Wet room and walk-in shower installation in London

Not planning permission for a like-for-like bathroom. Building regulations do apply to the waterproofing and drainage, and we work to them as standard.

Yes, though floor depth and the freeholder’s consent are worth checking early — both can affect what is possible before you commit to a design.

Somewhere between one and two weeks as a rule, depending on how much floor forming and finishing is needed. It runs longer than a standard bathroom refit because the tanking needs proper drying time between stages, and rushing that is exactly how you get a leak later.

Not if the tanking and falls are done properly and given time to cure before tiling. Rushed drying time is the most common cause of an eventual failure, not the wet room concept itself.

Some of it, yes. In a full wet room the whole floor is waterproofed and falls to the drain, so splashes are expected and dry out quickly. A fixed glass screen keeps most of the spray in the shower area. What matters in a small room is where the toilet, basin and towel rail sit in relation to the shower head, so settle the layout with that in mind.

Easier than a tray and enclosure in some ways, since there are no tray edges or enclosure seals to go mouldy. The things that need attention are the grout lines on the floor, which pick up limescale quickly in London’s hard water, and the drain’s hair trap, which should be lifted out and cleared every week or two. A squeegee after each shower does more than any cleaning product.