Case StudyOctober 2026·3 min read

Case study: The Williams' bathrooms, Ramsbottom

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The Williams' flat in Ramsbottom needed two bathrooms, not one. A retired couple, a proper home, and a brief that was simple: both rooms should feel finished, warm, and easy to live with. We built them in our new solid foam-core panels, and the result stopped us in our tracks.

The Williams' Ramsbottom bathroom — white marble-effect panel, dark grey shower wall and brushed brass shower over the bath
Panelled ceiling with extractor and downlights in the Williams' second Ramsbottom bathroom

Two rooms, one flat

One bathroom keeps the bath, with a brushed brass thermostatic shower, a square rain head and a handheld, set against a dark grey textured panel. Beside it, a white marble-effect board with heavy black veining runs the full height of the wall. The second room is the quieter one: large grey floor tiles, a lighter marble-effect wall, and a panelled ceiling with recessed lights and the extractor set flush into the boards.

The new panels

These are solid foam-core boards, not hollow PVC. They sit flatter, feel sturdier under the hand, and take a marble or stone print without looking like a thin sheet. On a ceiling they read as a clean plane — lights and the fan cut in, no chrome joint strips, no gloss. On the walls the print is the design: one room dramatic, one room calm, both from the same range.

The result

We were blown away. Two bathrooms in a Ramsbottom flat, for a lovely retired couple, finished to a standard we are proud to put our name on. Solid foam-core panels did the work that people still assume only tiles can do.

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