A BRADFORD family have been left angry and frustrated after a “straightforward” bathroom replacement has dragged on for more than six weeks.

They claim they were left with no working toilet or shower for days in their Idle home and they say installers damaged pipework and left a mess in other rooms.

Even when the £4,500 Wickes bathroom was installed correctly, they claim they have been left waiting for more than a week for the finishing touches to be done because they say a plumber keeps cancelling visits.

Miss Abid says her, her mum’s and her brother’s health have suffered and she has had to take numerous days off work to wait in for workmen who she says either don’t arrive on time or don’t turn up at all.

She said: “It’s been appalling.

“It should have been a straightforward installation but it’s been horrendous.

“I’ve been signed off sick for anxiety for a week. I’ve suffered from tension, stress and chest pains.

“I’m now constantly trying to shift my work days.

“I want to warn other people.”

The saga started on November 4 when a Wickes work crew arrived to fit the new bathroom.

But before long Miss Abid claims she noticed that they weren’t covering carpets properly, they were making themselves at home in rooms she said they should not have been in, shifting furniture around in her bedroom and stacking tools and equipment in cupboards.

She raised a complaint and talked to managers but then she said the team walked off the job after about a week when she mistakenly thought they were drinking alcohol rather than energy drinks, leaving most of the bathroom unfinished.

She said the family were left with no washing facilities and had to use the facilities of friends and family.

She said she was then put off several times about when the work would be finished.

Miss Abid, who has a history of anxiety, said the delay not only affected her but put more work onto her team at work.

She claims Wickes let her down “with many fake promises and assurances”.

Finally after two weeks there was some progress with the bathroom and the family had a working toilet and sink but a lot of work had still to be done.

But then the leak started which she said seeped through the walls and dripped downstairs, causing water damage to the carpet as well as the living room door and walls.

A spokesperson for Wickes Customer Services said: “The leak the customer is referring to is an existing leak in existing pipework. We have agreed to repair it for the customer as a gesture of goodwill.

“The dry fit installation is complete and the customer has a fully working bathroom. Only thing left to do is fit a new doorstrip but not fitting it until the leaking pipe has been fixed.

“This should be done tomorrow (December 12).”

But Miss Abid claims the leak was not there before the work started, the doorstrip had only needed to be replaced because the existing one had been tiled over and the plumber did not turn up for the appointment.

She said: “Not for the first time I am wishing we just kept the old bathroom and didn’t fall for the glossy pictures in the Wickes bathroom brochure.”