Wet room installation in Barking: level-access floors, formers, full tanking and tiling. Falls set properly so water goes where it should.
Level access matters more in Barking than most places, because the estate bathrooms were built small and a bath in one of them is the thing that stops an older resident staying put. Done properly a wet room is the cheapest adaptation there is.
In a Barking wet room the tiling does more work than in any other bathroom: the floor tiles form the shower tray, the wall tiles run to the floor with no tray edge, and every joint between them sits inside the wet area. That is why the tile, the grout and the movement joints are chosen for the wet room rather than taken from the rest of the house.
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A proper former gives the fall to the drain. Chasing a fall in screed by eye is how a puddle ends up sitting in the corner of the room.
Floor, walls and every junction sealed as one system, not a strip of tape around the tray. On an estate house that is the difference between a wet room and a wet ceiling below it.
No lip to step over, which is the whole point for someone who can no longer climb into a bath. A bath nobody uses becomes a shower somebody can.
Smaller tiles or mosaic on the fall. A large tile cannot follow a slope running in two directions without lipping at the edges.
Floor tiles with a proper slip rating for wet areas, so the shower floor is safe with soap and water on it.
Not if it is tanked as one continuous system and the falls are right. On the estate houses the floor is usually solid at ground level, which makes it one of the more straightforward conversions we do.
Most Becontree bathrooms can, and the small size actually helps - there is no space wasted on a cubicle. The drain position is the thing worth settling first, because it decides the layout.
It is one of the best adaptations there is - no lip to step over, no bath to climb into. Worth doing before it becomes urgent rather than after.
Tiles with a slip resistance rating suitable for wet, barefoot areas, usually textured porcelain or small mosaics. Smaller tiles mean more grout lines, which also helps grip.
A flexible, water-resistant grout is best in a wet area, and an epoxy grout is harder wearing still. It is paired with silicone movement joints at the corners and where the floor meets the walls.