Bathroom questions in Galway

The room is stripped to the walls, so there's dust and a skip outside for a few days. A good company sheets the stairs and landing, cuts tiles outside where it can and tidies up every evening.

Ask for it in writing: a guarantee on the workmanship, the makers' guarantees on the shower, the valve and the suite, and the guarantee on the tanking. The electrician gives you a completion certificate.

One bathroom renovation company that covers your part of Galway. They see the room, check the floor, the hot water and the waste, then price it in writing.

Yes. Galway City & County Council requires written grant approval before any adaptation work starts on site. Work started before approval is not covered.

Up to €40,000 for adapting a home for a person with a disability, or up to €8,000 under the Mobility Aids Grant for household incomes up to €37,500.

Keeping the toilet, basin and shower in the same positions avoids re-routing the 110 mm soil stack and floor waste pipes through joists or concrete slabs.

Yes. Grout is porous over time; a liquid or sheet tanking membrane behind the tiles stops water reaching plasterboard or timber joists.

A Registered Electrical Contractor (REC) must fit bathroom lighting, extractor fans, electric showers and shaver sockets under Irish IP zone rules and issue a completion certificate.

Yes. A 1700 mm bath space takes a low-profile walk-in shower tray and fixed glass panel, often connecting straight to the existing bath waste position.

A wet room has a level, tanked floor laid to a fall with a flush drain and no lip at all. A low-profile tray sits 25 to 45 mm high and only requires tanking in the shower enclosure.

An electric shower heats cold mains or tank water on demand. A mixer shower blends hot cylinder water with cold water and often uses a booster pump on Irish gravity-fed plumbing systems.

Yes. Electric undertile heating mats sit in flexible tile adhesive over insulation backer board and warm porcelain or stone floor tiles quickly.

Irish building rules require mechanical extract ventilation in bathrooms and shower rooms, often wired to an overrun timer or humidity sensor to clear steam.

Fit a quiet humidity-sensing extractor fan, tank wet walls properly and finish movement joints with sanitary-grade anti-fungal silicone.

The fitting company strips out the old suite and tiles and removes the waste in a skip or van load as part of the full job.

A full renovation of a family bathroom of 4 to 5 m², layout kept, is €8,800 to €16,500. A refresh with a new suite and tiles is €4,000 to €8,800, an en-suite €3,000 to €7,500. Moving the toilet or shower adds €1,200 to €2,500. The cost guide has every line.

A little. The same bathroom usually costs 5 to 10% less in Galway than in Dublin, and a bit more than the national average.

7 to 12 working days for a standard bathroom, longer for a wet room. See how long a bathroom takes.

Not for a standard renovation. For an accessible bathroom, Galway City & County Council pays the Housing Adaptation Grant, up to €40,000, and the Mobility Aids Grant, up to €8,000. It pays nothing if the work started before the application was lodged.

Yes. Send the form and pick Elsewhere in Galway. We'll tell you straight if no company covers you.

They're the ten largest towns in County Galway by Census 2022 population, apart from Stamullen.

Galway City & County Council, for every town in the county.

A full family bathroom with the layout kept is €8,800 to €16,500, a refresh €4,000 to €8,800 and an en-suite €3,000 to €7,500. The company prices yours in writing once it has seen the room. See bathroom renovation in athenry →

Yes, from Galway City & County Council: up to €40,000 under the Housing Adaptation Grant or €8,000 under the Mobility Aids Grant, means tested. Apply before any work starts. See bathroom renovation in athenry →

One bathroom renovation company that covers your part of Galway. They come out, see the room and give you a written price. You're not tied to anything until you accept it. See bathroom renovation in athenry →

54%, against 46% across Galway, by Census 2022. See bathroom renovation in athenry →

A full family bathroom with the layout kept is €8,800 to €16,500, a refresh €4,000 to €8,800 and an en-suite €3,000 to €7,500. The company prices yours in writing once it has seen the room. See bathroom renovation in ballinasloe →

Yes, from Galway City & County Council: up to €40,000 under the Housing Adaptation Grant or €8,000 under the Mobility Aids Grant, means tested. Apply before any work starts. See bathroom renovation in ballinasloe →

One bathroom renovation company that covers your part of Galway. They come out, see the room and give you a written price. You're not tied to anything until you accept it. See bathroom renovation in ballinasloe →

39%, against 46% across Galway, by Census 2022. See bathroom renovation in ballinasloe →