Whether you’re replacing a bath or a shower with a high step, we’ll help you choose the layout, low-profile tray, seating, support and finishes that work for your bathroom, your needs and your taste.
Walk-in showers explained
A walk-in shower replaces the high side of a bath or a raised shower tray with a low-profile shower tray, giving you a lower, easier step into the shower. It can replace a bath or an existing shower with a high step.
The tray, screen, controls, seating and support are planned around how you use your bathroom. You can change only the shower area or include it as part of a complete new bathroom.
Why people choose one
Designed around your needs and your home
We’ll help you choose each practical part and the finishes that make the shower feel at home in your bathroom.
Choose from low-profile shower trays in different threshold heights, shapes and sizes to suit your bathroom and make getting in and out easier.
Choose from a wide range of shower seats and grab rails, selected and positioned around your exact needs and how you use your bathroom.
Choose from thermostatic mixers, overhead showers, handsets and digital controls. We’ll help you select controls that are comfortable to use and position them within easy reach.
Choose from full-height glass, half screens, stable doors or a curtain. The right option depends on how open you need the entrance to be, whether someone may help, and the space in your bathroom.
Waterproof wall panels come in a wide choice of colours, stone, marble and wood effects. They can cover the whole bathroom or just the shower area.
Beyond the shower
Your walk-in shower can be fitted on its own. If other parts of the bathroom could work better too, we can help you explore the choices for the toilet, basin, flooring, taps, lighting and mirrors. You only change what you want to.
The right height and shape can make the toilet easier to approach, sit on and stand from. We can keep the design familiar or include more support and washing functions.
A higher seat can make sitting down and standing up easier.
The fitting height can be planned around the person using it while keeping the floor clear.
A simple remote can make the washing and drying functions easy to operate.
Washing and drying functions can be built into a clean, familiar wall-hung design.
The height, shape and storage can all be planned around how closely you need to approach the basin and what you want within easy reach.
A wall-hung basin can leave clear space underneath and include useful handholds.
Wall-hung storage keeps the floor clear and everyday items close to hand.
Vanity units come in different colours and finishes to suit your bathroom.
Fluted and textured fronts add detail without making the bathroom feel clinical.
Rounded edges create a softer look and remove sharp corners from the design.
Safety flooring is made for wet bathrooms. We’ll help you choose the colour and plan the joints, edges and drainage around your bathroom.
Choose from light neutrals, greys, blues and warmer tones to work with the rest of the bathroom.
Joints are welded and edges coved up the wall, so water stays on the floor where it belongs.
Grab rails and fold-down support rails can be positioned around how you use your bathroom, giving you support where it is most helpful.
Support beside the toilet that folds away when it is not needed.
Straight rails can be positioned where you need a secure handhold.
Support rails are available in modern shapes and finishes to suit the bathroom.
Fold-down rails can include useful additions such as a support leg and toilet-roll holder.
Vertical and fold-down designs provide support while keeping the bathroom clear.
Choose mirrors and radiators that make the bathroom comfortable to use and complement the finished design.
Touch-free controls make the mirror lighting simple to switch on.
A heated towel rail keeps towels warm and adds useful heat to the bathroom.
Simple digital controls make the bathroom temperature easier to set and adjust.
Chrome towel rails offer the same practical warmth in a lighter finish.
Designer radiators are available in compact shapes and contemporary finishes.
Choose a chrome finish when you want the radiator to coordinate with other bathroom fittings.
Walk-in shower prices
Your exact price is confirmed in writing after your free home design visit.
0% VAT may apply. Eligible bathroom adaptations can be zero-rated when the work is needed because of a qualifying disability or long-term condition in the person’s private home. We’ll explain the eligibility declaration at your visit.
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How it works
Five clear steps, with time to understand the options, ask questions and make each decision in your own time.
Tell us what you would like to make easier and ask any questions you have. We’ll explain the available options and arrange a free home design visit if you would like to take the next step.
Your advisor will look at how you use the bathroom, what is no longer working for you and how you would like it to look. Combining that with our experience, we’ll help you explore the walk-in shower layout, access, seating, support and finishes that could work best.
Your quote will explain the agreed design, what the work includes and the price. You can read it, compare it and talk it over with whoever you choose before letting us know.
We protect your home, keep the work area tidy and clean up at the end of each day. We’ll keep you updated on progress, what has been completed and what will happen next.
If you need help afterwards, we’re only a phone call away. You won’t be passed to a call centre — you’ll speak to the same local Able Bathing team you have dealt with throughout.
What you can expect
Walk-in showers are typically installed in 2–3 working days. Your installation timetable is confirmed with you at the first visit.
Completed bathrooms
A selection of completed bathrooms, each designed around the person using it, their home and their taste.
Got a bathroom fitted out for my Dad and couldn't have chosen a better company to do it. My Dad is really pleased with the result and that is the main thing. No more having to climb over a bath to get a shower.
The manager and staff were brilliant and it's lovely. They clean after work every day, restore the loo every night — the floor, walls, shower and water system were all done within five days. Wonderful.
The experience went extremely smoothly from first meeting to final clear up. The job started and finished on time. It was organised and efficient and made something I had been dreading simple.
Questions
Clear answers about cost, installation and choosing the right option for your bathroom.
All questionsComplete walk-in shower installations start from £7,000. Your exact price depends on your bathroom, its layout and the options you choose, and is confirmed in writing after your free home design visit.
View walk-in shower prices →Yes. A walk-in shower can replace a bath or an existing shower with a high tray. It can often be fitted within the same area, with the tray, screen, seating and support planned around your bathroom and how you use it.
A walk-in shower uses a low-profile shower tray, so there is still a small step into the shower. A wet room has a completely level, waterproof floor with no shower tray to step over. We’ll explain which option will work best in your bathroom during the home design visit.
Explore wet rooms →In many cases, yes. A walk-in shower can often be fitted within the space left by an existing bath or raised shower. In tighter bathrooms, compact trays and screens or curtains that fold back can help keep the entrance clear. We measure your bathroom at the home design visit and confirm what will fit before preparing your written quote.
Yes. You can choose from different wall panels, screens, showers, controls, seating and support options. We’ll help you bring the practical features together in a design that suits your needs, your home and your taste.
Walk-in showers are typically installed in 2–3 working days. Your installation timetable is confirmed with you at the first visit.
Eligible bathroom adaptations can be zero-rated when the work is needed because of a qualifying disability or long-term condition in the person’s private home. We’ll explain the eligibility declaration at your home design visit.
Areas we cover
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When you are ready
A free home design visit, at a time that suits you. Your advisor measures up, answers everything, and leaves. The written quote follows and nothing is decided on the day.
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