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Timber Laminates in Bathroom Renovation

At Armrock Constructions, we specialise in bathroom renovations on the Gold Coast QLD. A feature of many of our renovations is the addition of a beautiful custom-made vanity unit; the centerpiece of any bathroom project. Bespoke vanity style is often achieved nowadays by utilising timber-look laminates for either the vanity benchtop, cabinet, or the entire vanity unit. The results are so effective that we wanted to showcase some of their uses and share information about their applications to demonstrate how they can be used to enhance your bathroom renovation project.

Meanwhile, If you’re looking for assistance with a bathroom renovation on the Gold Coast, please don’t hesitate to contact our team for a free consultation & quote.

Sections in this Article

What are Timber-Look Laminates?
Timber-Look Laminates in Bathroom Renovations
Timber Laminates in Our Projects
The Advantages of Laminates in Bathrooms

Timber Laminates in Vanity Units
Timber-Look Laminates in Bathroom Flooring
Laminate Products We Work With

What are Timber-Look Laminates?

Timber-look laminates are basically materials that are designed to look like natural timber. They’re called laminates because they are created through the process of lamination, which just means that they are constructed with multiple layers that are compressed together. If you’re really interested, you can learn more about the process on Wikipedia. The important thing to know about laminates is that they are hard-wearing, great-looking and perfectly suited to making beautiful bathroom vanities!

Timber-Look Laminates in Bathroom Renovations

In a bathroom renovation, timber-look laminates are most commonly used in the vanity unit. They’re a great asset to bring design concepts into reality. With the wide range of options and styles available, our team can help with the design, construction, and installation of your custom vanity unit. A wide range of effects can be created, producing bathrooms that are variously natural, industrial, juxtaposed, integrated. Following are examples from our recent Gold Coast renovation projects where you can learn more about how we created these effects using timber-look laminates.

Timber Laminates in our Projects

In these Gold Coast Bathroom renovation projects, our team used timber-look laminates for a variety of compelling results. Click through to learn more about the projects, or read on to learn more about timber-look laminates.

White Tile and Timber Style

This Gold Coast bathroom renovation evokes a classic style with all the modern mod-cons. It’s a great example of the work achieved by Armrock Constructions. Our renovations make a difference – if you’re on the Gold Coast, contact our team today for a free measure and quote. Read on to learn more about how we…

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The Advantages of Laminates in Bathrooms

The advantages of using a laminated product are best understood in comparison to using other materials for the same purpose. Actual timber is expensive and may be limited in the type and options that are available. Timber-look laminates, meanwhile, are available in a wide range of purpose-designed styles. They’re made for bathrooms! Their advantages include:

  1. Hard-wearing
  2. Wide range of styles
  3. Cost-effective
  4. Accessible
  5. Versatile
  6. Corners can be rounded
  7. Textural (some laminates have texture, just like the real thing)
  8. Strong
  9. Water Resistant

Timber laminates can be used to achieve virtually any look you can imagine. No wonder we love working with them so much! In this project illustrated below, you can see how the vanity cabinet and benchtop have been finished with stylish curves, creating continuity with the round mirror and curved bathtub. With a skilful team and a quality product, it’s amazing what can be achieved.

Curved Laminated Edges
Curved Laminated Edges

Timber-Look Laminates in Vanity Units

Timber-look laminates are commonly used in our projects to enhance custom vanity units. They can be used for the benchtop, cabinet, or both. The approach depends on the goal of the vanity unit and its intention in the bathroom. The presence of timber elevates the bathroom and helps to connect it with the outside world. Tonally, lighter or darker shades of timber can be used to create contrast in the bathroom, or with the vanity unit itself. Between our carpenters and the design goals, you can capitalise on possibilities such as rounded corners to give your vanity a winning and individual look. In the following image, you can see how the rich, warm timber-tones anchor and connect the greater bathroom elements for a juxtaposed, modern style.

Marble Tile Timber Laminate Vanity
Marble Tile Timber Laminate Vanity

The best thing about laminates is the way they have evolved. Laminates have been around for a long time, and they have come a long way. Whether you’re doing a budget renovation or a high-end renovation, laminates are an option to consider. The wide range of styles and excellent engineering available, in conjunction with their competitive price-point, make laminates an essential consideration in any bathroom renovation.

Timber-Look Laminate in Bathroom Flooring

Timber-look laminates are also often used as a solution for bathroom flooring. The attributes that make them a winning solution for vanities also apply to flooring. Due to their larger visual footprint in this role, they have the ability to have a truly transformational outcome on the bathroom design.

Laminate Products We Work With

We have been achieving great results with Nikpol’s EGGER range on our recent bathroom renovation projects. [Learn more about these options on their website] For timber laminates, this range even includes timber grain textures, making for a complete timber experience and creating a natural, calming aesthetic for your bathroom renovation.

In our Gold Coast renovations, we discuss options with our clients to communicate how your design objectives can be best met. Utilising the timber approach is a fantastic way to create affordable control, flexibly suiting the installation of the new vanity into an existing space.

Successful Gold Coast Bathroom Renovations

Bathroom renovations can be complex – numerous careful decisions and actions are required, in the right order, to build a bridge between your vision, your structure, your budget and your new bathroom. We’re here to help you make it a success. Get your bathroom renovation started today with the team from Armrock Constructions and make yours a success too.

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Toilets

Wall-Mounted Cistern
Wall-Mounted Cistern

Choosing a toilet in your bathroom renovation project is an opportunity to update the style, functionality and ecological footprint of your interior design. In this article, we take a look at some considerations behind this significant choice – what type of toilet should you include in your bathroom renovation?

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Types of Toilets

There are many types of toilets! If you’d like to learn about them all, this website has got an extensive list. When you’re choosing one for your Gold Coast bathroom renovation, you don’t need to know every type of toilet in the world. Ultimately, the choice will depend on your stylistic objectives and budget, but here are the ones you should be aware of:

Close-Coupled Toilet

Close-Coupled Toilet
Close-Coupled Toilet

A close-coupled toilet is probably the toilet you think of, when you think of a toilet. The cistern (where the water is held) is visible above the toilet, and the toilet is not connected to the wall. These toilets come in a wide variety of styles and are one of the least expensive option for modern Australian homes.

Back-to-Wall Toilet

Toilet & Bidet
Toilet & Bidet

This back-to-wall toilet was installed by our team in the renovation of a Gold Coast penthouse – nice! This one works just like the close-coupled toilet, except the unit is flush to the wall, creating a neater and more modern impression.

Wall-Mounted Toilet

Wall-Mounted Cistern
Wall-Mounted Cistern

A wall-mounted toilet is built into the wall, and may be elevated from the floor. The cistern is hidden behind the wall, reducing the footprint of the toilet for a minimal and sleek impression.

Water Ratings

Before you purchase a toilet, it’s a great idea to familiarise yourself with the WELS scheme and the energy, and cost-saving benefits of selecting a toilet that uses less water to flush. The following statistics come from www.waterrating.gov.au and illustrate the savings that can be made in water and money across common bathroom and kitchen fixtures. 

For toilets, the water rating label will tell you how much water is used in an average flush.

Every litre less water that a toilet uses in an average flush, will save a typical family of four nearly 6kL and $17.50 each year in water supply charges.

If this family replaces an old single-flush toilet with a flush volume of 12L with a new 4-star toilet with an average flush volume of 3.5L, this will save 50kL and $148 each year on their water bills.

Assumptions: each family member flushes 4 times per day, at an average water price of $2.99/kL (the national average price reported in the 2014–15 Australian Bureau of Statistics Water Account).

You can read more about the WELS scheme here.

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Brushed Brass Bathroom, Ensuite & Laundry Renovation

This project displays the quality finish that Armrock Constructions is renowned for. High-calibre workmanship combined with stylistic expertise is our recipe for success. This Gold Coast bathroom, ensuite & aundry renovation is a delight to behold – let’s take a look through some of the features!

Harmonious, Related, But Not Identical

A popular approach with a multi-room renovation such as this one is to opt for an identical stylistic approach. Using the same styles and colours creates a unified and reliable result. When you compare these rooms you will see our team have taken it to the next level. The rooms are related, but not identical. While some features, such as the brushed brassware, repeat through the rooms, other aspects such as the tiling have nuanced differences. The advantage of this nuanced approach is a design with more depth, flavour and visual interest – all delivered while maintaining the sense of relatedness between the rooms.

Bathroom Feature Tiling
Bathroom Feature Tiling
Laundry Feature Tiling
Laundry Feature Tiling
Ensuite Interior
Ensuite Interior

Custom Cabinetry

Custom bathroom vanities are an Armrock signature. In addition to meeting the stylistic requirements for the project, we can ensure your vanity is the perfect fit for the space – this comes in very handy in a renovation situation, helping to accommodate the unique combination of fixtures and fittings making up the new spaces. Additionally, we can handle multiple rooms as in this project, making sure the bathroom, laundry and ensuite styles are working together optimally.

Laundry Layout
Laundry Layout

Feature Tiling

Feature tiling is the key to this renovation. Here, tiles are used to relate the rooms while also providing them with their own unique identity. Furthermore, the featured tiles work as a splash back for the vanity, creating a simpler effect with all of the required functionality.

Ensuite Brushed Brass Cabinet
Ensuite Brushed Brass Cabinet

Brushed Brass Fixtures

Brushed brass fixtures links these newly-renovated rooms together, making this Gold Coast bathroom a true standout. The combination of brushed brass fixtures along with the timber compile for a warm look, making these bathrooms inviting and invigorating spaces. Best of all, these simple features create this lovely effect so easily, the result is purely enjoyable and unforced.

Ensuite Basin & Tapware
Ensuite Basin & Tapware

Laundry Luxury

Who said a laundry couldn’t be luxurious? The brushed brass tapware and basin in the laundry provide a playful and opulent touch. While the laundry is a functional space, it should also be a nice space in which to spend time!

Laundry Tap & Sink
Laundry Tap & Sink

Frameless Shower Screen

Completing this simple but compelling bathroom renovation, a frameless shower screen allows the room to feel open and spacious. Brushed brass fittings connect the spaces, connecting the vanity and shower. This is a lovely bathroom to be in.

Bathroom Layout
Bathroom Layout

Discuss Your Bathroom

Armrock Constructions is dedicated to quality bathroom renovations on the Gold Coast QLD. If you’re considering a bathroom makeover, simply contact our team. We provide a free consultation and quote, and we are dedicated to achieving great results for our clients.

Planning Your Custom Bathroom Vanity

Planning Custom Bathroom Vanity
Planning Your Custom Bathroom Vanity

When it’s time to plan your custom bathroom vanity, it’s best to keep an open mind – to not be limited by the functionality of the previous vanity. When you’re designing the look, feel and function of your new vanity, there are multiple ways of aligning your budget with the vanity of your dreams. 

If you’re on the Gold Coast QLD, our renovation team is here to help with custom vanity solutions that rapidly become the centrepiece of our new bathrooms. You can learn more about our custom vanities here. Don’t hesitate to contact our team. We’re here to help, and every new vanity includes a free consultation and quote. 

Following is a collection of ideas to keep in mind to help with the process of designing your new bathroom vanity – brought to you by the Gold Coast’s leading bathroom renovation company, Armrock Constructions. 

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New Location or Same Location? 

A renovation is an opportunity to change the layout of your bathroom. Everything can be moved – the shower, the bath, the toilet, and the vanity. Generally, the decision to relocate any major aspect of the bathroom needs to be weighed up carefully. Every move has implications due to the dependency of these types of features on plumbing and electrical. 

The decision to retain your vanity location or change it to a new one is best made with professional assistance. We can help you understand what’s involved and help you make a decision. 

How Many Sinks? 

Custom vanities may feature a single or double sink setup. Double sinks are popular at the moment and are a luxury option that serves the function of improving bathroom efficiency as well as creating a more individualised bathroom experience. If you’re looking to transition from a single sink to a double, talk to our team to understand what may be involved from a plumbing point of view. 

Floor Mounted or Wall-Mounted? 

Vanities can be floor mounted or hung on the wall. By raising them up and mounting them on the wall, space underneath the vanity is freed up which provides space for feet and may improve the visual flow of the room. This is especially important in smaller rooms, but is relevant in rooms of all sizes. 

Tap & Basin Range

Have you ever tried to wash your hands under a tap that’s too low, in a basin that’s too high? When you’re looking at taps and basins / sinks, keep in mind the usability and effortlessness of the solution. The combination should be workable and effective. Ideally, you should be able to freely wash your hands without hitting them on the tap or basin when you do so. 

Integrate Your Vanity

The great thing about custom vanities is the ability to match them to the design of your new bathroom. A popular way to do this is to remember that the highlight features of your vanity (taps, handles, plugs) can be matched with other parts of the bathroom such as door handles, drains, shower taps, etc. This creates an easy integration that will help your vanity to fit into the bathroom. 

Benchtops

If a vanity is the centrepiece of a bathroom then a vanity bench top is the centrepiece of the centrepiece. The style, texture and layout of the bench top all deserve careful attention. We work with stone, timber and laminates to achieve a variety of results across budgets. 

A popular option at the moment is timber-look laminates. These help you to bring a modern design touch to even the simplest bathroom reno. 

When you’re designing a vanity benchtop, there may be established factors that constrain decision-making to certain choices, depending on the situation. However, we bring a variety of experience to such situations and will be able to help create options that work for your bathroom. Learn more about vanity benchtops here.

Splashbacks

Splashbacks (the tiled wall section behind your vanity) play an important role in connecting the vanity aesthetically to the rest of the room. When you’re designing a custom vanity, the design of Splashback needs to be taken into account. 

At the most basic level plain white tiles are always a popular option, and from here your imagination is the limit. Tiles come in a wide variety of shapes, styles and aesthetics. Keep in mind that a flamboyant inclusion may not prove as timeless as a simple and practical solution.

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Gold Coast Bathroom Vanities

Armrock Constructions specialises in bathroom renovations on the Gold Coast QLD. Vanities are one of the most – if not the most – important aspect of any successful bathroom project. Make your bathroom renovation a success, and talk to our team about bathroom vanity design and functionality for your Gold Coast home.

Read on to learn more, or contact us to book a free bathroom renovation consultation and quote:

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Gold Coast Bathroom Vanities

Our vanities are designed and built in collaboration with our clients towards outcomes which are specific to each bathroom renovation project. If you have a particular style in mind, we can help you make it happen. Here are some examples from our recent projects:

Matt vs Gloss Bathroom Sink

Gold Coast Bathroom Vanity FAQ

How much does a bathroom vanity cost?

To get a quote for your vanity, please contact our team. There are a number of factors involved in assessing vanity costs in a renovation project, including the existing bathroom structure, the post-renovation bathroom structure, whether the vanity is ready-made or custom-made, and what inclusions are involved with your vanity. Don’t worry – we cover them all when you book a free bathroom renovation quote.

Is it expensive to move plumbing?

Moving plumbing, or adding new plumbing functionality, is additional work that will bring additional costs. However, like all decisions, these need to be weighed against the objectives of the project and the project budget. We help you by appraising the situation and providing options to suit.

What are the bench top options?

If vanities are the centerpiece of the bathroom, vanity benchtops are the centerpiece of the vanity! With custom vanities, the selection of materials, design and construction of your benchtop are all part of the process. Popular options include either natural materials (timber, stone) or man-made materials (laminates, engineered stone). We can help you find the right material for your bathroom and your budget – just ask our friendly team!

Discuss a Vanity for Your Home Today

If you’d like to know more about bathroom vanities, contact our team for more information. We provide a free renovation consultation and quote, and work hard to achieve great outcomes for all of our renovation clients.

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