Wet room and walk-in shower installation in London

A like-for-like bathroom does not need planning permission. The waterproofing and drainage do fall under building regulations, and we follow them as standard.

Yes. Check the floor depth and the freeholder’s consent early on, though, because both can limit your options before you settle on a design.

Usually one to two weeks, depending on how much floor forming and finishing the room needs. That is longer than a standard bathroom refit, because the tanking must dry properly between stages. Rushing that stage is exactly how leaks start later.

Not if the falls and tanking are done well and left to cure before tiling. Most failures come from cutting the drying time short, not from the wet room idea 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.