Walk North Woolwich and Silvertown from The Tate & Lyle refinery and the Thames Barrier view outwards and the recent new-build pattern is obvious: 74% of the 2,668 households in E16 live in flats, 26% in houses.
Private renting sits at 38% and owner-occupation at 23%; the first group books bath and shower screen fitting at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Tate & Lyle refinery and the Thames Barrier view behind the plaster in E16. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in E16, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 39% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in North Woolwich and Silvertown: riverside strip of former sugar and rubber works, now under heavy redevelopment. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. North Woolwich and Silvertown is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: single access road along the river, construction diversions and gated new blocks. Pontoon Dock (DLR) 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.
