Services
What we take on
Wet rooms are the specialism. Everything else on this page exists because a wet room, a bathroom or a kitchen almost never needs only one trade — and chasing five firms to finish one room is how jobs stall.
The specialism
Wet rooms
A wet room is a waterproofing job with tiles on top. Everything that decides whether it lasts happens before a single tile goes down, and none of it is visible afterwards.
Which is exactly why they go wrong. A wet room can look immaculate on handover and be staining the ceiling below within eighteen months, because the tanking was rushed or the falls were guessed. We get called to fix those. It is always the same fault.
Here is how we build one, in order. If you are getting quotes from anyone else, these are the six things worth asking them about.
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Check the substrate
Timber or solid, sound or not. On suspended floors we check deflection before anything else — a floor that moves will crack a tanking membrane no matter how well it was applied.
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Set the former
A level-access former recessed into the floor, so there is no step, no lip and no threshold to trip on. On solid floors that means breaking out. It is the messy part and it is not optional.
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Tank as one continuous membrane
Walls and floor tanked as a single sealed envelope, with the corners, junctions and pipe penetrations detailed properly. This is the part nobody sees and the part that decides everything.
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Set the falls
Measured falls to the drain, so water goes where it is meant to rather than sitting in a corner. Guessed falls are the second most common failure after bad tanking.
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Drainage
Linear or centre drain depending on the room and the layout, sized for the shower going in rather than for whatever was in the van.
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Then tile
Only now. Slip-resistant finishes where the room is an adaptation, and grab rail positions fixed to solid noggins set during first fix — not screwed into board afterwards and hoped for.
Accessible bathrooms
Adaptations, private and council-funded
Level-access wet rooms and adapted bathrooms for people whose current bathroom has stopped working for them.
We take on Disabled Facilities Grant and council-funded adaptations alongside private work. If an application is in progress, we can quote directly to the scope the occupational therapist has set out.
The specification follows the person, not a catalogue — where the rails go, which side the seat is on, how much turning room a frame or chair actually needs. It is worth getting right the first time, because the room has to keep working for years.
- FundingDFG, council or private
- AccessLevel threshold, no step
- ShoweringWalk-in and seated
- SupportGrab rails on solid fixings
- FlooringSlip-resistant finishes
- ClientsHomeowners, councils, landlords
Whole-room installations
The other two rooms people call us about
Bathrooms
Complete installations, taken from strip-out through first fix, boarding, tiling and second fix to a finished room. Suite replacements where the layout stays put, and full reconfigurations where it does not.
The awkward ones are usually the small ones. Getting a bath, a basin, a WC and storage into a room that was never generous takes more thought than a large room does, and it is worth the site visit rather than a phone quote.
- Full installations
- Suite replacement
- Bath to shower conversions
- Tiling
- Layout changes
- Extraction & lighting
Kitchens
Fitting, with the first-fix plumbing and electrics planned around the layout rather than worked around afterwards. If the sockets and the waste are set before the units go in, the finish is better and the job is quicker.
Supply and fit, or fit only if you have already bought the kitchen. Both are common and neither is a problem — tell us which at the quote stage.
- Units & installation
- Worktops
- Appliance connection
- Supply & fit
- Fit only
- Making good
The rest of the job
The trades that go with them
Rarely booked on their own, almost always needed. We handle the building and plastering ourselves and manage the rest, so the programme is our problem rather than yours.
Structural works
New openings, load-bearing alterations and layout changes. Where a job needs sign-off from a structural engineer we identify that at quotation, not halfway through.
- New openings
- Load-bearing work
- Building control liaison
Plastering
Skimming, re-skims, patching and making good, so the finish does not give away where the work was done. Internal only — we do not take on external rendering.
- Skimming & re-skims
- Patching
- Full room finishes
Flooring
LVT, laminate, engineered wood and tile, over a subfloor prepared and levelled first. Skipping that step is why floors lift a year later.
- Subfloor preparation
- Levelling
- LVT, laminate, wood, tile
Central heating
Radiators, pipework, system alterations and upgrades, carried out as part of a renovation or as standalone work.
- Radiators & pipework
- System alterations
- Upgrades
Plumbing
First and second fix as part of a wider project, or on its own. Sanitaryware, waste runs and the repairs that turn up once a floor comes up.
- First & second fix
- Sanitaryware
- Repairs
Electrics
Rewires, alterations, lighting and sockets, tested and certificated. Done alongside the build so the job is not standing idle waiting for a free morning.
- Rewires & alterations
- Lighting & sockets
- Testing & certification
Straight answers
Things people ask before they ring
How long does a wet room take?
Usually one to two weeks for a standard room, depending on what is under the floor and whether the layout changes. You get a realistic duration with the quote, not an optimistic one.
Do you do roofing?
No. If a job needs it we will say so at the quotation stage rather than discovering it later.
Can you work to an OT’s specification?
Yes, and it is easier for everyone if we do. Send us the scope and we will price against it directly.
Do you clear up?
Materials and waste are taken away and the room is handed back usable. That is included, not extra.
Is the quote free?
Yes, and there is no obligation. If a job is not worth doing, or not worth doing the way you have in mind, we will tell you.
Who actually turns up?
There are five of us. Gas, electrical and floor-laying work is carried out by qualified subcontractors under our management — one firm stays responsible either way.
Not sure which of these you need?
Describe the room and we will tell you. Five minutes on the phone usually settles it.