Wet rooms - the essential guide

Want a wet room, but not sure whether it will work in your home? Read on for the advantages, disadvantages and expert advice

Installing a wet room - useful contacts

It's best to employ a specialist company rather than a separate builder, plumber and tiler. The Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (www.kbsa.org.uk) and the Federation of Master Builders (www.fmb.org.uk) both have online databases of specialists in your area. Before choosing a company, ask to see examples of their work.

Also try:

Boundary Bathrooms - design and installation of wet rooms (including sanitaryware)

Dolphin Designs - supplies and fits wet rooms (including sanitaryware and tiling)

Solidity - offers an alternative to tanking using preformed trays known as Hi-Macs

Wet Rooms UK - provides a tanking service with a 10-year guarantee

Wetrooms Online -  wet room products and instillation guides

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