Bathroom Renovation Fulham

GS Renovation renovates bathrooms across Fulham, fitting out the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of SW6 with wet rooms, walk-in showers and en-suites. We handle the waterproofing, drainage, tiling and heating properly, making the most of the often tight bathroom footprints in these period homes near Fulham Broadway and Bishops Park.

In Fulham, 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 Fulham: 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 Fulham 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 Fulham homes

Getting a Fulham bathroom right starts behind the tiles. We fully tank and waterproof the walls and floor before anything is fixed, which matters in these terraces where bathrooms often sit over timber floors or a rear extension. For wet rooms and walk-in showers we form the falls, lay the tanking membrane and set the drainage so water runs cleanly away with no leaks into the room below.

Ventilation is just as important in SW6 period homes, where damp and condensation are common in older bathrooms. We fit proper extraction and address any existing moisture problems while the room is stripped back. Underfloor heating, warmed towel rails and well-planned lighting all go in at first fix, so the finished bathroom stays dry, warm and easy to keep clean for years.

Housing in Fulham

Take the 24,310 or so homes the valuation list gives Fulham: 76% flats, 24% houses, 58% from before 1919, 4% interwar and 39% post-war. Most homes here are flats, and a bathroom in a flat in Fulham sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so it is tanked before tiling and a moved WC needs the freeholder's licence.

Two very different Fulham bathrooms, period house or new block

58% of homes in Fulham were built before 1919 and 24% were built in 2000 or later, and a bathroom in each is a different job. In a period house the floor is timber joists, the waste runs between them and the soil pipe is often cast iron on the back wall. The tanking goes onto a floor that moves slightly, so it is a flexible system bonded to a rigid board, and every waste route is checked against the joist direction before the layout is agreed.

In a newer Fulham block the floor is concrete, often with a screed on top, and the waste drops into a riser shared by the flats above and below. There are no joists to notch, but the riser position is fixed, so the new layout works around it. Cutting into the slab for a level-access shower needs the building's structural information first. The survey records which of the two buildings you have before anything is priced.

En-suites and space-saving layouts in SW6

Fulham terraces rarely offer generous bathroom space, so much of our work is clever planning within a tight footprint. Carving an en-suite from a bedroom, fitting a second shower room in the closet wing, or reworking a family bathroom to gain storage all call for careful layout. We reposition the drainage and soil connections where needed so the new arrangement actually works rather than just looking good on paper.

Wall-hung sanitaryware, walk-in showers and recessed niches free up floor space and make small SW6 bathrooms feel larger. We tile to a high standard, fit the heating and ventilation, and handle the plumbing ourselves, with new circuits certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control. The whole room is delivered by one team, from stripping out to the final seal around the shower.

• Drainage falls set to the gully in wet rooms
• Soil pipe and waste re-routing within the floor build-up
• Tanking membranes and waterproof boards behind tiles

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Fulham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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The GS Renovation Difference in Fulham

Fulham homeowners choose GS Renovation because we get the hidden work right, the tanking, drainage and ventilation that keep a bathroom dry in a period SW6 home. We plan space-saving layouts for tight terrace footprints, fit underfloor heating and quality tiling, and handle every trade in-house. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, we deliver bathrooms that look sharp and perform for the long term.

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.