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Wet Rooms & Showers in Bradford on Avon
Walk-in showers and wet rooms for stone houses, where the walls breathe, the floors are old timber and the drain still has to find its fall.
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A wet room installer in Bradford on Avon is mostly dealing with two surfaces, the wall and the floor. Limestone walls take in moisture and give it back, so what goes onto them matters as much as the tile. Old timber floors, or stone floors cut into a slope, have to carry a drain, a fall and a waterproof layer that must not fail, because a slow leak in a house like this can run unseen for a long time.
The order of work is simple to describe. First we look at what the floor is made of and how stiff it is. Then the drain position is settled alongside the waste route, because the pipe needs a fall the structure can accommodate. Then boards go up, the whole wet area is tanked and tested, and only then do the tiles start. Skipping the test, or tanking everything except the corners, is how wet rooms leak.
A walk-in shower with a fixed screen is a smaller job than a full wet room, and it suits many cottages and terraces better. Send photos of the existing bathroom and say if you want to keep a bath, and we will explain the options and give a free, no-obligation quote.
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How we approach wet rooms & showers
A 31-second look at the way we work, from our base in Frome to homes in Bradford on Avon and the villages around it.
In this video
- It is all in the preparation
- Falls, tanking, solid boards
- Trays, drains, screens, valves
Homes in Bradford on Avon
Wet Rooms & Showers in Bradford on Avon: what we look out for
- Stone cottages & farmhouses
- Thick stone walls can take a deep niche for bottles, provided the stone behind is sound and dry and the fixings suit it. A ground floor slab or flagstones may have little damp protection, so we test before waterproofing anything. Upstairs under a sloping ceiling, the shower head sits where there is height, and a fixed glass panel can be fiddly in corners that are out of square.
- Georgian & period properties
- Lime plaster is no base for a tanking system, so a backer board goes in front of it and is sealed to the floor. Opening up floors in a protected house is something the council should hear about before the first board lifts. Floors in tall rooms are often uneven, and forming a proper fall means building the floor up in places, so check the threshold height before agreeing to a level-access design.
- Victorian & Edwardian terraces
- On a timber upper floor, joists may have been notched and boards worn, so the floor is stiffened before it carries a former and tray. A slow leak is easily missed above a lath and plaster ceiling, so we tank beyond the splash zone and test before tiling. Where a solid wall sits against the hillside, we look for damp first and board the wall instead of tiling straight onto it.
- Modern & new-build homes
- Stud walls take backer boards and tanking well, and heavy glass needs a stud or noggin to fix into, not just plasterboard. Chipboard floors flex, so we stiffen and seal them before a low tray or former goes down. Waste pipes are small-bore plastic with a limited fall, so we check what the waste can manage before settling on a linear drain or a centre drain.
Planning in Bradford on Avon
What to plan for with wet rooms & showers in Bradford on Avon
Check the floor can take a fall
A shower floor must slope to the drain, which means either recessing into the structure or building up on top. In an old timber floor, cutting into joists is not an option without strengthening, so a low-profile tray or a raised former may be the realistic choice. Tell us the floor type and whether there is a ceiling below.
Take care with outer stone walls
Waterproof coatings painted straight onto an outer wall need caution, because a sealed face can stop the stone drying out. We prefer to fix a backer board in front, tank the board rather than the stone, and keep the wet zone away from the weather side of the room where the layout allows. Ask us what will sit behind your tiles.
Screens for walls that are not square
In houses like these, a wall that looks upright often leans by a centimetre or more over the height of a screen. Measure at the top, middle and bottom, and expect the glass to be made or adjusted to suit. Fixed panels with a wall channel hide small gaps, and easy-clean glass helps against limescale. A door that swings in a narrow room needs its clearance checking.
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Getting started
Getting a wet rooms & showers quote in Bradford on Avon
- 1Message us on WhatsApp with photos, rough measurements and what you would like done.
- 2We ask anything else we need and give you a free, no-obligation quote. Larger jobs usually need a visit first.
- 3You agree the plan and we book you in. One person, one point of contact, start to finish.
- Our base in Frome
- Main areas
- Local villages
- Also covering
- Areas we cover →
- Frome
- Beckington
- Rode
- Westbury
- Warminster
- Radstock
- Trowbridge
- Bradford on Avon
- Great Elm
- Berkley
- Lullington
- Buckland Dinham
- Whatley
- Nunney
- Chapmanslade
- Mells
- Trudoxhill
- Corsley
- Cloford
- Dilton Marsh
- Witham Friary
- Norton St Philip
- Wanstrow
- Southwick
- North Bradley
- Freshford
- Bratton
- Hilperton
- Midsomer Norton
- Shepton Mallet
- Bath
- Melksham
- Wells
- Keynsham
- Corsham
- Devizes
- Chippenham
- Bristol
Questions
Wet Rooms & Showers in Bradford on Avon: FAQs
Can a wet room go on an upstairs timber floor in an old house?
Yes, if the floor is made stiff enough first. We open up the area, check the joists for notches and decay, add strengthening where needed, then lay boards, a tanking layer and the falls. The ceiling below matters too, so tell us if it is lath and plaster. Send photos of the existing bathroom and, if you can, the floor underneath.
Can I swap my bath for a walk-in shower in a small terrace bathroom?
Often, using the same footprint. A tray where the bath was keeps the pipework close, and a fixed glass panel keeps the splash in. The waste position and the floor decide the type of tray, and the choice between a raised former and a low-profile tray follows from that. Send a photo and the room size, and we will suggest a layout.
Should I worry about showering against an old limestone wall?
A little, which is why the build-up matters. Limestone soaks up moisture and dries out again, provided it can. Keeping water off the stone with a board, tanking and a good extractor fan does most of the job. Tell us about flaking paint, salt marks or a musty smell on that wall and we will look at it before we quote.
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The quickest route to an accurate price is a WhatsApp message with photos. The more you can tell us, the more precise we can be.
- A few photosThe room as it is now, from the corners, plus anything awkward like pipes, windows or radiators.
- Rough measurementsWall lengths are plenty to start with. We will confirm exact sizes before ordering anything.
- What you wantWhat stays, what goes, any products you have already chosen, and when you would like it done.