Tiled Shower Tray Installation in Stoke
Specialist wall and floor tiling — including large-format and stone.
A tiled shower tray looks better than a resin one, and lasts longer — but only when the substrate, tanking and falls are all right. Get the fall wrong and you get standing water; get the tanking wrong and you get a slow leak into the ceiling below.
We form the tray with pre-fall boards, tank with a manufacturer's kit (not paint-on layered up), and set the linear drain at 12mm below finished tile so water clears in under 3 seconds.
Most of our bathroom & wet-zone tiling jobs in Stoke begin with a slow walk round the house, not a quote on the doorstep.
Where tiled trays fail in {town}
Homeowners wanting a formed, tiled-in shower floor in Stoke hit a recurring set of issues with tiled shower tray installation:
Trays formed on flat substrate with mortar 'falls' packed on top — flagged regularly on Stoke jobs.
Paint-on tanking layered without primer or mesh at joints — flagged regularly on Stoke jobs.
Linear drains set too high — water pools before it clears — flagged regularly on Stoke jobs.
In Stoke we regularly find floors not level, causing lippage between large-format tiles.
In Stoke we regularly find coloured grout staining stone or rough porcelain.
What we build into every {town} tiled tray
What we commit to on every tiled shower tray installation job in Stoke:
- Pre-fall boards used on every formed tray, no mortar-only falls (standard on every Stoke tiled shower tray installation install).
- Membrane tanking with taped joints on every wet-zone install (standard on every Stoke tiled shower tray installation install).
- Specialists in 1200x600 large-format and 1500x750 slab tile — proven across Stoke.
- Stone-care trained — sealing before and after grouting on every install we run in Stoke.
- For Stoke clients: tiled thousands of square metres across staffordshire.
Our tiled shower tray installation process in Stoke
Here's how the job actually runs in your house:
- 1Stage 1 on site at Stoke: silicone all internal corners as a movement joint.
- 2Strip existing tile, check substrate and skim where needed (planned per Stoke room).
- 3Step 3 in Stoke: hand-cut and diamond-cut every detail — inside corners, recesses, niches.
- 4Stage 4 on site at Stoke: set out the room dry to avoid awkward cuts in eye lines.
- Porcelain (rectified, slip-rated where needed) — specced for Stoke jobs.
- Glass mosaic banding and feature strips, used in Stoke installs.
Beyond Stoke — where else we work
Nearby places we cover within roughly a 15-minute drive of Stoke:
Service radius is approximate and based on our regular weekly routes.
Tiled Shower Tray Installation FAQs — Stoke
- Are tiled trays worth the extra cost in Stoke?
- For a design-forward bathroom, yes — no acrylic surround, no seam, and the tile runs into the floor uninterrupted. Cost premium is £600–£1,100 over a resin tray for a typical Stoke shower.
- What size fall is correct?
- 1:60 to 1:80 towards a linear drain, or 1:40 to a point gully. We set with a laser and check with water on the day the tray is formed on Stoke jobs.
- Which tanking system do you use?
- Sheet-membrane systems (kerdi-style) with taped joints — not paint-on that relies on the fitter's technique. Guaranteed by both the manufacturer and us on every Stoke install.
- How long does the tray add to the job?
- About 2 extra days — one to form and tank, one for the tanking to cure before the tile goes down. Worth it for a 20-year finish.
- Do you tile over existing tiles in Stoke?
- Only where the substrate is sound — usually we strip back to plaster or board so the new tiles bed properly and we can tank wet zones first.
- Do you tidy up at the end of each day?
- Yes — dust sheets stay down, the room is hoovered daily and we leave your Stoke home liveable while the work runs.
Get a tiled shower tray fitted in Stoke
Formed falls, membrane tanking, linear drain set. Call 01782 901390.
- Specialists in large-format and natural stone
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Tiled shower trays across Stoke — formed with pre-fall boards, tanked with membranes, drained in seconds.