Westminster · W1 · Bath and shower screen fitting
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Soho fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide bath and shower screen fitting in Soho W1 for houses and flats around Carnaby Street and Golden Square. From £110, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Tile is pilot-drilled to stop the glaze cracking before any fixing goes in.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Tottenham Court Road, bath and shower screen fitting here covers supply-free fitting from £110. With 98% of Soho's 4,257 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in W1 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
Most bookings are within a week, sooner for a re-seal call where damp has already started to show. Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a W1 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Soho, with metal stud partitions between rooms, where 20% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in W1, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Soho actually produces.
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. Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default.
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 Soho
In Soho (W1) the split is 98% flats to 2% houses over 4,257 households, and the stock is Georgian and early Victorian.
With 52% private renting against 20% owner-occupied, most W1 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Soho, with metal stud partitions between rooms, where 20% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Soho is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Soho actually produces.
Soho sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — post-production studios, restaurants and above-shop flats packed into a Georgian grid — which is why a W1 quote is not a Westminster average.
On access, pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Soho 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 Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood itself — not Westminster-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,879
Residents
Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,257
Households
Median age 33.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
53%
Privately rented
51.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Fitzrovia West & Soho (E02000972) — the published geography that covers Soho, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W1 district: 51.5158, -0.1424 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Pivot screen on a bath starts at £110 in Soho for Soho (W1) addresses, with 98% of homes here being flats, 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 streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square. 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 W1, with this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
Yes — a pivot screen is £110. Cast-iron and reglazed baths in Soho's older stock are rarely level along the rim on W1 jobs, with Westminster parking rules in play — and 53% one-person households here, so the hinge post is packed and shimmed until the screen itself reads plumb. The problem we fix most here is Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on the Soho rounds, with 53% one-person households here — and this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Soho actually produces.
Yes, with a slow pilot hole and a bit rated for porcelain rather than standard masonry for Soho (W1) addresses, with 53% one-person households here. Cracked glaze is the most common DIY mistake we're called to fix in Soho bathrooms on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square.
Yes, from £65. With 98% of Soho 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 around Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), with 20% owner-occupation locally — and 28% social-rented stock nearby.
Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default for Soho (W1) addresses, with 52% of W1 homes being privately rented. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Westminster City Council it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square, with this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover, with 98% of homes here being flats, 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 on the Soho rounds. That paperwork is what most Westminster letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on Westminster bookings, with Westminster parking rules in play.
Replacing cracked or chipped bath enamel, tile or tray on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square, with 28% social-rented stock nearby — and 4,257 households on this patch, which is quoted as a separate repair; Tanking or waterproof membrane repair behind tiles found to be leaking; Cutting or reglazing toughened glass on site — a damaged panel is replaced, not cut down. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Soho W1 price you agree is the price you pay across W1, with 53% one-person households here.
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