What does a wet room cost in Leicestershire?
Our guide range in Leicestershire is £5,800–£11,500 including VAT. Prices in Leicestershire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on East Midlands labour rates.
Compact
- Full tanking, porcelain tiles
Signature
- 4–7 m² room
Large or luxury
- Large-format or stone-effect tiles
Guide prices for Leicestershire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Leicestershire?
Water across much of Leicestershire is hard. If your supply in Leicester 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. For a wet room in a Leicester flat, the first step is the lease, because freeholder consent is often needed before any work starts.
What the job includes
- Floor strengthening or a ply overlay on timber floors so the surface does not flex
- A thermostatic shower valve, exposed or concealed, with heads to suit your water system
- Strip-out, waste removal, a final flow test to the drain and handover
- A survey of the floor construction, the joist size and direction or the concrete slab, and the route to the soil stack
- A pre-formed floor former with a linear or centre drain, or a screed laid to fall
- Full tanking of the floor and the shower walls, with sealed corners, pipe collars and a sealed drain connection
Decisions to make first
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.
Linear or centre drain
A linear drain along one wall lets the floor fall in a single direction, so large tiles can be laid without awkward cuts. A centre drain needs a four-way fall and suits smaller tiles or mosaic.
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.
Former or screed
A pre-formed board gives a consistent fall and suits timber floors. A sand and cement screed suits concrete slabs and larger shower areas.
Rules that apply in England
A wet room inside an existing home does not need planning permission. In a flat, check the lease: freeholder consent is often needed, and both the leak risk and the sound insulation to the flat below matter. Electrics must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection, at least IPX4 fittings in zone 1 up to 2.25 m above the shower floor, IPX5 where water jets are used, and no ordinary sockets within 3 m of zone 1.
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.