Repair to Hole in a bath.

This job was to fill in and make good a hole which had been cut in the top corner of a pressed steel bath.

The bath was in a property in the Chiswick area of London. The bathroom was having quite a lot of work done to it (tiling, etc) but they wanted to keep the existing bath.

The only issue with the bath was the hole in the corner.

The hole was originally cut so that a shower attachment could be fitted there. But with the re-fit, this was no longer needed.

Here is the hole in question:

Damaged Bath before Repair

First, fibreglass was applied to the hole and then fillers were used to make the area smooth.

Once the filling was done, a colour was made up onsite to match the off-white colour of the bath.

This colour was applied the repair and allowed to dry.

Once dry it was then lightly polished.

The end result was a hole repair which looks and feel the same as the rest of the bath.

Here is the finished job:

After Repair

Fireclay Sink Restoration

Large Fireclay Sink Restoration.

This was an interesting project we did for a customer in Palmers Green in London.

He had on old (and very large) sink made from fireclay in his kitchen. Usually these sink are recessed into a worktop and only the top and front of the sink are visible with the rest of the sink hidden.

However, the customer wanted his sink to be sitting on a support without any worktop around it and as a result the sides of the sink, as well as the front and top, would be on display. 

Here is the bowl of the sink in question showing the wear typical of a sink of this type and age.

This picture shows one end of the sink and also what was unusual about this job.

When these sinks are made, one end never gets any porcelian glaze or enamel applied to it and also there are 4 circular holes just over an inch in diameter in this end of the sink, one on each corner. You can hopefully make out the two holes on the end of the sink closest to the camera.

The lack of glaze and the holes are part and parcel of the manufacturing process and generally it’s not a problem as this end of the sink is hidden from sight below the worktop.

However, it was a bit of an issue here with this sink what with it all being on display.

We filled and made good the holes on this end of the sink, as well as smoothed of the fireclay here as it was noticeably rougher than the rest of the sink which had been glazed.

Then we resurfaced the whole sink, including this end.

Here is the bowl of the sink. The bowl is now a uniform colour and the wear and staining has been dealt with.

Here is the bowl of the sink. The bowl is now a uniform colour and the wear and staining has been dealt with.

Large Victorian Roll-Top Bath with original plumbing Resurfaced

Roll Top bath before Resurfacing

A Roll Top Bath Before The Bath business Restored it!

We were asked to resurface the bath above which was in a farmhouse in the Reading area. What you can’t really tell from the pictures is just how much bigger this bath is compared to a modern standard bath. This one was a beauty!

The bath itself is a great example of an original Victorian roll-top bath which still had the original lead plumbing which you can see below:

Lead Pipeing

The taps for the bath have been removed by the owner to be restored offsite. We do tap restoration also. (Please note: We could have restored the bath itself with the taps on but it made sense for the owner to get everything done, taps and bath, at the same time)

The bath itself was in very good condition apart from the wear and staining below the taps and around the waste area. Here the staining was very noticeable and unsightly.

Below you can see the bath after it was restored and the staining sorted out:

Roll Top Bath after Resurfacing

Stained Cast Iron Bath & Soap Dishes Resurfaced

Stained cast iron bath with worn soap dishes circa 1930’s

This is a bath we restored in the Belmont Hill area of London. The bath, tiles and soap dishes were all original. The bath was a really good size and nice and deep.

The bath and one of the soap dishes however had had their enamel coating completely worn away back to the cast iron in places and the bath was also extensively stained and worn over most of its surface.

Large Stained Bath before re-enamelling

In the picture above you can see the staining which is over most of the bath. And around the waste you can black marks. This is where the enamel coating on the bath has been worn back to the cast iron below.

Worn Soap Dish

There were two soap dishes built into the wall above the bath. Like the bath itself, these were made of cast iron which was then enamelled. In the picture above you can see that the enamel on one of the dishes as been worn back to the cast iron through decades of use.

We were able to restore the bath and soap dishes in a day, and they were ready to use the next. You can find out more about our process here.

Here is the result of the bath being re enamelled.

The above picture shows the finished bath with the staining and wear issues all handled.

Lovely bath & Soap dishes after we resurfaced it.

And finally, here we have the bath and both the soap dishes after completion. What do you think?

Badly Damaged Sink Fully Restored

In Spring 2020, just before the lockdown, we were asked to repair and restore a bunch of sinks for a restaurant in Central Birmingham.  This was part of the Dishoom group. The restaurant was being set up using antique and old fixtures to give it a “shabby chic” feel. It looked amazing!

Eight old basins had been sourced for the male and female bathrooms. But in the process of moving them and getting the old fixtures removed from them, about 6 sinks in total sustained damage. Some of it was just surface damage. Burn marks from cutting away the taps, that kind of thing.

But two sinks in particular had had chunks knocked off them.

Damaged Basin before Repair

The problem faced by the restaurant was that there were no more of the old sinks available. They needed to be able to use all eight sinks. And there was a RUSH to get them all done so the restaurant could open on time. We ended up sending a top technician and our Head technician to ensure all the basins were repaired on time.

We were able to repair all of the 6 damaged sinks. Including the two sinks which had sustained the more extensive damage.

The sink above, as well as having had the corner knocked off, also had two large hairline cracks coming away from the damaged area. In total the hairline cracks were in total about two feet long (one of the cracks went along the front top edge of the sink away from the damaged area all the way to the other side)

We repaired the cracks so these were sound, sorted out the missing corner and made the whole area good so the damage and cracks couldn’t be seen. What do you think?

Basin after Repair