Wet rooms in Hodge Hill

What should you know before starting in Hodge Hill?

This kind of work rarely needs planning permission, but it does have to comply with Building Regulations, and some parts must be certified by a registered installer or signed off by building control. In Hodge Hill, building control is provided by Birmingham City Council or a registered building control approver (formerly an approved inspector).

A wet room's whole floor and the walls around the shower are covered with a waterproof membrane before tiling.
Building work to adapt a bathroom for a disabled person can be zero-rated for VAT where VAT applies.
Floor tiles in a wet room should have a slip-resistance rating suitable for wet, barefoot use.

Postcode district: B8
Planning and building control: Birmingham City Council
From our West Bromwich base: 6 miles

Which option fits your home?

Upstairs on a timber floor

The floorboards are replaced with structural plywood, and joists are checked and sometimes strengthened. A preformed tray former is set between the joists to create the fall, and the waste must run with the joists or through them within safe limits. If the route is too long, a pumped shower drain may be used.

Level-access walk-in shower

Instead of falling across the whole room, a sloped former is set flush into the floor only in the shower area, with the rest of the floor flat. It gives step-free access at a slightly lower cost. The surrounding floor and walls are still waterproofed, because water rarely stays exactly where it's meant to.

Wet rooms prices in Hodge Hill

Prices in Hodge Hill match the rest of our area: £5,000–£15,000 depending on size and specification. Converting a 2 m × 2.5 m bathroom into a fully tanked wet room with a level-access floor: usually £6,800–£9,000.

Guide prices for wet rooms
Option	Guide price	Good to know
Level-access walk-in shower in an existing bathroom	£5,000 – £7,000	Former in the shower area only
Full wet room, fully tanked	£6,500 – £9,500	Suits a standard-size bathroom
Accessible or larger wet room	£9,000 – £15,000	Rails, seat, wider door, underfloor heating

Guide ranges include VAT where it applies. We confirm a fixed price for the agreed specification after visiting.

Your questions answered

Will a wet room leak into the room below?

Not if it's built properly. The risk comes from poor tanking, an incorrect fall or a badly sealed drain, not from the idea itself. We tank the whole floor and the shower walls, seal every corner and pipe entry, let the membrane cure, and flood-test the floor before handover. Most wet room problems trace back to rushed preparation, so we don't rush it.

Which postcodes in Hodge Hill do you work in?

We cover B8 and the streets around them. If you're on the edge of Hodge Hill, neighbouring Aston and Stechford are covered too.

Can a wet room be fitted upstairs?

Yes. On timber floors, we lift the boards, check and strengthen the joists if needed, lay structural plywood and set a shower former between the joists. The waste route needs care, because it must fall to the soil stack without cutting joists beyond safe limits. If that's not possible, a pumped shower drain can be used.

Does Birmingham City Council need to approve my wet room?

You won't usually need planning permission, but the work must meet Building Regulations. Building control in Hodge Hill is provided by Birmingham City Council or a registered building control approver, and some work is self-certified by registered installers.

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Other work we do in Hodge Hill

Tell us who'll be using the room and how, and we'll design around that, with no obligation.