Walk-in shower rooms, level-access wet rooms and compact downstairs shower rooms — fully tanked, properly drained and ventilated, with underfloor heating and premium finishes. Designed and built by one team under one fixed-price contract, so the waterproofing you never see is as good as the tiling you do.
A shower room is the most demanding small room in a house. It has to be beautiful, it has to work in often tight dimensions, and above all it has to be watertight — because the one thing you cannot see, the waterproofing, is the thing that decides whether the room lasts twenty years or leaks into the ceiling below within two. Get the falls, the drainage, the tanking and the ventilation right and a shower room is a pleasure for decades. Get them wrong and no amount of expensive tiling will save it.
This page is for the shower room, the walk-in shower room, the wet room and the downstairs shower room — designed and built to a fully waterproofed standard. As a design-and-build contractor, we deliver the whole thing under one fixed-price contract: the design, the level-access or walk-in shower, the tanking, the underfloor heating, the sanitaryware and brassware, the tiling and stone, the ventilation and lighting, and the making-good. It is the same standard as our bathroom renovations, focused on the shower.
Shower rooms come in many forms, and we build all of them: a compact downstairs shower room or cloakroom carved from spare space, an en-suite off a bedroom, a generous walk-in shower room as a second bathroom, or a fully open wet room with no tray or screen. Where accessibility matters, a level-access shower room is the ideal solution — our accessible bathrooms page covers that in depth.
The craft is in the invisible work. A wet room only performs if the floor is built up and laid to the correct falls, the whole zone tanked with a proven system, and the room properly ventilated so moisture leaves rather than settling into the structure. These are the steps a cheap job rushes or skips, and exactly where we are meticulous — wet-testing the tanking before and after tiling, and sizing the extraction and underfloor heating to keep the room dry and fresh.
We design and build shower rooms across NW3, NW8, NW1, NW11, N6, W1 and SW London — tight downstairs shower rooms in period terraces, en-suites in lofts and extensions, and luxury walk-in shower rooms and wet rooms in family homes — each tanked, tested and warranted.
From a tight cloakroom to an open wet room, the right approach depends on the space, the use and your taste. These are the six we build most.
A large walk-in shower with a glass screen and a low or flush threshold, alongside a basin and WC. The everyday luxury — easy to use, easy to clean, and a strong alternative to a bath in a second bathroom.
The whole floor tanked, the shower draining through a floor outlet with no tray and no screen — the most minimal and most accessible shower room of all, and the most demanding to build well.
A small shower room or shower-and-WC carved from spare space — an under-stairs void, a utility corner, a box room. Clever layout and wall-hung fittings make genuinely tight spaces work hard.
A private shower room serving a bedroom — in a loft, an extension or a reconfigured layout. Designed to fit the available space elegantly, with the plumbing planned into the wider works.
A generous shower room with a large walk-in or double shower, book-matched stone, designer brassware and a layered lighting scheme — a spa-like room that happens not to have a bath.
A level-access shower room with slip-resistant flooring, grab support and a seat — safe and dignified, and designed to look like a contemporary room, not a clinical one. See our accessible bathrooms page.
The watertightness lives in the detail. Every element below is delivered, wet-tested and warranted under one fixed-price agreement.
A layout that makes the most of the space — shower size and position, fittings, storage and door swing — presented in 3D so you see the finished room before work starts. Especially valuable in compact and awkward spaces.
A walk-in shower with a frameless or steel-framed glass screen, or a wet-room drain with no screen at all — with a quality shower valve and head, thermostatically controlled and built to last.
The wet zone — or the whole floor in a wet room — tanked to BS standards before tiling, with sealed corners, upstands and pipe penetrations. The single most important element, and the one we never compromise.
Floor falls formed correctly to a linear or point drain, sized to the shower output, so water clears cleanly and never pools — the difference between a wet room that works and one that floods the floor.
Electric or hydronic underfloor heating that keeps the floor warm and dries the room quickly after a shower — both a comfort and a defence against the damp and mould that plague cold shower rooms.
Wall-hung or floor-standing WC and basin from designer ranges — Duravit, Villeroy & Boch, Catalano — chosen to suit the space and concealed-cistern where it helps a clean, easy-to-clean look.
Shower valves, heads and taps to specification — from quality thermostatic mixers to Vola, Dornbracht and Lefroy Brooks — in the finish that ties the room together, anti-scald where needed.
Wall and floor tiling, natural stone or large-format porcelain, laid to a high standard with crisp grout lines, niches and trims — slip-rated on the floor where the shower zone needs it.
A properly sized, quiet extractor — often humidity-sensing — ducted to outside, clearing moisture fast. The unglamorous detail that keeps a shower room fresh and mould-free for years.
IP-rated, dimmable lighting layered for task and ambience, an illuminated demist mirror, and shaver and toothbrush provision — lighting designed for a small, often windowless room.
Hot, cold and waste re-routed to the new layout by our plumbers, and NICEIC-certified electrics for lighting, the extractor, underfloor heating and shaver points — all self-certified under Part P.
A wet-test of the tanking and drainage, a two-stage snag, a 12-month defects period, a 10-year workmanship warranty and a six-month service visit.
A shower room is loved or regretted on these six points — all decided beneath the tiles, before anything looks finished.
The floor laid to the correct gradient so water runs to the drain and never pools — the hidden geometry that decides whether a wet room works or floods.
The whole wet zone tanked and sealed at every junction before tiling, and wet-tested — the envelope that stops water reaching the structure and the room below.
A quiet, properly sized extractor that clears moisture fast — without it, even a beautiful shower room grows mould and smells damp within months.
Door swing, fittings and shower position resolved so a compact room feels usable, not cramped — the skill that turns an awkward corner into a proper shower room.
The right screen — frameless, framed or none — and IP-rated, layered lighting to make a small, often windowless room feel bright and open.
Underfloor heating keeping the floor warm and drying the room quickly — comfort and a practical defence against damp in a room that gets wet every day.
A small room done to a high standard rewards a careful process. Here is how we run yours.
We discuss the space, how you want to use it, whether it is a walk-in or wet room, and your budget. No charge, no obligation.
A precise survey of the room, the floor build-up (key for level access), drainage and services — the basis for a design that fits and a firm price.
The layout, shower type and finishes developed and presented in 3D — especially valuable in compact spaces where every centimetre counts.
Sanitaryware, brassware, tiling and stone selected and confirmed — every detail fixed and costed before we start.
Old room stripped, floor built up and falls formed, plumbing and electrical first fix, underfloor heating laid.
The wet zone fully tanked and wet-tested, then wall and floor tiling laid to a high standard, falls maintained to the drain.
Shower, sanitaryware, brassware, screen, mirror and lighting fitted, a final wet-test, snagging walk, certification and handover.
A 12-month defects period, a six-month service visit and a 10-year workmanship warranty.
What a shower room costs depends on whether it is a tanked wet room and the level of finish. Here is how our four tiers differ.
For a representative high-end walk-in shower room at around £18,000, here is the honest breakdown of where every pound is spent.
A shower room is watertight because of what is done before tiling. Here is what is designed and installed.
A downstairs or compact shower room is often the most useful room you can add — and the one that most rewards clever design.
Some of the most valuable shower rooms are the smallest — a downstairs shower-and-WC carved from an under-stairs cupboard, a corner of a utility, or a redundant box room. An extra shower room takes pressure off the main bathroom, adds a facility for guests and works as a future-proof ground-floor option, and it is one of the improvements buyers notice. The challenge is purely spatial, and that is exactly where design earns its keep.
In a tight space, everything is deliberate: a wall-hung WC and basin to free floor area and ease cleaning, a sliding or pivot door that does not foul the fittings, a walk-in or corner shower sized to the room, recessed niches instead of protruding shelves, and large-format tiles with minimal grout lines to make the space feel bigger. Lighting and a demist mirror lift a windowless room, and the drainage and ventilation are planned around the constraints from the outset — a macerator where gravity drainage is not possible, ducted extraction where there is no external wall nearby.
We resolve all of this in the 3D design before any work starts, so you can see how the room works and be confident it will feel usable rather than cramped. For tight bathrooms generally see our small bathroom solutions page, for a ground-floor WC see cloakroom installations, and for an early budget use the cost calculator.
A representative programme for a walk-in shower room. A wet room adds a little for the floor build-up and tanking, but this is the sequence.
Anyone can tile a shower. Making one watertight for twenty years is another matter. Here is what ours gives you.
Full tanking, correct falls and a wet-test before and after tiling — the work that stops leaks, done properly every time.
Design, plumbing, electrics, tanking, tiling and finish under one fixed-price contract — no gaps between trades.
Compact and downstairs shower rooms designed in 3D to feel usable, not cramped — a genuine speciality.
Quiet, properly sized extraction and warm underfloor heating — so the room stays fresh and mould-free.
Our core tilers, plumbers and electricians are PAYE staff — continuity of standard, job after job.
Level-access and easy-access shower rooms designed to look beautiful, not clinical.
Professional indemnity and public liability at £10M, well above industry standard.
An insurance-backed workmanship warranty protecting the work long after completion.
A shower room often sits within a wider project. Start here, or speak to us about combining it under one contract.
Our full bathroom renovation service — baths, showers and everything between.
Fully tanked, level-access wet rooms — the most minimal shower room of all.
Level-access, mobility shower rooms designed to luxury standard.
Private shower rooms and en-suites off a bedroom, loft or extension.
Making compact bathrooms and shower rooms work hard.
Downstairs WCs and cloakrooms — often paired with a compact shower.
Expert installation of showers, sanitaryware and fittings.
New shower rooms planned into a wider whole-house renovation.
Comparable projects and finishing standards across our work. Browse the case-study hub and the wider portfolio, or contact us to discuss your shower room.
Fully tanked, level-access wet rooms — the technical core of a great shower room.
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