Bathroom fitting in Newcastle upon Tyne
Alex does the plumbing and builds the boxing-in, sub-floor, bath panel and vanity himself, then books in the electrician, the plasterer and the tiler around it.
What a joiner brings to a bathroom fitting
The tiles are what people notice. The joinery under them decides whether the finished room looks built or looks assembled.
Boxing-in is the obvious one. A concealed cistern, the pipework behind the bath, the soil stack in the corner: all of it has to disappear into something square, solid enough to take a tiled finish, and openable again if a plumber ever needs to get back in. The bath panel is the same argument in miniature. A panel that is scribed to an uneven floor looks built in. One that is cut straight and packed out at the bottom does not.
Underneath it, the sub-floor. Old bathroom floors are rarely flat and quite often soft in one corner, and there is no point laying a new floor on a bad one.
Everything that goes in gets specified for a room that is wet twice a day: moisture-resistant MDF and treated timber rather than whatever was on the van.
- Boxing-in and the stud frame a wall-hung toilet or basin sits on
- An access panel, so a plumber can get back in without a chisel
- The bath panel, scribed to the floor rather than packed out
- Vanity units and fitted storage
- The door lining and architrave into the room
- Skirting where the tiling stops
- The floorboards and joists underneath, sorted before anything new goes down
Bathrooms we have fitted
The joinery you see here, and the joinery you do not, is Alex’s.
What we take on in a bathroom
The joinery and the plumbing are ours. Alex books in the electrician, the plasterer and the tiler around them.
Behind the tiles
- Boxing-in for concealed cisterns, pipework and soil stacks
- Stud walls, including the half-height wall a wall-hung basin or toilet sits on
- Access panels, so a plumber can get back in without a chisel
Under your feet
- Sub-floor preparation and levelling
- Replacing soft or rotten boards and joists before anything new goes down
- Flooring, including LVT (luxury vinyl tile) and engineered wood outside the wet zone
The built-in bits
- Vanity units and fitted storage
- Bath panels, scribed to the floor rather than packed out at the bottom
- Wall panelling and cladding in moisture-resistant board
- Shelving and the awkward cupboard over the stairs bulkhead
Finishing the room
- A new door, lining and architrave to match the rest of the house
- Skirting where the tiling stops
- Making good where the plasterer and the tiler finished
What bathroom joinery costs
Here are the numbers a bathroom quotation is built from.
How much does a joiner charge per day?
£250 to £300.
Box & Beam’s own day rate, not a market average.
How much does bathroom joinery cost?
By the day.
Bathrooms are quoted by the days they take at the day rate above, never per square metre. You get the number of days in writing before anything starts.
Do you provide a written quotation?
Free, always.
A visit, a proper look at what is behind the bath and under the floor, then the scope and the cost in writing. Neither the visit nor the quotation is charged for.
Is there a minimum job?
No minimum.
Boxing in one soil stack counts as a job here, and so does a room stripped back to the joists.
Our own prices, correct as of September 2026. What is under the floor and behind the bath decides the rest, and that gets settled at the free quote. Box & Beam is not VAT registered, so there is no VAT to add to any price here.
Four trades in one small room
Four trades have to work in a bathroom, and most of the time a bathroom takes is spent waiting on the next one.
Alex does the plumbing himself, which takes the biggest of those gaps out of the programme entirely, and brings in a qualified electrician, a plasterer and a tiler when the job needs them. One point of contact, one person sequencing it, and one number to ring.
If you would rather use your own tiler, that is fine. The programme gets built around them instead.
- Strip it outAlex
- Pipes and cables inAlexElectrician
- Boxing-in, stud walls and the floorAlex
- PlasteringPlasterer
- TilingTiler, or your own
- Suite, panel, vanity, door and skirtingAlexElectrician
Alex is on site for four of the six stages, and he books the others in around them.
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How a bathroom runs, start to finish
- 01
Talk it through and take a look
A call, a message or an email, then a visit at a time that suits: measurements, and a proper look at what is behind the bath and under the floor.
- 02
A written quotation
The scope of works and the cost, in writing, including which trades are coming and what they are doing. Free, always.
- 03
Book it in
A deposit secures the booking and we agree a start date. Materials get ordered and the other trades get scheduled before anybody turns up.
- 04
Strip it and build it
Out with the old suite, sub-floor sorted, pipes in, boxing-in and stud work built, then the electrician, the plasterer and the tiler in the right order.
- 05
Check it and hand it over
The job gets checked over, the working area is left clean and tidy, and Alex walks the finished room with you before the final balance is paid.
Bathroom questions
What does a joiner do in a bathroom?
The parts behind and under everything else. Boxing-in for the cistern and the pipework, the stud wall a wall-hung basin sits on, the sub-floor, the bath panel, vanity units and fitted storage, moisture-resistant panelling, and the door and architrave into the room. Alex does the plumbing himself, and books in the electrician, the plasterer and the tiler around the joinery.
Is your work guaranteed?
Yes. Every job carries a 12 month guarantee on the workmanship.
Do I need to arrange a plumber or a tiler myself?
No. Alex does the plumbing himself, and brings in a qualified electrician, a plasterer and a tiler when the job needs them.
What happens if you uncover additional work once the job has started?
You get told before it is done, not after. Soft boards and rotten joists under an old bathroom floor are the usual one, and they are rarely visible until the suite comes out. Anything unexpected gets discussed and priced first, and you decide.
What happens if something is accidentally damaged, such as plasterwork?
Box & Beam carries £5m public liability cover with Markel for exactly that. There is also a plasterer in the team of trades Alex brings in, so making good can be done by the same team rather than someone new.
Will you protect floors, furniture and existing finishes while you work?
Yes. Floors and finishes get covered before anything comes out, and once the job is complete the working area is left clean and tidy.
What people say
Had Alex in to fit all the doors in my house. He did a fantastic job fitting them promptly for a fair price. He even shaved them to fit the door frames properly after we bought slightly bigger doors from an external supplier. He is friendly and a good laugh, who likes to turn up and do a good job for his customers. Would highly recommend. Attached photos of 2 of the doors he fitted on the day.
Really happy with the work from Box and Beam Joinery. Good quality work, turned up when they said they would and got the job done properly. Easy to deal with and no messing about. Would definitely recommend them.
Alex is just such a good guy. Honest hardworking and as straight as they come. Couldn’t recommend him enough top job every time 🙏
I got in touch with Alex as I needed some integrated appliances fitted in our kitchen and a new cupboard installed. He was very professional from start to finish. He did a brilliant job, was reliable and tidy, and really took pride in his work. Everything was finished to a high standard and we’re really pleased with the result. Would definitely recommend Alex and will happily use him again in the future.
Very professional amd quality job done ✔️ thanks
Bathroom joinery across Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland
Box & Beam is based in Morpeth, and most of the work is around Morpeth, Cramlington, Ponteland, Ashington, Bedlington, Gosforth, Jesmond and Heaton. Older houses there are rarely square, and a bath panel only sits flat against the floor if it is scribed to it. The towns and the wider patch are on the areas we cover.
A bathroom is rarely the only thing happening. The flooring, skirting and the door into the room are second fix; if walls are moving that is first fix first; and a whole house gets sequenced as a property renovation, and if the kitchen is going in at the same time, that is kitchen fitting. Finished jobs from the other trades are on the portfolio page, and the full list of services is on the services page.
Tell us about your bathroom
- Send it overA rough idea is enough to start with.
- Alex comes to lookA free visit at a time that suits you. He measures up and talks through the options.
- A written quote, freeThe scope and the cost in writing. If you are happy, a deposit books your start date.
Would you rather talk it through? Ring 0191 743 3002 or email enquiries@boxandbeam.co.uk.
Every job carries a 12 month workmanship guarantee, and the balance is only paid once we have walked round the finished work with you. £5m public liability cover with Markel, employers’ liability on top, CSCS carded and DBS checked.