out to some extent.

You should consider this difference and use it to optimal effect when planning your bathroom style. The contrast created between your drain and the surrounding tiles can range from low-contrast to high-contrast, with a variety of different effects throughout the range.

Where You Find Bathroom Drains

The location and number of drains your bathroom needs will depend on the size and type of bathroom, and also on the fixtures & fittings. However, from ensuites to main bathrooms, a standard configuration will involve at least a floor drain, a shower drain. Drains may also be found in your basin and bath, but in this article we’re particularly interested in these common floor drains.

The location of these drains will depend on the bathroom and the type of shower. Generally they are optimally placed for the original design but may need to be moved in the case of a renovation or reconfiguration of the bathroom. The pros and cons of approaching this type of plumbing modification should be weighed up carefully. It’s something we can help with.

Types of Bathroom Drains

There are two types of bathroom drains we’re looking at in detail here:

Tile insert strip drains
General prefabricated bathroom drains

Tile Insert Strip Drain

The tile insert strip drain is a popular option in many of our Gold Coast renovation projects. Using the same tiles as the bathroom floor, Armrock’s tilers craft a drain that blends in with the floor for a compelling and seamless look. These type of drains are custom-made. Popular formats for these drains are squares and rectangles.

What is a Tile Insert Strip Drain?

A tile insert strip drain is a drain that uses the same tiles as the surrounding area to create a seamless effect for the drain.

The great thing about tile insert strip drains is that they are designed to blend in with the materials that surround them. The only indication of a drains presence is the functional gap to permit water flow.

General Prefabricated Bathroom Drains

Alternatively, a bathroom makeover is an opportunity to implement a pre-fabricated drain. For our Gold Coast bathroom renovation clients, we can help you to source essential components like these from reputable local suppliers. We can also help you determine the best brand or style for your renovation project.

There are numerous options available. They range from very basic, functional drains to high-end materials and styles.

What’s The Best Solution For My Bathroom?

What you include in your bathroom renovation should always be weighed up against your requirements:

Budget
Purpose / Function
Style

Whether you opt for a discrete option such as a tile insert strip drain or a prefabricated bathroom drain, the most important thing is that it meets your budget requirements and performs its all-important function properly. Style comes last but it’s not unimportant! A drain can really stand out and in modern bathroom design, you need to ensure it stands out in the right way. Following are some design notes about how your drains can compliment the rest of your design.

Design Principle: Repetition

A useful design principle to keep in mind when you’re considering your bathroom drain style is that of repetition – in other words, repeating similar elements through the bathroom to create an effect. This is most easily achieved with colour, but can also be done with texture, lines and shapes. Using repetition can help build a theme and create the impression of a continuous, unified design.

For example, a bathroom with silver vanity-handles could use a silver drain to create this kind of repetition. When the silver is repeated through the design (door handles, shower fixtures, cupboard handles, tapware, towel-holders) the effect takes hold. Actually, silver is an important colour in bathrooms because so many components are silver-coloured (usually because they’re made from stainless steel, which is silver.

Renovation Services – Tiling

Tiling is an essential service in our Gold Coast bathroom renovation process. With over 300 bathroom renovation projects under our belt, we are experienced at all aspects of bathroom renovation and familiar with both established and innovative approaches to tiling that will make all of the difference in your project. Learn more about tiling below, or contact our team at the bottom of the page to organise a free consultation and quote for your bathroom renovation.

Tiling in a Bathroom Renovation

Tiling is an especially important part of a bathroom renovation because of the large visual impact that tiles create. It’s essential the work is completed by experienced professionals to get an outstanding result. We support our clients with a flexible tile selection process and tiling solutions customised to suit your renovation.

Tile Selection Process

Is it time to select tiles for your renovation? We encourage our clients to select tiles themselves because of the highly personal nature of selection and subtle nuances in different types of tiles. However, we are also here to help guide your decisions and can certainly help with selection in case you need assistance.

The best way is to look at tiles is in displays where they’re laid out together, because tiles create a different impression when they’re grouped together.

This can be done at local tile suppliers – if you need help finding a reputable supplier of quality tiles, just ask and we can point you in the right direction.

To help the process, we’ve compiled some useful things to keep in mind before you start looking at tiles: Six Things to Know Before Choosing Tiles For Your Renovation.

Gold Coast Bathroom Tiling Options

Armrock is ready to take on all renovation tiling. Whether you opt for floor, half-wall, feature-wall, splash back or full wall & floor tiling, we can work with your chosen tiles to get the job done.

Popular Tile Sizes – A Quick Review

Wondering where to get started with tiles? Three popular tile sizes to take a look at for floor and wall tiling at the moment are 450x450mm, 300x600mm, and 600x600mm. These come in a variety of styles and we’ve been using them in a number of recent renovations. This size range includes medium and large-sized square tiles and rectangular tiles. Remember, it’s definitely worth looking at these options in-situ at the distributor to see the way they can work together visually.

Tiling Extent

Tiling can be done to different extents. The extent (or amount) of tiling has implications on cost as well as the finished result. By keeping this in mind you can save money in your renovation.

Here are examples of popular tiling solutions from our recent renovations:

Floor-Only Tiling

Tiled floors are almost a given for any bathroom project. They’re a waterproof solution to flooring that’s safest underfoot and practically a tradition. All of our Gold Coast projects include tiling for bathroom floors.

Full Floor / Full Wall Tiling

With full-floor full-wall tiling, designs range from a uniform tiling approach to a variety of combinations. A uniform option is always safe, but the opportunities for creativity and expression in a mixed approach are wide-ranging.

Full-floor full-wall tiling can be overwhelming if it isn’t approached properly, but it can also be brilliant, astonishing, or a subtle delight. It all depends on the tiles.

Half Wall Tiling

From both cost, design and functional points of view, there’s a lot of benefit in half-wall tiling. Here, tiles only go halfway up the wall, saving time and money.

This gives a waterproof solution for the full range of bathroom shower and bathing activities, but helps minimise costs in tiles and tiling. In this example, we’ve used half-wall tiling to create a ‘room within a room’.

Feature Wall

A tiled feature wall, like any feature wall, is an initiative to create a specific effect. Features walls can bold, or subversive and subtle.

Decorative tiles are usually more expensive than ordinary ones, so it’s important to keep that in mind if you’re thinking about a feature wall.

Splashbacks

Splashbacks are usually resolved with a tiled solution. Keep the same tiles going, or mix it up with a variation such as mosaic tiling. Splashbacks are a great way to link your vanity unit to the rest of the room.

Tiles can also be used in discrete applications filling an aesthetic and functional role. Examples of this are tiled bathroom niches and tile insert strip drains. These are great ways of communicating some of your bathroom’s personality in touches that emerge from the existing design foundations.

Summary

In summary, with tiling it’s important to remember that there’s more to the renovation than choosing the tiles. The extent of the tiling solution is up to you. How far you wish your bathroom tiling to go has implications on the bathroom design and the success of the renovation.

A critical consideration is obviously cost. By bringing an open mind to your renovation, you can evaluate the ways your dream tiles can be incorporated into your project, and incorporate them in a way that ensures the whole project budget will resolve.

The Integrated Armrock Advantage

Our company is designed to take the stress out of your bathroom renovation. We do this by providing all of the trades and services required for your project. In addition to our tilers, our team also includes carpenters, electricians, plumbers, plasterers, shower screen installers, and cabinet makers. We simply customise the services to suit your project.

Gold Coast Bathroom Renovation

If you’re interested in learning more about the bathroom renovation process with a licensed, qualified and experienced company, please contact us to discuss what you’d like to achieve.

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