Shower rooms · London
Taking out a bath for a walk-in shower, or rebuilding a tired shower room from the floor up, is one of the jobs we do most. The room is usually small, so every choice counts: the tray, the screen, the valve, and where the water goes when you've finished.
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Bath-to-shower conversions
A standard bath takes up about 1700 × 700 mm. Swap it for a walk-in shower and the same space suddenly feels open, easier to step into and much quicker to clean.
The work is more than lifting the bath out. The old waste is rarely in the right place for a shower tray, the walls behind a bath are almost never waterproofed to shower standard, and a shower runs for longer at higher flow, so the drain has to keep up.
One honest question before you decide: is this your only bath? Families with young children, and some buyers, still want one. If you have a second bathroom, or the bath is rarely used, a walk-in shower is usually the better use of the room.
Your options
There's no single right answer. It depends on the room, the floor underneath and how you'll use it.
A slim stone-resin tray, usually 25–45 mm high, with a frameless screen. Our most popular choice.
Best for: most shower rooms and en-suites, upper-floor flats, a quicker programme.
The shower floor is tiled and slopes to a drain, with no step at all. This is wet room construction.
Best for: step-free access and seamless finishes. Wet rooms
Keep the bath and add a proper thermostatic shower with a fixed glass screen.
Best for: family homes that need a bath and can't spare the space for both.
Sizes that work
These are common tray sizes we plan around. Whatever you choose, we set the tiles out from the shower so the cut pieces land where nobody looks.
Not sure what fits? Measure the room wall to wall and send it with your photos. We'll mark up a layout at the survey.
Valves and water pressure
A beautiful rainfall head is disappointing on low pressure. So we check your system at the survey, before you buy a valve.
The details
A tiled niche keeps bottles off the floor and out of the way of the screen. We build niches and shower benches at the boarding stage, so they're waterproofed with the rest of the wall rather than cut in afterwards.
Shower rooms get steamier than bathrooms with a bath, and small rooms have less air to absorb it. The extractor is sized for the room and set to keep running after the light goes off, which is what stops mould on the ceiling and grout.
We also think about cleaning: fewer grout lines with larger tiles, a screen with a coating that sheds water, and a linear drain or tray that you can reach without unscrewing anything.
How it works
Most shower rooms are quick projects. The planning is what keeps them that way.
The room, the boiler or cylinder, and any products you've already chosen.
About 5 minutesA guide price for the layout you want, from our price list.
Within 48 hoursFlow and pressure measured, waste route and walls checked.
£100, refunded on orderTray, screen and valve agreed, with a written price and programme.
2–3 days after surveyBuilt, tested and handed over, with water back on each evening where possible.
Usually about 7 working daysPrices
Guide prices. The main variables are tile coverage, the valve and whether we supply the products.
You've bought the tray, screen and valve. We fit everything.
FromCompact shower room, about 7 working days
Tray, screen, valve, tiles and suite supplied and fitted.
From approximatelyOne fixed price for products and work
Concealed valve, large-format tiles, niche and heated floor.
From approximatelyFloor-to-ceiling tiling, longer programme
Want a figure for your exact room? Use the bathroom cost calculator. Renovating a whole bathroom with a bath? See bathroom renovation.
Questions
Something we haven't covered? Send us your details and ask us directly.
A complete shower room with mid-range products starts from approximately £9,500. If you've already bought the tray, screen and valve, installation only starts from £6,200. A premium walk-in with concealed valves and large-format tiles starts from about £18,000.
It depends on who lives with you and how long you'll stay. A walk-in shower is easier to use and clean, but families with young children, and some future buyers, still value a bath. If it's your only bath, it may be worth keeping it with a good shower over it instead.
Usually, yes. A 1000 × 800 mm tray with a short glass panel works in many compact rooms, and a 1700 × 700 mm tray fits exactly where a standard bath was. We check door swing, toilet clearance and the waste route at the survey.
We measure pressure and flow at the survey. On a gravity system a shower pump often solves it, though pumps drawing more than 12 litres a minute need notice to the water company. An electric shower on its own circuit is another option that doesn't rely on your hot water.
Most take about 7 working days, including the waterproofing and a 24-hour flood test before tiling. Premium finishes such as floor-to-ceiling large-format tiles add a few days.
In almost every shower room, yes. A fixed glass panel keeps water off the floor and the toilet. Going fully open only works in a larger room built as a wet room, with the whole floor waterproofed.
Areas we cover
Box-room shower rooms in terraces, en-suite showers in mansion flats, bath-to-shower conversions in family homes.
Get your estimate
Send photos of the room and your boiler or cylinder. You'll get an initial estimate within 48 hours, and we'll flag anything about your water pressure straight away.
Get your estimate