When constructing a new wet room in your home, you have a couple of choices for the flooring that you can lay, that being firstly, a tiled floor ( Streatham Plumbers can fit wet room tiles) and secondly a vinyl floor covering. There are two approaches you can take, you can either tile the entire floor or you can use a waterproof vinyl. Tiling is a lot more complicated and can be disastrous if not layed correctly and the vinyl alternative can look like a public baths and a hospital operating room. These days they come in a much better range of designs and have lost the clinical look they used to have.

Things to consider:

1). The best way for the used water to be routed from the wet room as it must be lower than floor level so you will either have to run it under the floorboards or cut out a section of concrete floor for the required 40mm pipe.

2). A pump is a consideration to lift the waste to the main soil stack, for which you will need a floor that is completely flat and level. To achieve this it is best to apply a self leveling compound, a very runny latex cement that you pour over the floor and trowel to all the corners allowing it to find its own level. A Streatham Plumber can supply materials for, and fit a wet room.



3).Tiling the floor, you need to make sure it is completely waterproof. To do this you need to spread a latex paint that is waterproof over the entire floor and some way up the walls. If you have a concrete floor tiling is a viable option, but not for wood floors.

3). The majority of vinyl floor material can be bought with its installation included in the price, which is a great idea. If a wet room sounds far too much hassle, then it is a compromise that is needed like, a low level shower that are far easier and cheaper to install.

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