Wet rooms in Fareham

Postcode districts: PO14, PO15, PO16
Nearby: Gosport, Portsmouth and Southsea
Guide price: £6,700–£13,500
Typical time on site: 5–10 working days
Water: Hard across most of Hampshire
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a wet room cost in Fareham?

For Fareham, our guide range for a wet room is £6,700 to £13,500 including VAT. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Compact

£5,000–£7,800

Under about 4 m²

Typical

Signature

£7,800–£13,500

Frameless screen, thermostatic shower

Large or luxury

£13,500–£20,250

Concealed valves, feature lighting

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

Working in Fareham

As well as Fareham itself (PO14, PO15 and PO16), we survey in Gosport, Portsmouth and Southsea.

Homes in and around Fareham vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Fareham home has a concrete ground floor, a downstairs wet room may need the screed cut out to set the drain. If your Fareham bathroom is upstairs on timber joists, we check their size and direction before planning the wet room floor.

Most of Hampshire has hard water. If your supply in Fareham is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.

What the job includes

A pre-formed floor former with a linear or centre drain, or a screed laid to fall
A survey of the floor construction, the joist size and direction or the concrete slab, and the route to the soil stack
Floor strengthening or a ply overlay on timber floors so the surface does not flex
Full tanking of the floor and the shower walls, with sealed corners, pipe collars and a sealed drain connection

Decisions to make first

Open or screened

A fully open shower with no glass only works in a larger room, with the basin, WC and towels well away from the spray.

Floor tile

Matt or textured porcelain with good slip resistance. Mosaic gives extra grip on a centre-drain floor because of its many grout lines.

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 Fareham: questions

How much should I budget for a wet room in Fareham?

A wet room in Fareham usually costs £6,700–£13,500 including VAT. Where you land in that range depends on the size of the room, whether the layout changes and the products you choose. After the free survey you get an itemised written quote, and the price is fixed in writing once the layout and products are agreed.

Do you cover PO14 in Fareham?

Yes. We cover all of Fareham, including PO14, PO15 and PO16, and nearby Gosport, Portsmouth and Southsea. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Fareham?

Who handles building control for a wet room in Fareham?

Building control for Fareham 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.