Temporary bathroom hire while yours is being refitted

There isn't one honest answer for every refit. Ask your fitter when the shower and toilet will stop working, which facilities can stay usable during the job, and when the replacement should be ready. Removing a suite, changing pipework and finishing the room are different stages; your fitter needs to tell you what their programme means for your household.

Book around the time you actually need facilities, not an assumed standard number of weeks. If dates are provisional, say so when you enquire. Agree who will tell me if the work changes. Having a temporary bathroom booked does not mean an extension is automatically available if the fitter runs over.

Using a neighbour's bathroom might be manageable for a short interruption, but it means arranging your routine around somebody else's. A gym involves a trip whenever you want a wash, and may not suit the whole household. WashBox offers a separate room at your property instead; whether that is worth hiring depends on your dates and circumstances.

You still go outside to use it, so think about the walk from your back door and where you can leave shoes or a coat. The point is to keep the basic bathroom routine near home, not to pretend an outside trailer is exactly the same as having your finished bathroom upstairs.

Agree the delivery position before the old suite comes out. Your fitter may need the same drive for materials, a skip or their van. Leave room to manoeuvre the trailer in and collect it afterwards, and decide which tap and socket remain available while work is happening. A bathroom being stripped out should not also remove the services you planned to use outside.

Tell the fitter your proposed hire dates and ask them to flag changes early. You do not have to use HeatSync for the refit: I can discuss the hire while another firm does the work. The important thing is that we have the same dates and a workable position, rather than discovering a blocked driveway on delivery morning.

WashBox is built into a twin-axle braked box trailer, not fitted inside your house. It needs firm, fairly level ground and enough manoeuvring room. Tell me about gates, tight corners and the route to the entrance. There is a step into the unit and it is not fully accessible, so any mobility needs must be discussed first.

Inside there is heating, lighting and ventilation as well as the shower, toilet and basin. We clean and check it before hire. One person uses the room at a time: if mornings are busy in your house, think through that routine rather than counting the three fittings as separate facilities.

I run WashBox from Unit 4, 18 Hamburg Way, King's Lynn, PE30 2ND. We cover Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. Send your postcode rather than just a county: delivery is priced on distance from King's Lynn. I'll tow the trailer out, level it, connect it and show you how everything works, then collect it at the end.

You can also arrange self-collection from our base. You'll need a vehicle that can tow a twin-axle braked trailer, with the right licence and insurance. Tell me about the entrance, ground and proposed position before booking.

Tell me whether there is a tap and household socket available, only one of the two, or neither. We can arrange mains, partial mains or off-grid use. I'll go through the setup with you beforehand rather than leave it to delivery day. Don't guess at capacity or how long an arrangement will last: tell me how you expect to use the bathroom and we'll discuss it.

The minimum hire is 48 hours. There is a £250 refundable deposit separate from the hire price. Check the calendar for your dates and send the site details with your request. If you need longer than originally planned, speak to me about availability; an extension needs agreeing, not assuming.