Comparison guides
One bathroom fitter or coordinating several trades yourself
The short answer
A single bathroom fitter typically covers or manages plumbing, tiling and basic electrics themselves or through their own team; hiring separate plumbers, tilers and electricians directly means you take on the scheduling between them.
How to choose
A single fitter carries responsibility for how the trades sequence, plumbing first fix, boarding, tiling, second fix, which removes a common source of delay when trades wait on each other.
Hiring trades separately can suit a household confident in project management and wanting to choose a specialist tiler or electrician independently for a particular reason.
Snagging is simpler with one point of contact; with separate trades it can be unclear whose work caused a fault when something goes wrong at a junction between trades.
Questions to ask any fitter
Snagging is simpler with one point of contact; with separate trades it can be unclear whose work caused a fault when something goes wrong at a junction between trades.
Your questions answered
Is coordinating trades yourself cheaper?
It can remove a management margin, but only if you have the time and knowledge to sequence the work correctly and chase each trade.
Does a single fitter do all the work personally?
Not always, many bring in specialists for electrics or complex tiling while managing the whole job as one point of contact.
Add one fitter or several trades to a wider project?
Plenty of this work happens alongside other jobs in the house. Tell us the whole picture and the sequencing gets easier.