Duravit bathroom installation in Windsor
Duravit sanitaryware is one of the brands we fit most often, usually specified through a showroom alongside a SensoWash shower toilet seat or a full ME by Starck suite, and Windsor throws up two very different settings for it. Close to the Castle and the historic centre, narrow-plotted Georgian and Victorian town houses with period staircases mean every pan, cistern and frame has to be planned around what can actually be carried through the building. Further out, the inter-war and post-war family homes, along with the newer developments on redeveloped sites, give us a more straightforward run but the same early decision still has to be made correctly: which installation route the Duravit range is going on before a single wall gets boarded.
Duravit through a Windsor showroom
Most of the Duravit we install in Windsor arrives the same way it does everywhere else we work: specified through a showroom, chosen on a shortlist that usually includes a SensoWash shower toilet seat and, fairly often these days, a full ME by Starck suite rather than a single pan. That's a sign of how the brand sits in a project now, less a single fixture and more a coordinated collection of basin, WC and furniture bought together. Our job as the fit-only installer is to take whatever has been ordered through that showroom process and get it into the building correctly, without assuming the spec sheet tells us everything we need about how it goes together physically.
The frame decision that has to happen before the wall is boarded
The detail worth getting right before anything is ordered is the installation route. Duravit offers its own DuraSystem frame for some of its pans, as well as compatibility with standard concealed cistern frames from other manufacturers, and the two are not interchangeable once a wall is boarded. If a DuraSystem frame has been specified or is needed for a particular pan, that changes the first-fix plumbing, the stud wall build and the fixing points behind the tiling, and it needs to be settled at survey stage, not discovered once the client has already bought the sanitaryware. We check the exact Duravit model against its frame requirement before we start first-fix, because unpicking a boarded wall to swap a frame is the kind of rework nobody wants to pay for twice.
Fitting Duravit into Windsor's two housing types
Windsor's housing splits fairly cleanly into two character types, and each one changes how a Duravit installation actually runs on site. Close to the Castle and the historic centre, the Georgian and Victorian town houses tend to sit on narrow plots with limited rear access and period staircases, which constrains how much material can be moved through the building at any one time. A wall-hung Duravit pan on a DuraSystem or concealed frame, plus tiling materials and a new shower enclosure, has to go in stages through a house that was never built with modern bathroom deliveries in mind, so sequencing the strip-out and first-fix around what the staircase and doorways will actually allow matters more here than almost anywhere else we work. Further out towards the edges of town, the inter-war and post-war family homes, along with the scattering of newer developments on redeveloped sites, generally give us more straightforward access and more conventional stud or masonry walls to fix a concealed cistern frame into, which usually means a quicker, less constrained first-fix even when the same Duravit suite is going in.
The fit-only process: survey, install, price
We start with a paid survey at £125, which is where we confirm the Duravit model numbers against their frame compatibility, check the staircase and access route if the property is one of Windsor's period town houses, and plan the strip-out, first-fix, tiling and plumbing in the right order for that specific building. You buy the Duravit sanitaryware, brassware, tiles and furniture yourselves; we handle the installation end to end, including snagging once the suite is in. Installations start from £3,500, reflecting the standard of fit on high-end bathrooms rather than being priced against anyone else's quote, and the figure moves depending on the scope, the access constraints of the property and whether a DuraSystem frame or a standard concealed frame is going in.
Frequently asked questions
We're fit-only, so you buy the Duravit sanitaryware, brassware, tiles and furniture yourselves, usually through a showroom. We handle the strip-out, first-fix, tiling, plumbing and snagging.
Duravit offers its own DuraSystem frame for some of its pans, and that sits alongside compatibility with standard concealed cistern frames from other manufacturers. The two aren't interchangeable once a wall is boarded, so we confirm which route your specific Duravit model needs at survey stage, before first-fix starts.
Yes, SensoWash is one of the Duravit products we fit most regularly alongside the pan it's specified with. It needs a power supply and water connection planned into first-fix, which we build into the survey.
It can. Many of Windsor's older properties close to the historic centre sit on narrow plots with limited rear access and period staircases, which limits how much material can move through the building at once. We plan the strip-out and delivery sequence around that at survey stage rather than assuming standard access.
The £125 survey is where we check the exact Duravit model against its frame requirement, assess access, including staircases on period properties, and plan first-fix, tiling and plumbing for your specific property before any pricing is confirmed.
Installations start from £3,500. The final figure depends on the scope of work, the access constraints of the property and whether a DuraSystem frame or a standard concealed frame is being fitted, confirmed after the survey.