Are tiled trays worth the extra cost in Tunstall?

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 Tunstall 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 Tunstall 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 Tunstall 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.

Can you do large-format porcelain in a small Tunstall bathroom?

Yes — 600x600 and 1200x600 porcelain work well in Tunstall bathrooms when the walls are skimmed flat and set out properly, making the room feel bigger.

Do you tidy up at the end of each day?

Yes — dust sheets stay down, the room is hoovered daily and we leave your Tunstall home liveable while the work runs.

Bathroom & Wet-Zone Tiling · Tunstall

Tiled Shower Tray Installation in Tunstall

Specialist wall and floor tiling — including large-format and stone.

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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.

Tunstall is one of the areas we work in most weeks — so bathroom & wet-zone tiling jobs here come with a working knowledge of the street layouts.

Our tiled shower tray installation process in Tunstall

This is the order we'll work in once we're on site:

1Stage 1 on site at Tunstall: strip existing tile, check substrate and skim where needed.
2Stage 2 on site at Tunstall: hand-cut and diamond-cut every detail — inside corners, recesses, niches.
3Day 3 for a Tunstall job — tank wet zones with liquid or sheet membrane.
4Silicone all internal corners as a movement joint (planned per Tunstall room).

Materials & methods

Glass mosaic banding and feature strips for Tunstall bathrooms.
Porcelain (rectified, slip-rated where needed), used in Tunstall installs.

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Where tiled trays fail in {town}

Homeowners wanting a formed, tiled-in shower floor in Tunstall 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 Tunstall jobs.

Paint-on tanking layered without primer or mesh at joints — flagged regularly on Tunstall jobs.

Linear drains set too high — water pools before it clears — flagged regularly on Tunstall jobs.

Movement joints missing where the floor meets the wall — common on Tunstall surveys.

On the Tunstall side of our patch: wrong adhesive on porcelain leaving slow cure and edge cracks.

Tunstall bathroom & wet-zone tiling install by Stoke on Trent Bathrooms

Completed bathroom & wet-zone tiling in Tunstall — image 2

Bathroom & Wet-Zone Tiling project in a victorian terraces property — Tunstall — image 3

What we build into every {town} tiled tray

What we commit to on every tiled shower tray installation job in Tunstall:

Pre-fall boards used on every formed tray, no mortar-only falls (standard on every Tunstall tiled shower tray installation install).
Membrane tanking with taped joints on every wet-zone install (standard on every Tunstall tiled shower tray installation install).
Tiled thousands of square metres across Staffordshire on every install we run in Tunstall.
Stone-care trained — sealing before and after grouting, every Tunstall job.
For Tunstall clients: specialists in 1200x600 large-format and 1500x750 slab tile.

Tiled Shower Tray Installation FAQs — Tunstall

Are tiled trays worth the extra cost in Tunstall?: 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 Tunstall 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 Tunstall 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 Tunstall 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.
Can you do large-format porcelain in a small Tunstall bathroom?: Yes — 600x600 and 1200x600 porcelain work well in Tunstall bathrooms when the walls are skimmed flat and set out properly, making the room feel bigger.
Do you tidy up at the end of each day?: Yes — dust sheets stay down, the room is hoovered daily and we leave your Tunstall home liveable while the work runs.

Get a tiled shower tray fitted in Tunstall

Formed falls, membrane tanking, linear drain set. Call 01782 901390.

Tile-only or supply-and-fit options in
Hand-cut details, not snapped edges
Specialists in large-format and natural stone