Bathrooms · Forest Hill
Bathroom installation in Forest Hill
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 Forest Hill starts with what is behind the walls and under the floor.
SE6 · SE23 · SE26 · Lewisham
Start with the room
Bathroom installation in Forest Hill: where to start
Forest Hill houses often have a first-floor bathroom at the back and sometimes a second one in the loft.
Head height and the position of the soil stack decide what is possible in each.
A loft shower needs standing height where you actually stand.
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 Forest Hill
In the Forest Hill conservation area, new vents or pipes seen from the street can need planning permission.
That is the Article 4 direction.
Older timber floors may need strengthening for a heavy bath.
Building Regulations set a minimum extract rate for bathrooms, so the fan is planned with the layout.
The same team strips out, replumbs, waterproofs, tiles, fits and finishes the room.
The local check
What changes from one property to another
Forest Hill sits in Lewisham, and several of its streets are conservation areas.
There, permitted development rights are cut back, and windows, doors and front boundaries come into the application.
The hills matter too, and not just for the view.
A level change across a rear garden can pull retaining work and a party wall agreement into a simple extension.
Lewisham has also made an Article 4 direction across most houses in the Forest Hill conservation area.
Changes to windows, doors, the roof and front boundaries seen from the street need planning permission there.
Much of this area is a conservation area, which removes permitted development rights that apply elsewhere.
Windows, doors, roofs and front gardens come into the application.
Each conservation area has its own appraisal of the materials the council considers appropriate.
They differ, so the answer on one street is not the answer on the next.
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 Forest Hill.
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
Related work nearby
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.