Getting the Floor Right in a Leatherhead Wet Room
Abinger Construction Ltd, a Dorking building company specialising in bathrooms, wetrooms and home renovations, covers wet room installation in Leatherhead and the wider Surrey area. A level-access wet room depends on floor falls to the drain and sound tanking, planned before tiling, especially in older homes.
What makes a level-access wet room work?
In a wet room, the floor is laid to a fall so every drop runs to the outlet. Get the falls wrong and water pools, or runs towards the door. Abinger Construction Ltd installs walk-in showers and level-access wetrooms, where tanking and falls are the whole job.
Older homes and period bathroom tanking in Brockham properties need the level-access detailing thought through before a single tile goes down. Joist runs, floor depth and waste routes decide how the fall can be formed. Settling it early prevents costly changes halfway through.
What are the disadvantages of a wet room?
The whole floor gets wet, so towels and toilet roll need careful positioning, and a wet room depends completely on good tanking and correct floor falls. Done badly, it leaks into the structure. Abinger Construction Ltd treats the tanking and the falls as the whole job, which removes the main risk.
What separates good tiling from average tiling?
Well laid tiling is judged at the edges, corners and junctions rather than in the middle of a wall. Abinger Construction Ltd lays wall and floor tiling as part of each bathroom and wetroom it builds, and each stage is checked before anything is covered.
The bigger the tile, the flatter the surface underneath has to be, so the preparation often outlasts the tiling itself. Planning the setting out avoids awkward narrow cuts at doorways and corners.
Do I need building regulations for a wet room?
Often, for parts of it. New drainage, ventilation and electrical work in a bathroom fall under building regulations, so a wet room can need sign off even when planning permission does not apply. Your local building control team can confirm what applies to your project.
Is there a final walkthrough before sign off?
Abinger Construction Ltd carries out regular quality inspections throughout the build, so nothing is covered until it has been checked. At the end you walk the finished job together and any last items are addressed.
Checking before covering up is where quality is really decided. Sign off should wait until you have seen the finish yourself.
Abinger Construction Ltd takes on wet room installation in Leatherhead and across the wider Surrey area. Call 01306 252266 for wet room installation.
Abinger Construction Ltd, Leatherhead and the wider Surrey area.