GS Renovation renovates bathrooms across Purley, where the interwar semis and suburban houses of CR8 were built with a single family bathroom and no en-suite. With more than 30 years of experience, we deliver full waterproofing, wet rooms, walk-in showers and space-saving layouts, handling the drainage, ventilation, tiling and heating from strip-out to final seal.
Wet rooms and en-suites in Purley homes
Turning a bathroom into a wet room or walk-in shower in a Purley house starts below the surface. We tank and waterproof the floor and walls properly before a single tile goes on, because a failure here shows up as damp in the room below. We set the falls to the drain, upgrade the ventilation to clear moisture, and check the existing drainage can take the new arrangement before we commit to a layout.
The generous size of many interwar Purley homes leaves room to carve an en-suite out of a large bedroom or the landing, something the original 1930s plan never included. We frame the new space, run the drainage and add extraction, then finish with tiling and underfloor heating so a bedroom gains a private bathroom without the rest of the floor feeling cramped.
Space-saving bathrooms in interwar CR8 houses
Where the original bathroom is tight, we plan every centimetre, using wall-hung sanitaryware, recessed shelving in the stud walls and clever door swings to make a small Purley bathroom feel larger. Underfloor heating frees the walls of a radiator, and good lighting and extraction keep a north-facing interwar bathroom bright and free of condensation.
All the notifiable electrical work is certified under building regulations, and we choose tiling and fittings that suit the age of the house without feeling dated. Because we handle the plumbing, the tiling, the heating and the decoration ourselves, the job runs to one schedule and one standard, and your CR8 bathroom is back in use as quickly as a thorough waterproofing programme allows.
- Floor strengthening before large-format tiles or stone
- Downstairs cloakroom and WC installation
- Tanking membranes and waterproof boards behind tiles
- Soil pipe and waste re-routing within the floor build-up
- Niches, benches and recessed storage formed in the wet area
The GS Renovation Difference in Purley
Purley homeowners choose GS Renovation because we get the parts that matter right first, the tanking, drainage and ventilation, before the tiling that everyone sees. Thirty years in CR8 and around Croydon means we know how to fit a modern wet room or en-suite into an interwar house. One team handles every trade, so the finish is sealed properly and built to last.
- Waste cleared as we go, not left piled in the garden
- The shortest sensible downtime where it is the only bathroom
- Aftercare and snagging support once the job is finished
- Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
- One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre
- Grout, silicone and trims detailed by hand at the end