- Postcode districts
- NE6, NE28, NE31
- Nearby
- Hebburn, Jarrow and Felling
- Guide price
- £5,400–£10,750
- Typical time on site
- 5–10 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a wet room cost in Wallsend?
Our guide price for a wet room in Wallsend is £5,400–£10,750 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for North East England, where prices are typically about 10% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Compact
- Under about 4 m²
Signature
- Frameless screen, thermostatic shower
Large or luxury
- Concealed valves, feature lighting
Guide prices for Wallsend including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Wallsend
In Wallsend we cover NE6, NE28 and NE31; we also cover Hebburn, 1.4 miles away, and Jarrow.
In Wallsend, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. For a wet room in a Wallsend flat, the first step is the lease, because freeholder consent is often needed before any work starts. In a compact Wallsend bathroom, a wet room frees the space a tray and enclosure would take, but expect the whole floor to get wet.
Most of Tyne and Wear is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Wallsend, 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
- Slip-resistant porcelain floor tiles and wall tiling
- A survey of the floor construction, the joist size and direction or the concrete slab, and the route to the soil stack
- Full tanking of the floor and the shower walls, with sealed corners, pipe collars and a sealed drain connection
- A pre-formed floor former with a linear or centre drain, or a screed laid to fall
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.
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.
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.
