Case Study
A Victorian Terrace Bathroom, Re-Piped and Reborn in Bexley
The house was over a century old — and so was some of its plumbing. Cast iron pipework was strangling the water pressure, and the family bathroom was long past its best.
The Problem
Victorian terraces are wonderful houses with one recurring weakness: the plumbing is often a museum of every era the house has lived through. In this Bexley home, original cast iron pipework was still doing the heavy lifting — corroded inside, narrowed by decades of scale, and choking the water pressure to a dribble.
A new bathroom fitted onto old pipes is lipstick on a leak. The shower would have looked lovely and performed miserably. So the honest answer — and the one we gave — was to fix the plumbing first.
What We Did
Full re-pipe in copper
The old cast iron came out and clean modern copper went in — restoring proper flow and pressure to the whole bathroom, not just masking the symptom at the shower head.
New combi connection
We connected the new pipework properly to the combi boiler so the hot side delivers steady temperature and pressure — the difference between a shower you tolerate and one you enjoy.
Walk-in shower with Crittall-style screen
A generous walk-in shower behind a black-framed Crittall-style screen — a look that suits a period home while being completely modern underneath.
Full waterproofing before tiling
As on every GWS bathroom, the wet zone was tanked before a single tile went up. Victorian timber floors deserve better than slow water damage.
A finish that respects the house
Grey tones, a wall-hung vanity, and fittings chosen to feel at home in a period property — practical for family life, easy to keep clean.
The Outcome
Time on site
12 days
including the full re-pipe
Guarantee
5 years
on all workmanship
Water pressure
Fixed
at the source, not the symptom
A century-old terrace with modern plumbing, proper pressure, and a family bathroom that finally matches the rest of the house. If your period property in Bexley or Bexleyheath has beautiful bones and terrible water pressure, the fix is the same — and it's very doable.
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