London bath and shower screen fitting · South London
We work in Merton every week — wimbledon's village and tennis, mitcham's commons and the wandle valley industry at colliers wood. Bath and shower screen fitting is priced against that reality, not a national average.
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.
Working in Merton
What our crews walk into in Merton is edwardian villas in wimbledon, 1930s semis in raynes park and morden, and estates around mitcham, and the mix changes street by street — Colliers Wood (SW19), Mitcham (CR4) and Morden (SM4) each behave differently on the day.
Parking is the job before the job here: championship-fortnight restrictions in sw19, hill access to wimbledon village, and driveways common further out. Locally that means high street red route, riverside estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts and tram-line crossings, wide suburban roads and driveways on most streets. Merton sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Most flats in Merton are leasehold, and managing agents here routinely ask for a public liability certificate and a method note before a contractor drills anything. We send both with the booking confirmation.
Merton took its present shape because merton priory and wandle mills gave way to victorian and interwar suburbs once the railway reached wimbledon in 1838.
Scope
Method
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.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Fitted and flat-pack wardrobes scribed to the wall and anchored so doors stay square.
Engineered and solid boards fitted floating or glued, with the moisture check done first.
Wardrobes, beds, desks and storage built, levelled and anchored to the wall.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
One fitter for standard windows; two for bent bay tracks or full-height stairwell blinds.
Pivot screen on a bath starts at £110 in Merton, and the ladder runs up to £65 for the largest job on the table above. Screen type and how far out of level the bath, tray or floor sits. 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. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: CR4, SM4, SW19 and SW20. On the ground that includes Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Morden, Raynes Park, Wimbledon and Wimbledon Park.
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Championship-fortnight restrictions in SW19, hill access to Wimbledon Village, and driveways common further out. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Merton and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Edwardian villas in Wimbledon, 1930s semis in Raynes Park and Morden, and estates around Mitcham is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Merton tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
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. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Merton postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Replacing cracked or chipped bath enamel, tile or tray, which is quoted as a separate repair, Tanking or waterproof membrane repair behind tiles found to be leaking and Cutting or reglazing toughened glass on site — a damaged panel is replaced, not cut down. If something on that list turns up in Merton, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
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