Bathroom Renovation Ealing

GS Renovation renovates bathrooms across Ealing, from squeezing an en-suite into an Edwardian villa in W5 to fitting a family bathroom in a Victorian terrace in Hanwell. We handle waterproofing, drainage, tiling and heating so your new bathroom is watertight, warm and built to last.

In Ealing, a full bathroom refit typically costs £6,000 to £20,000 or more (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Ealing: we carry the tanking, plumbing and tiling as one contract, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician.

How the job runs

1. Free design visit at your Ealing home and an itemised quote.
2. Strip-out, then first-fix plumbing and electrics.
3. Tanking to the wet areas, then tiling.
4. Sanitaryware and second fix, with notifiable electrics certified by a registered electrician. Typically 10 to 15 working days on site.

Waterproofing and wet rooms in Ealing homes

A bathroom lives or dies on what happens behind the tiles, especially in Ealing's older terraces where floors and walls are rarely perfectly true. We tank and waterproof properly before tiling, sealing the wet zones so moisture never reaches the timber or plaster behind. For walk-in showers and full wet rooms we form the falls, fit the drainage and lay a tanked substrate, giving a level, step-free finish that suits both period homes and modern tastes.

Getting drainage and ventilation right is essential in these houses, where soil pipes often run down the rear closet wing and original rooms hold damp easily. We route new waste correctly, install extraction to clear moisture, and where the layout allows we add underfloor heating for warmth underfoot. The result across Ealing is a bathroom that stays dry, ventilated and free of the damp problems that plague poorly built refits.

Housing in Ealing

About 149,900 homes are listed for Ealing, and the mix is 46% houses to 54% flats, with 42% built after 1945, 30% in 1919 to 1939 and 28% earlier. Since most homes here are flats, a bathroom in a flat in Ealing sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so tanking comes first.

What makes a new Ealing bathroom a building control matter

Refitting a bathroom where it already is and forming a new one are treated differently in Ealing. Ealing's domestic building control charges list the formation of each new WC, shower room or bathroom as its own item. A second WC under the stairs, an en-suite carved out of a bedroom and a shower room in a former box room each count once. A replacement suite in the existing room is not on that list, although new electrical circuits and extraction still carry their own requirements.

For a single en-suite in a house, the lighter route may be enough. Ealing says a building notice is only suitable for small domestic works where detailed plans are unnecessary, and that no formal approval is given. That can fit a shower room whose waste drops straight into an existing stack. It fits less well when the new room needs a pumped waste, a run across the joists or a floor strengthened for a stone bath, because those need drawings. Choose the route once the layout is fixed, and before first fix.

Space-saving bathrooms and en-suites in W7

Period bathrooms in Ealing are often small, tucked over the closet wing or carved out of a former bedroom. We plan these tight spaces carefully, using wall-hung sanitaryware, slim shower enclosures and clever storage to make a compact room feel generous. Where a house has the ceiling height, we can even work in an en-suite off the main bedroom without losing the proportions that give an Edwardian home its character.

Every layout is drawn around the existing services and the realities of the house, so we position the WC, basin and shower to keep pipe runs sensible and the drainage sound. Tiling, lighting and heated towel rails complete the room, and all notifiable electrical work is certified by a registered electrician under Part P. Across W7 and the wider borough we turn awkward period bathrooms into practical, well-finished spaces.

• Complete bathroom design and planning
• Niches, benches and recessed storage formed in the wet area
• Floor strengthening before large-format tiles or stone

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 41 statistical areas in Ealing. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Bathroom Renovation in Ealing

Ealing homeowners choose GS Renovation because we get the hidden work right, tanking, drainage and ventilation, before the tiling ever goes up, backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools. One team handles plumbing, waterproofing, tiling, underfloor heating and electrics certified by a registered electrician, so your W5 or UB1 bathroom is watertight, warm and finished to a lasting standard.

Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254). Structural design is by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.