Steam Shower Installation in Cupertino
Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. designs and builds steam showers in Cupertino, a short drive from our office in Campbell. designs and builds steam showers from our office in Campbell, serving the South Bay and the wider Bay Area. A steam shower is a sealed, vapor-proof room, so we handle the whole assembly under one contract: generator sizing, the dedicated electrical circuit, steam-rated waterproofing on the walls and ceiling, the sloped ceiling, tile, and gasketed glass, with a documented flood test before any tile is set.
CSLB License #975092 · Licensed since 2012 · 2272 Camden Avenue, Campbell
Steam showers in Cupertino homes
Cupertino has two kinds of houses that matter for steam showers: the 1960s and 1970s ranch tracts, and the Eichlers. In the ranch homes the primary bath is usually compact and the work follows the standard pattern of enclosing the shower, sloping the ceiling and finding a home for the generator. Eichlers are different: the bathrooms are small, the ceilings follow the roofline, and the floor is a concrete slab with the heating in it.
Permits and systems
Eichlers in Cupertino are slab-on-grade with hydronic radiant heating cast into the slab, so moving a shower drain means locating the radiant lines before anyone cuts concrete. We map them first. Post-and-beam framing also changes where a sloped steam ceiling can be built. Both are solvable, but they are decided at design, not on site.
Permits for this work go through the City of Cupertino Building Division. When a permit is part of your project, we handle the application and the inspections.
What's included
- —Steam generator sizing & placement
- —Dedicated 240V circuit & controls
- —Steam-rated vapor barrier on walls, ceiling & bench
- —Sloped, fully tiled ceiling
- —Porcelain, Dekton or Neolith surfaces
- —Floor-to-ceiling gasketed glass with transom
- —Built-in bench, niches & lighting
- —Documented 24-hour flood test before tile
How we build them, step by step, is on the steam shower installation page.
Questions from Cupertino homeowners
- Do you build steam showers in Cupertino?
- Yes. Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. builds steam showers in Cupertino, including Monta Vista, Rancho Rinconada, Seven Springs, as part of our design-build bathroom remodeling. Our office is at 2272 Camden Avenue in Campbell. CSLB License #975092, licensed since 2012.
- Do I need a permit for steam showers in Cupertino?
- Normally yes. Steam showers involve electrical and plumbing work, which the City of Cupertino Building Division permits and inspects. When a permit is part of your project, we prepare the application and manage the inspections.
- What is different about Cupertino homes?
- Eichlers in Cupertino are slab-on-grade with hydronic radiant heating cast into the slab, so moving a shower drain means locating the radiant lines before anyone cuts concrete. We map them first. Post-and-beam framing also changes where a sloped steam ceiling can be built. Both are solvable, but they are decided at design, not on site.
- Can you convert my existing shower into a steam shower?
- Usually, but it means rebuilding the shower. A steam shower needs a vapor barrier behind the tile on the walls and ceiling, a sloped ceiling, a sealed door and a dedicated electrical circuit, and none of those can be added on top of finished tile.
- Does a steam shower need a permit?
- Normally yes. A steam shower adds new electrical and plumbing work, which requires a building permit in Bay Area cities. When a permit is part of your project, we prepare the application and manage the inspections with your city building department.
Neighborhoods
Also in Cupertino: bathroom remodeling and the Cupertino area page.
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