Wet rooms in Irlam

Postcode districts: M31, M41, M44
Nearby: Urmston, Sale and Stretford
Guide price: £5,600–£11,250
Typical time on site: 5–10 working days
Water: Soft across most of Greater Manchester
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a wet room cost in Irlam?

Our guide price for a wet room in Irlam is £5,600–£11,250 including VAT. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Compact

£4,200–£6,600

Full tanking, porcelain tiles

Typical

Signature

£6,600–£11,250

4–7 m² room

Large or luxury

£11,250–£17,000

Large-format or stone-effect tiles

Guide prices for Irlam including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Working in Irlam

We work right across Irlam — M31, M41 and M44 — and in neighbouring Urmston and Sale.

Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Irlam: free survey, written quote, one team. If you are planning a wet room in Irlam for level access, we design the fall and drain so the floor is flush from the doorway. For a wet room in a Irlam flat, the first step is the lease, because freeholder consent is often needed before any work starts.

Supplies across most of Greater Manchester are soft. If that holds for your street in Irlam, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.

What the job includes

A frameless glass screen fixed to the wall and floor
Full tanking of the floor and the shower walls, with sealed corners, pipe collars and a sealed drain connection
A survey of the floor construction, the joist size and direction or the concrete slab, and the route to the soil stack
Extractor fan and lighting by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, with underfloor heating if you choose it

Decisions to make first

Underfloor heating

Electric underfloor heating under the tiles dries the floor quickly after a shower; it is typically £700 to £1,500 for a bathroom.

Screen size

A screen of 1200 mm or more keeps spray off the rest of the room in most layouts. In a very small wet room, expect the whole floor to get wet.

Rules that apply in England

In England, a new drain connection or changes at the soil stack can be building-regulations work under Part H, and new circuits or changes to the wiring in the room are notifiable under Part P. If the wet room is a newly formed bathroom, Approved Document F requires extract of 15 litres per second intermittent or 8 litres per second continuous.

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Wet rooms in Irlam: questions

How much does a wet room cost in Irlam?

A wet room in Irlam usually costs £5,600–£11,250 including VAT. The final figure comes down to what you choose and what we find at the survey; your written quote lists every item so you can see where the money goes.

Do you cover M31 in Irlam?

Yes. We cover all of Irlam, including M31, M41 and M44, and nearby Urmston, Sale and Stretford. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Irlam?

Who handles building control for a wet room in Irlam?

Building control for Irlam is handled by the local council or an approved inspector. If your job needs sign-off — for example a new circuit, new drainage or a new extractor where there was none — we tell you at the survey and handle the notification as part of the work.

Do wet rooms leak?

A properly tanked wet room should not leak. When one does, the cause is usually a gap in the membrane at a corner or pipe, a poor drain connection, or a floor that flexes and splits the seal. Leaks in wet rooms are expensive to trace, which is why the floor is stiffened first and the tanking is checked before tiling.