Bathrooms · East Dulwich
Bathroom installation in East Dulwich
Design-led: we plan the room before we price the work, so the drawing and the build match.
Build-led: our own builders, plumbers and electricians on site, one team from strip-out to finish.
We fit bathrooms with our own team, from the pipework and waterproofing to the tiling and the last silicone line.Good bathroom installation in East Dulwich starts with what is behind the walls and under the floor.
SE15 · SE22 · Southwark
Start with the room
Bathroom installation in East Dulwich: where to start
East Dulwich bathrooms are often in the back addition or a converted box room, so space is tight and every centimetre counts.
A shower bath, a wall-hung basin and a recessed shelf can make a small room work.
Measure the door, the window and the clearance around the WC first.
We check the drainage, the floor and the existing services before anything is ordered, so the layout we agree is one we can build.
We can fit a bathroom we have designed or fittings you have chosen, and we will say plainly if something will not work.
Make it buildable
Bathroom fitters in East Dulwich
In a flat conversion, the bathroom often sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so leaks and noise matter more than usual.
The soil stack decides where the WC can go.
Parts of East Dulwich are under the Dulwich Estate's Scheme of Management.
New external pipes or vents there need the Estate's licence.
The same team strips out, replumbs, waterproofs, tiles, fits and finishes the room.
The local check
What changes from one property to another
Much of Dulwich sits under the Dulwich Estate's Scheme of Management.
It is a second consent on top of planning permission.
Freeholders need a licence from the Estate before any structural change or anything that alters the outside.
That includes removing an internal wall, replacing windows and fitting a boiler flue.
Replacing kitchen units on their own does not need it; knocking the kitchen through to the dining room does.
The Estate's own guidance puts rear extensions at around 3m from the rear wall and 3m high to a flat-roof parapet.
It asks for a 600mm offset from a shared boundary unless your neighbour agrees in writing.
Southwark's householder guidance is the one to read before you draw anything.
Permitted development does not apply to flats or maisonettes at all, so any external change needs a full application.
A large single-storey rear extension can go ahead under permitted development, with Prior Approval.
That means the council writes to your neighbours first.
In a conservation area, or under an Article 4 direction, those permitted development rights are cut back again.
We check the actual address and the proposed work before saying what consent is needed.
Check the rules for your address
These are the local authority and estate sources relevant to East Dulwich.
The national rules
The regulations, in plain terms
These apply across England.Leases, listing and conservation areas can add to them, which is why the address comes first.
- Replacing a bathroom in the same room needs no planning permission.
- New circuits, and electrical work in the zones around a bath or shower, are notifiable under Part P.
- Approved Document F sets a minimum extract rate for bathrooms of 15 litres a second.
- A bathroom in a new position needs Building Regulations approval for its drainage and ventilation.
- In a leasehold flat, the lease often requires the freeholder's consent before a bathroom is moved.
From our work
A closer look at our work
Bathrooms we have fitted across South East London.Ask us which details could work in your own home.
Talk it through
Start with a call, then a site visit if it helps.
Tell us the postcode, the room as it is and what you want fitted.The calculator gives a free provisional bracket; anything firmer comes from a call and a site visit.
Keep exploring
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Further reading
The regulations: the official guidance
- Planning Portal: Kitchens and bathrooms: when Building Regulations approval is needed
A straightforward refit does not generally need approval, but drainage or electrical work may.A new kitchen or bathroom in another room is likely to need it.
- Planning Portal: Bathrooms: checking an existing floor structure
A new bathroom can add a significant load to a timber floor; the structure may need assessment and strengthening.
- GOV.UK: Electrical safety: Approved Document P
The Building Regulations guidance on electrical safety in homes, including special locations such as bathrooms.
- GOV.UK: Ventilation: Approved Document F
The Building Regulations guidance on ventilation, including extraction from kitchens and bathrooms.
- GOV.UK: Sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency: Approved Document G
The Building Regulations guidance on sanitaryware, hot water safety and water efficiency.
- Historic England: A guide for owners of listed buildings
Making changes to a listed home, with sections on kitchens, bathrooms, extensions and windows.