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If your bathroom has seen better days and a bath is taking up space you no longer have a use for, a shower room in Nottingham is usually the fastest way to get more usable floor space without extending the house. Whether you want a straightforward swap of an old cubicle, a proper walk-in shower with glass screens, or a fully tanked wet room with the floor sloped to a discreet drain, the job touches five separate trades - building, plumbing, electrics, plastering and tiling - and getting all five working to the same schedule is what actually decides whether the finished room looks right and stays watertight. We plan and run all of that as one project instead of leaving you to chase separate tradespeople yourself, and our shower room tiling is laid to the falls and waterproofing standard the room actually needs, not just sealed round a shower tray upstand and left at that.
If you're weighing up a straight replacement against converting to a wet room, or you've got an older Nottingham property where the floor structure might complicate things, read on for how we scope, price and deliver a shower room from first call to sign-off.
What's Included in a Nottingham Shower Room Fit
- Full strip-out and disposal of the old bath, suite or shower enclosure, handled by a licensed waste carrier
- Building and joinery work where a stud wall, storage niche or bulkhead needs building or altering to suit the new layout
- Plumbing to reroute or extend the water feed and waste pipework, including moving the shower position if the new layout calls for it
- Waterproof tanking under the tiles (or a full membrane system for a wet room), rather than relying on sealant around the tray
- Formation of a wet room floor with the correct falls to a linear or point drain, or fitting of a low-profile or upstand shower tray for a standard enclosure
- Electrical work - extractor fan wiring, shaver socket, lighting circuits - carried out and signed off by a Part P approved installer
- Plastering to make good walls before tiling, including patching where the old suite has come out
- Full tiling of walls and floor to the finish you've chosen, with trims, edging and corner detailing
- Fitting the enclosure, screen or door, the shower valve or digital shower unit, and any sanitaryware in the room
- Final sealing, snagging and a walkthrough with you before sign-off
Not Included / Costed Separately
- Underfloor heating isn't included as standard - it's a worthwhile add-on in a wet room but priced separately once the floor build-up has been confirmed
- Structural work to strengthen floor joists, common in Victorian and 1930s Nottingham terraces once a floor's opened up, is quoted at that point rather than assumed in the initial figure
- Moving the soil stack or main drain run elsewhere in the house is treated as a separate job, since it can mean digging up ground outside
- Boosting water pressure with a pump or unvented cylinder, where the existing supply can't feed a decent shower, is priced as an addition once we've tested your system
- Asbestos removal, if it turns up behind old tiling or flooring in a pre-1990s property, has to go to a licensed specialist before work continues
- Redecorating rooms outside the shower room itself isn't part of the shower room price
How We Take a Nottingham Shower Room From Enquiry to Finished Room
- Initial call and rough budget -- You describe the room and roughly what you're after - a walk-in shower, a wet room, or a straight swap - and get a realistic ballpark before anyone visits.
- Home visit and survey -- We check the actual room: joist direction and condition under the floor, where the soil stack and water supply run, door swing and ceiling height, and your water pressure, because these decide whether a wet room floor drop is straightforward or needs extra joist work first.
- Design, product choice and written contract -- You choose the tray or floor finish, screen, tiles and shower valve from samples, we confirm the full scope in writing, and a written contract is signed before any work starts.
- Strip-out and first fix -- The old suite comes out, plumbing and electrics are first-fixed to the new layout, and any building or joinery work - stud walls, joist strengthening, bulkheads - happens before anything gets covered up.
- Waterproofing, floor forming and tiling -- Tanking or membrane goes down and up the walls, the floor is formed to fall correctly to the drain, then plastering and tiling finish the room.
- Second fix, testing and sign-off -- Screen, valve, sanitaryware and electrics go in, everything's tested and silicone sealed, and you get a formal sign-off with your guarantee paperwork.
What a Shower Room Actually Costs in Nottingham
Prices vary a fair bit depending on whether you're swapping like-for-like or changing the whole layout. A straightforward shower replacement - same position, new tray, screen and valve - typically runs from around £800 to £1,500. A walk-in shower with a new enclosure, tiling and any plumbing changes tends to fall between £2,100 and £10,500, with the top of that range covering jobs needing electrical upgrades or building work. A full wet room conversion, with tanking, a formed floor and drain, usually costs £4,000 to £12,000, averaging around £8,000 depending on size and finish. Locally, a small bathroom refit in Nottingham tends to sit nearer £1,900, rising to around £7,400 for a larger, higher-spec room. These figures come from UK-wide 2026 cost guides rather than a quote for your specific room - the only way to get an accurate figure is a site visit, since floor condition, existing pipework and how far the drain has to travel all move the price up or down.
Standard Shower, Walk-In Shower or Wet Room: Which Fits Your Bathroom
| Standard shower replacement | Walk-in shower | Wet room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | £800-£1,500 | £2,100-£10,500 | £4,000-£12,000 (avg £8,000) |
| What it involves | Like-for-like swap of tray, screen and valve in the existing footprint | New enclosure with one or two glass screens and a low-profile or raised tray | Fully tanked room, floor formed to fall to a linear or point drain, usually no tray at all |
| Best suited to | Bathrooms keeping roughly the same layout, tighter budgets | Smaller bathrooms wanting a bigger-feeling space without a full rebuild | Mobility needs, step-free access, or a genuinely open, minimal-clean finish |
| Typical time on site | 2-3 days | 4-7 days | 7-12 days depending on floor work |
A Small, Named Team, Not a Rotating List of Subcontractors
Shower rooms usually fail for one of two reasons - the waterproofing wasn't done properly before the tiles went on, or the trades weren't coordinated, so the plumber, electrician and tiler each did their bit without seeing the whole job. The people who plaster, plumb, wire and tile your shower room have mostly been part of the same in-house team since the business started 20 years ago, working across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire rather than moving between agencies job to job - so the person tanking your floor is used to working alongside the person tiling straight after, not meeting them on site for the first time. Plumbing is carried out to NVQ Level 2 and City & Guilds standard, electrical work by Part P approved installers, and joinery by City & Guilds trained tradespeople; if your room needs work near a gas appliance, that's handled by a Gas Safe registered engineer, and old suites come out via a licensed waste carrier rather than a builder's van and a skip of convenience. Plastering is carried out by a tradesperson with 40 years' experience, which matters more than it sounds in a small shower room, since a poor plastering surface shows through tiling almost immediately. You get a written contract before work starts, a formal sign-off when it's finished, a 5-Year Labour and Installation Guarantee on the work itself, and a 2-Year Guarantee on the products fitted.
Areas We Fit Shower Rooms Across Nottingham and Beyond
Most of our shower room work is in Nottingham itself, with a fair share of it in the older housing stock around Sherwood, Beeston and West Bridgford, where 1900s-1930s floor joists are often thinner and more closely spaced than current Building Regs would specify, so a wet room floor drop or a heavier tiled floor sometimes needs joist strengthening or extra noggins before the floor can be formed - something worth checking on the survey rather than discovering after the boards are up. We also cover Nottinghamshire more widely, plus Derby, Derbyshire and Doncaster. Because Severn Trent supplies mains water across the area at pressures that can vary noticeably street to street, a straightforward mixer shower sometimes needs a pump to give a decent flow, particularly on upper floors or in properties fed by a smaller-bore supply pipe - again, something we test on site rather than guess at from a quote form.
Got Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to fit a new shower room in Nottingham?
A straightforward like-for-like replacement typically runs £800 to £1,500, a walk-in shower £2,100 to £10,500, and a full wet room conversion £4,000 to £12,000, averaging around £8,000. The only way to get a firm figure for your own bathroom is a site visit, since floor condition and pipe runs affect the price more than the fittings do.
How long does a shower room installation typically take?
A like-for-like swap usually takes 2-3 days. A walk-in shower with a new enclosure and some plumbing changes runs 4-7 days. A wet room conversion, with tanking and floor forming that needs drying time between stages, typically takes 7-12 days depending on the floor build-up.
What's the difference between a shower room and a wet room?
A shower room can mean any room with a shower in it, usually with a tray or raised cubicle base. A wet room specifically means the whole floor is tanked and waterproofed, with no shower tray at all - the floor itself is formed with a fall towards a linear or point drain, giving level, step-free access throughout.
Do I need planning permission to convert a bathroom into a shower room?
Usually not - converting an existing bathroom into a shower room is a change of use within the same room, not a new structure, so it's generally covered under permitted development rather than needing planning consent. Building Regulations still apply though, particularly Part P for electrics and Part F for ventilation, and if you're in a leasehold flat it's worth checking your lease for any consent needed before altering plumbing.
Can you fit a shower room into a small box room or cupboard space?
Yes, with a corner or quadrant enclosure and a slimline tray, a workable shower room can go into a footprint as small as roughly 800mm by 800mm, though door swing, ventilation access and how the waste pipe will run under the floor all need checking on a survey before we can confirm it'll actually work in your specific space.
What's included in a typical shower room installation quote?
Strip-out and disposal of the old suite, plumbing and electrical first fix, waterproof tanking, tiling and plastering, fitting the tray or forming the wet room floor, the enclosure or screen, the shower valve and sanitaryware, and final sealing and sign-off. Structural work, drain relocation, pump systems and underfloor heating are quoted separately once we've seen the room.
Is underfloor heating worth adding to a shower room?
It's a genuinely nice addition, particularly in a wet room where you're standing on tiled floor with no bath mat to step onto, but it's an optional extra rather than something included as standard, since it adds cost and needs the right floor build-up to work properly.
How do you stop a shower room leaking into the room below?
The floor and lower walls get a proper tanking membrane, lapped up the walls and over any joints, with a primer coat and correct fall to the drain before tiling goes on top. In older Nottingham terraces with original Victorian floor joists, that often means ply overboarding or extra noggins first to stiffen the floor, because a membrane laid over a floor that flexes will crack at the joints over time - it's movement in the substrate that causes leaks later on, not usually a fault in the tanking material itself.
What ventilation does a windowless shower room need?
Building Regulations (Part F) require mechanical extraction where there's no openable window, typically a minimum continuous extraction rate of around 15 litres per second, or a higher intermittent rate, ducted to external air rather than into a loft space. Most installations run the fan on a humidistat or tie it to the light switch with an overrun timer so it keeps clearing moisture after you've finished showering.
Ready to Swap the Bath for a Shower Room That Works for You
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