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Bidets in Britain: Survey of 2,000 UK Adults on Ownership & Attitudes
September 15, 2026

Bidets in Britain: Survey of 2,000 UK Adults on Ownership & Attitudes

The bidet has never established itself in British bathrooms, and the reason is spatial rather than cultural. In this report Furniture in Fashion sets out why a separate bidet, as a fourth floor standing fixture needing its own footprint, water supply and trapped waste, cannot fit alongside a bath, WC and basin in a typical UK bathroom, and why the position of the soil stack usually settles the question before preference enters into it. We explain the regulatory framework governing any new sanitaryware, from Building Regulations Approved Document G on sanitation to Approved Document H on drainage, and why backflow protection makes this a job for a qualified installer. We also explain how bidet seats and integrated WCs have removed the space constraint entirely by separating the function from the fixture. A detailed table compares six options on footprint, required clearance, services needed and feasibility in small British bathrooms. The fixture is optional, the clearance in front is not....

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The Rise of the En-Suite: UK Housing Data 1990-2026
September 13, 2026

The Rise of the En-Suite: UK Housing Data 1990-2026

Furniture in Fashion reports that the en-suite became a standard feature of British new build for planning reasons rather than luxury ones, because a second bathroom resolves the concentrated demand of the morning peak in a way that additional floor area cannot. We state plainly that no published UK statistical series isolates en-suite provision by year, so this report carries no growth figures and instead explains the shift and what the room genuinely requires. Our analysis finds that clear standing space in front of the fittings, not the fittings themselves, sets the workable minimum, with a shower, basin and WC in line needing around 1.7m by 1.4m. The consequence most households overlook is in the bedroom: a second door removes usable wall, and wardrobes need perimeter, which is why sliding doors and taller narrower storage recover what an en-suite takes away....

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Towel Rail & Robe Hook Height Standards: UK Reference Data
September 13, 2026

Towel Rail & Robe Hook Height Standards: UK Reference Data

No British Standard sets towel rail or robe hook heights in domestic bathrooms, and our analysis finds that the figures circulating online are conventions rather than regulations. The height that actually works is decided by the towel: a folded bath sheet drops around 75cm below the bar, so a rail fitted for appearance rather than clearance leaves the towel damp along its lower edge. We set out the conventional mounting heights used in UK bathrooms for bath sheets, bath towels, hand towel rings and robe hooks, and explain why hooks are the fitting most often positioned too low, since an adult dressing gown needs far more vertical space than a folded towel. The report also covers the constraints that override any height chart: stud wall construction, heated rail pipework, bathroom electrical zoning and door swing in compact en suites. Furniture in Fashion offers this as a planning reference for UK homes and renovators....

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How Much Does a Toilet Cost in the UK? 2026 Price Benchmark by Type
September 13, 2026

How Much Does a Toilet Cost in the UK? 2026 Price Benchmark by Type

There is no credible national benchmark for what a toilet costs in the UK, because no official body publishes sanitaryware pricing and the averages circulating online are untraceable. Furniture in Fashion has published an editorial and specification led assessment that reframes the question: toilet cost is set by three layers, the pan and seat, the cistern or concealed frame, and the installation work behind the wall. Our analysis finds that type, not finish, drives the total. A close coupled replacement on an existing soil connection is a simple swap, while a wall hung pan on a concealed frame is effectively a small building job requiring wall depth and new finishes. The report sets out projection figures for each configuration, the clearance a UK cloakroom needs to remain usable, and the three factors that consistently escalate a straightforward replacement. No prices are published, because a benchmark that cannot be sourced is not a benchmark....

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The Vanity Unit Waiting Game: UK Lead Time and Stock Data 2026
September 6, 2026

The Vanity Unit Waiting Game: UK Lead Time and Stock Data 2026

Waiting for a bathroom vanity unit is a specification problem rather than a supply problem, and Furniture in Fashion sets out exactly where the delay comes from. This 2026 report explains why units built to the standard UK widths of 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, 800mm, 1000mm and 1200mm are the ones held in stock, and why an accidental change of basin, tap hole count or width turns a stocked cabinet into a made to order queue. It covers the dimensions that decide comfort in a real bathroom, including basin rim heights of 80cm to 85cm and around 70cm of standing clearance, and explains why wall hung units on stud walls stall on noggins and tiling sequence rather than delivery. Cloakrooms are identified as the hardest case, where standard slimline units beat bespoke widths. No national lead time figures are quoted because none are published in the UK....

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The Bathroom Planner: A Data-Led Layout Tool
August 27, 2026

The Bathroom Planner: A Data-Led Layout Tool

Bathroom layouts in British homes are decided by drainage before design, according to a new data led planning guide from Furniture in Fashion. The report explains that the soil stack fixes the WC position, the WC fixes the basin and everything else follows, which turns most planning problems from questions of taste into questions of clearance. It argues that bathrooms fail on activity space rather than fixture size, and publishes the standing zones each fixture needs: 700mm in front of a basin, 600mm in front of a WC and 700mm along the open side of a standard 1700mm by 700mm bath. Three layouts common to UK housing are examined, including long narrow terraced bathrooms and loft conversions with sloping ceilings, alongside guidance on wall hung vanity units, mirrored cabinet door swings and electrical zoning under the IET Wiring Regulations. Storage is described as the element most often cut from a plan and most often missed afterwards....

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The Bathroom Price Index 2026
August 26, 2026

The Bathroom Price Index 2026

Comparable national data on UK bathroom furniture pricing is not published in any citable form, so this new report from Furniture in Fashion examines cost structure rather than cost levels. The analysis identifies a single dividing line in bathroom expenditure: work that moves water against work that does not. Relocating a soil pipe or basin feed commits a household to significant cost and consequential making good, while furniture, mirrors and storage sit firmly on the reversible side. The report explains why soil stack position fixes the layout before any furniture is chosen, why British terraces and flats present particular constraints, and why the most common repeat expenditure is replacing a unit that works but is too deep for the room. A decision table separates seven bathroom choices by how difficult each one is to reverse, with guidance on the order in which they should be settled....

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