Wet rooms in Selly Oak

Before your wet room in Selly Oak

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 Selly Oak, 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.
Extract fans in a bathroom without an openable window should run on for around 15 minutes after use.
Building work to adapt a bathroom for a disabled person can be zero-rated for VAT where VAT applies.

Postcode district: B29
Planning and building control: Birmingham City Council
From our West Bromwich base: 6 miles

Which options suit homes in Selly Oak?

Full wet room

The entire floor is tanked and falls gently to a single drain, often a linear channel near the wall. It's the most open, step-free layout and the easiest to clean. A fixed glass screen keeps spray off the toilet and basin, and the floor tiles need good slip resistance when wet.

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.

Wet rooms prices in Selly Oak

For a home in Selly Oak, our guide range is £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. A free survey turns this guide into a fixed, itemised price.

Before you book in Selly Oak

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 Selly Oak do you work in?

We cover B29 and the streets around them. If you're on the edge of Selly Oak, neighbouring Harborne and Edgbaston 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.

Will I need permission from the council in Selly Oak?

You won't usually need planning permission, but the work must meet Building Regulations. Building control in Selly Oak 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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See a guide price for a Selly Oak wet room online, then get an itemised quote with a fixed price for the agreed specification.