Walk In Showers

[crackernut2]

I'm looking to buy a walk in shower and have an idea of what I want from looking at brochures. Unfortunately no prices were given. Can anyone give me an idea of what prices to expect for shower, fittings and installation etc also any recommendations. Thanks.

[dannyk13]

Prices of some here:-
https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/baths/easy-access-baths

[dannyk13]

Sorry, is this what you want:-
https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/shower-enclosures/walk-in-showers-and-wet-rooms/walk-in-shower-enclosures

[teacake44]

Alarm bells always ring out for me if there's no prices. :0)

[Rockrose]

MIL had one fitted through help the aged - 4 grand all in

[davebro]

If you're anywhere near the Midlands my neighbour recommended Golden Goose Walk In Showers Ltd. No website. Based at Longton Stoke-O-T.

[woofgang]

So you are wanting a tanked bathroom?

[teacake44]

It is really difficult to give a price for a job like this, as there can be a lot involved. It depends on weather your having the whole bathroom stripped out, old tiles taken off walls, flooring taken up, removing old bath. Are you just wanting bath removed, and replaced with a shower cubical, and walls made good in that area? or a complete wet room? To give some idea, a decent shower cubical ( can be anything from £300 /500, if an electric shower is to be fitted then around £100/150 for the shower. A shower fitted to your boiler can be more expensive, so can the labour. With this type of work there can be various fittings and fixtures required to complete the job that you wont see in the brochures. If I were you I would contact 3 or 4 local plumbers/ bathroom fitters to give you quotes, the more local to you the better, then if there's any problems to be put right after the installation, there's a better chance of getting things sorted out, a one man business is, in my mind a better option. Good luck.

[woofgang]

While I agree about local firms, the problem to my mind with one man/woman businesses is that it can be difficult to get that one person back quickly should something go wrong. That doesn't mean that they will be a bad workman or trying to cheat you, simply that if they is any good then the next jobs will already be lined up and they can't leave the customer with their water turned off while they come back to you. I would look for a medium sized local firm who will have more than one team. If you are on facebook its a good place to look for suggestions.

[woofgang]

"if they is any good" sigh....its too early here

[TonyV]

Do you want a wet room or just a shower cubicle?

[davebro]

OP said a walk in shower. A walk in shower is NOT a wet room!

[Hopkirk]

Walk in sounds more wet room than cubicle to me

[donny48]

As opposed to a shower over a bath then a cubicle is walk in.

[The Builder]

Some confusion here chaps ....

A Walk-in is a cubicle within a normal bathroom.

A wetroom is one big shower tray - no need for an enclosure.

It's called a walk-in because (usually) it has no door, but maybe staggered panels to keep the water in.

[emmie]

I paid 2,000 grand for my bathroom to be converted
to a shower room, that included taking out the old bath installing a shower head, heater and putting in
a flat bottomed tray, with an open glass side panel, plus 200 for a pump because the hot water pressure wasn't high enough.
If you want a wet room, don't do it, that was according to the plumber who installed my units.

[woofgang]

To me as a retired occupational therapist, a walk in has a floor that is level with the bathroom floor...it may or may not have a door or a half height sealing panel. A shower which has a tray lip to step over or needs to be stepped up or down is, to me, a step in. The ones over the bath are (oddly ha ha) over bath. Mine has no door but you have to sep up to get into it so its a step in, not a walk in.

[Barsel]

I wouldn't recommend a wet room because even though the floor is sloped towards the plughole, water still gets everywhere and I have to mop the water up as soon as I've had a shower. If the OP has looked at those leaflets that show walk in cubicle showers where they fit them in a day, there are no prices because they are extremely expensive. Do as others have recommended and get a free quote from local plumbers.

[emmie]

i could recommend my builders but they are mostly based in the capital..

[teacake44]

Barsel there is a very high range of cubicles on sale, and like everything else, a range of prices for every budget, so not expensive unless you make it so, mid range are not expensive. Wet rooms a whole different ball game. Wet rooms were normally done for people with disabilities, may be wheelchair bound, so the doors were made wider for the wheelchair. These can be expensive to have done, and are mainly done on the ground floor of a property, if done correctly and the floor is concaved to the centre drain that's been installed, and again, the floor as been made water tight, then they are a god send to folk with disabilities. But anyone can have one, if you want to spend that sort of money. So really its all down to personal budget, and of course a suitable room in the property.

[emmie]

i couldn't have a wet room, as there simply isn't enough space and water would just go everywhere.