Tiled Shower Tray Installation in Stone
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.
Bathroom & Wet-Zone Tiling in Stone isn't a one-template job — every house we walk into reveals something different.
About Stone
Locally, Stone is part of Stafford Borough Council's area within Staffordshire, covering postcodes ST15. Stone is a Georgian canal-side market town — sash-windowed townhouses in the centre, Victorian villas on Stafford Road, plus large modern estates at Walton and Yarnfield. Main routes through are A34 and A51, which is why our vans pass close to Stone most days.
Tiled Shower Tray Installation FAQs — Stone
- Are tiled trays worth the extra cost in Stone?
- 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 Stone 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 Stone 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 Stone 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.
- Are you fully insured for work in Stone?
- Yes — we hold full public liability cover and every job in Stone comes with a written workmanship guarantee.
- Do you tile over existing tiles in Stone?
- 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.
Where tiled trays fail in {town}
Homeowners wanting a formed, tiled-in shower floor in Stone 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 Stone jobs.
Paint-on tanking layered without primer or mesh at joints — flagged regularly on Stone jobs.
Linear drains set too high — water pools before it clears — flagged regularly on Stone jobs.
Walls out of plumb meaning tiles step at corners — common on Stone surveys.
Around Stone this shows up as wrong adhesive on porcelain leaving slow cure and edge cracks.
Coverage around Stone
Our vans cover a tight radius — Stone sits centrally, with frequent jobs in:
Service radius is approximate and based on our regular weekly routes.
What we build into every {town} tiled tray
What we commit to on every tiled shower tray installation job in Stone:
- Pre-fall boards used on every formed tray, no mortar-only falls (standard on every Stone tiled shower tray installation install).
- Membrane tanking with taped joints on every wet-zone install (standard on every Stone tiled shower tray installation install).
- For Stone clients: tiled thousands of square metres across staffordshire.
- Specialists in 1200x600 large-format and 1500x750 slab tile, every Stone job.
- For Stone clients: stone-care trained — sealing before and after grouting.
Get a tiled shower tray fitted in Stone
Formed falls, membrane tanking, linear drain set. Call 01782 901390.
- Hand-cut details, not snapped edges
- Specialists in large-format and natural stone
Tiled shower trays across Stone — formed with pre-fall boards, tanked with membranes, drained in seconds.