Camden · NW6 · Bath and shower screen fitting
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local West Hampstead fitters · Fixed written pricesWest Hampstead NW6 is a regular stop on our Camden round. Three stations, a busy high street and streets of red-brick Victorian conversions, so bath and shower screen fitting here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £110, in writing, with insured fitters, CE-marked toughened glass and every seal tooled clean.
Overview
Bath and shower screen fitting in West Hampstead NW6 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Camden, most of them mainly Victorian. 4,309 households sit inside this NW6 patch, 88% of them flats, so we quote on access near West End Lane rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Bath, tray or wet-room floor measured, and how far out of level it is checked before ordering, so packers and shims are ready on the day.
Step 2
Positions marked, then pilot-drilled slowly into the glaze with a masonry bit rated for porcelain, which is the step that stops tiles cracking.
Step 3
Hinges, tracks or channels fixed and packed so the screen itself reads level even when the bath edge does not.
Step 4
Neutral-cure silicone run to the tile and the bath or tray, tooled to a clean bead and left to cure before use.
Step 5
Door or panel run through its full movement, checked for drips at the seal, and off-cuts and packaging removed.
Why choose us
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around West End Lane in NW6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover, and every screen fitted is CE-marked toughened safety glass to BS EN 12150 — the standard that means it crumbles into small granules rather than shards if it ever fails.
One fitter for a pivot or fixed screen; two for sliding and bi-fold enclosures and any wet-room panel over 190cm, which is awkward to hold plumb alone. Very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts.
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show. West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a NW6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pivot screen on a bath | £110 | 1–1.5 hrs | The hinge post is packed and shimmed to a bath edge that is rarely dead level, then silicone-sealed to the tile. |
| Fixed bath screen with return panel | £150 | 1.5–2 hrs | Two panels and a bracing bar have to be squared to each other before either is sealed, or the return panel gapes. |
| Sliding shower door on a tray | £190 | 2–3 hrs | The track is fixed to the wall tiles and the tray upstand, both drilled without cracking porcelain, then the rollers are set to run true. |
| Bi-fold shower door, enclosure | £220 | 2.5–3.5 hrs | Two hinged leaves fold flush without fouling the tray lip, which takes more adjustment than a single sliding panel. |
| Wet-room glass panel, floor-fixed | £240 | 3–4 hrs | No frame to hide behind: the channel and the panel both have to be perfectly plumb against a screeded fall. |
| Re-silicone an existing screen or bath edge | £65 | 45–75 min | Old silicone is cut out, the substrate dried and re-sealed — the single most common reason a bathroom starts to smell of damp. |
Pivot screen on a bath
£110 · 1–1.5 hrs
The hinge post is packed and shimmed to a bath edge that is rarely dead level, then silicone-sealed to the tile.
Fixed bath screen with return panel
£150 · 1.5–2 hrs
Two panels and a bracing bar have to be squared to each other before either is sealed, or the return panel gapes.
Sliding shower door on a tray
£190 · 2–3 hrs
The track is fixed to the wall tiles and the tray upstand, both drilled without cracking porcelain, then the rollers are set to run true.
Bi-fold shower door, enclosure
£220 · 2.5–3.5 hrs
Two hinged leaves fold flush without fouling the tray lip, which takes more adjustment than a single sliding panel.
Wet-room glass panel, floor-fixed
£240 · 3–4 hrs
No frame to hide behind: the channel and the panel both have to be perfectly plumb against a screeded fall.
Re-silicone an existing screen or bath edge
£65 · 45–75 min
Old silicone is cut out, the substrate dried and re-sealed — the single most common reason a bathroom starts to smell of damp.
Prices are fitting labour with sealant and standard fixings included; the screen or door itself is supplied by you or ordered at cost. Every screen fitted is CE-marked toughened safety glass to BS EN 12150. Tanking or waterproofing repairs behind existing tiles are quoted separately once uncovered. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised.
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Working in West Hampstead
The NW6 stock around West End Lane is mainly Victorian. ONS records 88% flats, 12% houses and 4,309 households in West Hampstead.
49% of households rent privately and 30% own, which is why bath and shower screen fitting demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around West End Lane, so the fixing that matters in West Hampstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in West Hampstead: three stations, a busy high street and streets of red-brick Victorian conversions. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. West Hampstead sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts. West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) is the nearest station, and one fitter for a pivot or fixed screen; two for sliding and bi-fold enclosures and any wet-room panel over 190cm, which is awkward to hold plumb alone.
Area at a glance
Who lives in West Hampstead and what they live in decides how bath and shower screen fitting is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the West Hampstead neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,082
Residents
West Hampstead neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,309
Households
Median age 33.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
39.6%
Privately rented
48.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood West Hampstead (E02000175) — the published geography that covers West Hampstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW6 district: 51.5422, -0.1962 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Pivot screen on a bath starts at £110 in West Hampstead on the West Hampstead rounds — and West End Lane a few streets away, with 30% owner-occupation locally, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Screen type and how far out of level the bath, tray or floor sits on Camden bookings. A packed-and-shimmed pivot screen is quick; a floor-fixed wet-room panel with no frame to hide the gap takes the longest to get plumb in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Camden territory.
Yes — a pivot screen is £110. Cast-iron and reglazed baths in West Hampstead's older stock are rarely level along the rim on this side of Camden, with 49% of NW6 homes being privately rented — and this being a short walk from West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink), so the hinge post is packed and shimmed until the screen itself reads plumb. The problem we fix most here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in this 88% flats neighbourhood — and 12% of West Hampstead homes being houses, with this being a short walk from West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink).
Yes, with a slow pilot hole and a bit rated for porcelain rather than standard masonry around West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink), with 4,309 households on this patch. Cracked glaze is the most common DIY mistake we're called to fix in West Hampstead bathrooms on NW6 jobs, with 30% owner-occupation locally.
Yes, from £65. With 88% of West Hampstead homes being flats, poor bathroom ventilation is common; we strip the old silicone fully, dry the substrate and reseal with neutral-cure sealant so it doesn't come back within a season in this 88% flats neighbourhood — and 12% of West Hampstead homes being houses, with 4,309 households on this patch.
All three. With 49% of West Hampstead privately rented and 30% owner-occupied, roughly half the NW6 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in West Hampstead — and 4,309 households on this patch, with 21% social-rented stock nearby.
West End Lane is the marker we route to across NW6, with 12% of West Hampstead homes being houses, and very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts. A NW6 slot added to an existing Camden round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Camden, with West End Lane a few streets away.
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show on the streets near West End Lane, with 30% owner-occupation locally. West Hampstead sits close to West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) on NW6 jobs, with this being a short walk from West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) — and 30% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a NW6 job to an existing Camden round at short notice.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. West Hampstead NW6 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
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