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St Josephs Gate, Mill Hill

Berkeley Homes' exclusive development of apartments in the magnificent Grade II listed building, required waterproofing and drainage solutions.

The Challenge

Wetrooms UK are nominated installers to Berkeley Homes and were approached by them to supply and install wetroom systems into this unique Grade II listed building. St Joseph’s Gate is an eclectic building with 16 different floor constructions many of which date back to the 1800’s, including St Joseph’s Chapel built in 1871. In addition to the 100 year old sections of the building, St Joseph’s Gate also comprises of new areas of construction work. The biggest challenge facing Wetrooms UK was to achieve a consistent look across each of the 115 wetrooms that were due to be constructed throughout the old and new sections of the building on timber and solid floors.

The Solution

Wetrooms UK recommended a range of wetroom solutions for this project. For the timber floors, Modular Wet-Floor Systems with wastes, traps and 1400mm solid stainless steel linear wall grills were used. Wet-decs with 130mm solid square grills were employed for the four way fall wetrooms and for floors that had less than 100mm depth, a Modular Wet-Floor System and solid linear wall grill was specified.

All bathrooms were waterproofed using Tilesafe membrane to the shower floors finishing 1m outside the shower area. Tilesafe membrane was also supplied and installed as a decoupling membrane to the remaining floor areas of each bathroom.

 

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Testimonial

Considering the complexity of specifying and constructing wetrooms onto 16 different floor build ups, and the nature of working with multi-trades, Wetrooms UK’s professional service ensured the smooth running of the installation process on site at St Joseph’s Gate. Their 10 year installation guarantees also provide us with peace of mind that the wetrooms will remain watertight for the lifetime of our clients’ bathrooms.

Ben Ivey

Internal Project Manager, Berkeley Group