Freestanding bath and full bathroom fitting in Frilford Heath
Mellor2 completed bathroom fitting in Frilford Heath in July 2026.
Mellor2 completed a full bathroom fitting in Frilford Heath in July 2026, installing a roll-top freestanding bath, a frameless glass shower enclosure, a counter-top vessel basin on a stone worktop, and a close-coupled WC in a traditional-style room finished with large-format stone-effect tiling in the shower area and painted plaster walls throughout the rest of the space.
Job details
| Completed | July 2026 |
|---|---|
| Location | Frilford Heath |
| Service | Bathroom fitting |
What does the finished bathroom look like, and how does the layout work?
The room follows a traditional or heritage style throughout. The roll-top freestanding bath sits on grey-painted feet with a single chrome pillar mixer tap deck-mounted on the rim. Separate from the bath, a frameless hinged-door glass shower enclosure houses a white rectangular low-profile tray, a ceiling-mounted round rainfall head on a chrome riser, and a body-level outlet on a chrome bar, all controlled by a chrome bar valve mounted on the tiled wall. The basin is a round white ceramic vessel sitting on a stone worktop with travertine-style warm brown veining, with a tall chrome monobloc lever mixer and a chrome click-clack waste. A close-coupled WC in a traditional white finish and a chrome ladder-style heated towel rail complete the suite.
How was the wall and floor finish decided, and why isn't the whole room tiled?
Large-format stone-effect beige and taupe tiles cover the shower enclosure walls, where water protection matters most. Outside that zone, the walls are painted plaster in an off-white or cream finish. The floor throughout uses large-format light cream and beige porcelain tiles, keeping the room feeling open and consistent. Painted plaster rather than full-room tiling suits a heritage-style bathroom and cuts down on grout lines across the wider space. The splashback behind the basin uses the same travertine-style stone slab as the worktop, tying the two together without introducing a third material.
Does a room like this need specialist skills beyond standard bathroom fitting?
A freestanding bath requires careful positioning and a floor-mounted or deck-mounted water supply rather than a wall-fed one, and the plumbing needs to be set out before any floor tiling goes down. A ceiling-fed rainfall shower involves running supply pipework through the ceiling void, which depends on what is accessible above. Stone slab worktops and splashbacks need precise cutting and solid support. None of those elements is unusual for an experienced bathroom fitter, but the sequencing matters: tiling, worktop installation, and fixture positions all need to be coordinated from the start rather than decided as the job progresses.
What detail does the room carry over from older bathroom design?
The sash window with glazing bars and white-painted timber frame sets the tone, and the choices made in the fit-out work with it rather than against it. Grey-painted bath feet, a pillar-style bath tap, the lever-handle basin mixer, a close-coupled cistern WC, and the ladder towel rail all read as period-sympathetic without being reproduction pieces. The stone-effect materials add warmth that plain white sanitaryware on its own would not.