City of London · EC2 · Bath and shower screen fitting
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Barbican fitters · Fixed written pricesBath and shower screen fitting for Barbican (EC2) households — 4,914 of them, 98% in flats. From £110 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, CE-marked toughened glass and every seal tooled clean.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Barbican, bath and shower screen fitting here covers supply-free fitting from £110. With 98% of Barbican's 4,914 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in EC2 shape the slot length we hold.
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 metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in EC2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in EC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
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. Estate loading bays must be booked with the car park office; goods lifts are shared and time-limited.
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show. Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) is the nearest station, so a EC2 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 Barbican
Census 2021 puts Barbican at 4,914 households with a median age of 36.9. The post-war stock is renter-heavy, which is why 2% houses and 98% flats need different handling in EC2.
Owner-occupation runs at 37% in Barbican, so alongside the 48% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Barbican substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in EC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a EC2 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Barbican: brutalist estate of towers and terrace blocks around lakes and an arts centre, quiet at weekends. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Barbican 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: estate loading bays must be booked with the car park office; goods lifts are shared and time-limited. Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) 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 Barbican 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 City of London neighbourhood itself — not City of London-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,583
Residents
City of London neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,914
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
51%
Privately rented
48.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood City of London (E02000001) — the published geography that covers Barbican, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC2 district: 51.5191, -0.0925 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Pivot screen on a bath starts at £110 in Barbican on EC2 jobs, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, 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 the Barbican rounds. 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 across EC2, with 98% of homes here being flats.
Yes — a pivot screen is £110. Cast-iron and reglazed baths in Barbican's older stock are rarely level along the rim on EC2 jobs, with City of London parking rules in play, so the hinge post is packed and shimmed until the screen itself reads plumb. The problem we fix most here is in EC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded around Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) — and this being a short walk from Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City), with The Barbican Centre a few streets away.
Yes, with a slow pilot hole and a bit rated for porcelain rather than standard masonry on City of London bookings, with The Barbican Centre a few streets away. Cracked glaze is the most common DIY mistake we're called to fix in Barbican bathrooms in this 98% flats neighbourhood.
Yes, from £65. With 98% of Barbican 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 on EC2 jobs — and 2% of Barbican homes being houses, with 4,914 households on this patch.
All three. With 48% of Barbican privately rented and 37% owner-occupied, roughly half the EC2 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near The Barbican Centre — and 37% owner-occupation locally, with this being City of London Corporation territory.
The Barbican Centre is the marker we route to on this side of City of London, with 2% of Barbican homes being houses — and this being City of London Corporation territory, and estate loading bays must be booked with the car park office; goods lifts are shared and time-limited. A EC2 slot added to an existing City of London round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with The Barbican Centre a few streets away.
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show across EC2, with 37% owner-occupation locally. Barbican sits close to Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) on the streets near The Barbican Centre, with this being a short walk from Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) — and 4,914 households on this patch, so we can usually add a EC2 job to an existing City of London round at short notice.
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