Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham
Bathroom fitters for Medway homes
From Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham are a few minutes along the A2, close enough that bathroom jobs there are planned exactly like those on the doorstep. Danny Morrison of CRF Services Ltd strips out, prepares, tiles and fits each bathroom himself, so you deal with one person from the first photograph to the final water test.
Bathroom renovation in Chatham
Across Medway, 37.7% of homes are terraced, more than any other type. In Chatham, the streets of Victorian terraces between the High Street and Luton village were built for dockyard workers, and their bathrooms are usually small, with older plumbing that has been altered more than once. In a room like that, the layout matters more than the price of the suite: a shorter bath or a well placed shower, a wall hung basin and storage built into a boxed wall can free real space, and old pipe runs are renewed while the walls are open.
Newer homes on St Mary's Island, built on former marsh, tend to have a standard builder's bathroom and often an en suite, where the work is more about upgrading the finish. Flats bring practical questions about parking, stairs and noisy work, settled before a start date is agreed. The Chatham area page covers the wider range of work taken on in the town.
Bathroom fitters in Gillingham
Southern Water supplies Medway, and its water is generally rated hard. In a new bathroom that means white scale on shower heads, taps and glass, and grout that discolours sooner than it should. Choosing easy-clean shower nozzles, a valve with a serviceable cartridge, a coated screen and a stain-resistant grout keeps a refit looking new for longer. In smaller terraced bathrooms, the choice between keeping the bath or fitting a walk in shower also makes a real difference to how the room feels.
Across Medway, 20.2% of homes are privately rented, and a landlord's bathroom has different priorities from a family's: hard wearing fittings, simple sealant lines and a tight schedule between tenancies. Across Medway 80.5% of homes rely on mains gas alone, so the survey checks the boiler and hot water before a shower is chosen, with gas work left to a Gas Safe engineer. See the Gillingham area page for other local work.
Bathroom installation in Rainham
Rainham is the most easterly of the five Medway towns, and with semi-detached homes making up 30.9% of houses across Medway, many bathrooms there and in the southern suburbs of Hempstead and Wigmore are a squarer family room. A straight swap or a full refit in the same layout is a common choice, and moving the toilet or basin is only worth it where it genuinely improves the room.
If your house has a downstairs cloakroom too, it can be refitted at the same time. The Rainham area page explains how other jobs in the town are planned.
What every Medway bathroom job includes
- A visit to measure, check the floor and agree the scope
- Strip out and disposal of the old suite and tiles
- Pipe and waste positions set for the new layout
- Walls boarded and wet areas waterproofed
- Wall and floor tiling, grouting and sealing
- Suite, taps and accessories fitted and tested
The full process and the price bands are on the bathroom renovations page. If you are in Rochester or Strood, the Rochester bathroom fitters page is the closer match.
Getting a quotation
Send photos of the bathroom from the doorway and of anything that worries you, such as staining, loose tiles or a soft floor, with your postcode and a rough idea of what you want. Use the enquiry form, email crfservicesltd@gmail.com or call 07470 053613. Working hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm.
Common questions
Medway bathroom fitting questions
Guides before you book
How long does a bathroom refit take? A day by day guide
What actually happens on each day of a typical bathroom refit.
Replace bath with walk in shower cost: what to budget
Swapping the bath for a shower: the price, the plumbing and the decisions that matter.
Regrout or retile a bathroom: how to decide
Tired grout, loose tiles and the line between a refresh and a retile.
Bathroom renovation cost for a full size family bathroom
How much a full bathroom refit costs, and why two quotes for the same room can differ.
Have a job in mind?
Tell Danny what needs doing and get a clear, no-obligation quotation.