Costs & budgets
What a bathroom actually costs in Malta, and what moves the number.
Choosing & specifying
Brands, materials and the decisions a quote puts in front of you.
Planning the room
Layouts, clearances and what fits in the space you have.
Buying in Malta & Sicily
Showrooms, Sicilian suppliers, the ferry, VAT and getting it installed here.
Quotes & installation
How to brief a showroom, read a quote and get the work done properly.
In draft
Written but not yet read by a person. Not indexed, and not to be relied on.
- Electric, solar or heat pump: hot water for a bathroom DraftMost Maltese bathrooms get hot water from an electric storage boiler because nobody asked the question at the right moment. Here are the three alternatives the REWS grant scheme recognises, what it pays for each, and why Part A of the application has to go in before you buy anything.
- Hard water and limescale in a Maltese bathroom DraftMalta sits on limestone and drinks a blend of desalinated and groundwater, so scale on glass, nozzles and heating elements is normal rather than a fault. Here is what the Water Services Corporation says, what the fitting makers say, and where the two disagree.
- Showers and low water pressure in Malta DraftA rain head on a weak supply dribbles. Here is what the Water Services Corporation actually promises, how makers state minimum flow pressure, what a low-pressure-rated product is, and what to ask before buying a booster pump.
- Ventilating a windowless bathroom in Malta DraftInternal bathrooms with no window are normal in Maltese flats and they are not illegal — but the regulations care about where the air goes, and DC15 rules out the street façade. Here is what the law says, what it does not say, and what to ask your installer.
- Walk-in showers: what the floor has to do DraftA walk-in shower is a floor detail before it is a glass panel. This explains the fall a tiled shower floor needs, what a point drain, a linear channel and a wall drain each do to your tiling, and why the drain body under the tiles is the thing that decides whether the floor has to come up.
- Wall-hung WC and concealed cistern: what to check DraftA wall-hung WC is only as good as the frame behind it and the access you keep to it. Here is what the frame has to suit, why some cisterns are shorter than others, how servicing works through the flush plate, and the questions to settle before the wall is closed.