Bathrooms and wet rooms,tanked, tiled and finishedas one job from start to finish.

Every shower enclosure, bath surround and wet room floor is tanked with a continuous membrane system, dressed into corners, upstands and around every pipe penetration rather than relying on sealant to bridge the gaps. The membrane is left to cure fully before any tile adhesive goes on.

For full wet rooms, the floor build-up also needs to accommodate the falls to the drain, which usually means altering the floor structure or building up a screed to the correct gradient: assessed at estimate stage so there are no surprises once the floor is opened up.

Moving a toilet, basin or shower to a new position in the room means new waste and supply runs, and sometimes altering the soil pipe route through the floor or wall. We plan these against the finished layout before first fix, not worked around afterwards.

Where a bathroom shares a wall with a kitchen or utility room, we take the opportunity to tidy shared service runs so future maintenance access is straightforward rather than buried behind finished tiling.

Bathroom electrics are governed by strict zoning rules around water sources, covering everything from shaver sockets to lighting and extractor fans. Our Part-P registered electrician designs and certifies the circuit to those zones.

Extraction is planned against the room's ventilation needs, not just bolted in as an afterthought: undersized or badly ducted extractors are a common cause of condensation and mould in bathrooms that otherwise look perfectly finished.

Tiling is set out from a level datum rather than from whichever wall looks straightest, with cut tiles kept away from focal points such as the shower centreline or vanity mirror. Large-format tiles and natural stone need a flatter substrate, which is checked before ordering.

Grout and sealant choices are matched to the wet zone: flexible sealant at movement joints, waterproof grout in constant-wet areas, so the finish holds up rather than needing re-sealing within a year.

En-suites carved out of a bedroom or built into a loft conversion bring extra considerations: headroom for showers under a sloping ceiling, sound insulation between rooms, and running new supply and waste pipework back to existing stacks without excessive falls.

Where an en-suite forms part of a wider loft conversion or extension, it is sequenced into that build's programme so the waterproofing and tiling happen once the surrounding structure and first fix are complete.

Level-access wet rooms for accessibility are built with the same tanking standard as any other wet room, with the floor structure altered where needed to achieve a true level threshold rather than a small step that defeats the purpose.

Fittings, grab rail blocking and support noggins are built into the wall structure before boarding, so rails and seating are fixed into solid backing rather than relying on cavity fixings after the fact.