Steam Shower Installation in Santa Clara
Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. designs and builds steam showers in Santa Clara, 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 Santa Clara homes
Santa Clara spans Victorians and bungalows near the Old Quad, 1950s and 1960s ranches across most of the city, and newer homes in Rivermark. The older homes need the most planning: small bathrooms, framing that has been opened before, and plumbing that may be a mix of eras. The ranches take a standard enclosed steam shower well. In Rivermark and other newer construction the bathrooms and electrical service are already generous, so the work is mostly the enclosure itself.
Permits and systems
Santa Clara has its own municipal electric utility, Silicon Valley Power, and newer homes here usually have 200-amp service, which handles a steam generator circuit easily. Older homes near the Old Quad are the ones where we check the panel first. The City’s permit covers the electrical, plumbing and the vapor-proofed enclosure.
Permits for this work go through the City of Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara homeowners
- Do you build steam showers in Santa Clara?
- Yes. Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. builds steam showers in Santa Clara, including Old Quad, Forest Park, Rivermark, 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 Santa Clara?
- Normally yes. Steam showers involve electrical and plumbing work, which the City of Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara homes?
- Santa Clara has its own municipal electric utility, Silicon Valley Power, and newer homes here usually have 200-amp service, which handles a steam generator circuit easily. Older homes near the Old Quad are the ones where we check the panel first. The City’s permit covers the electrical, plumbing and the vapor-proofed enclosure.
- 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 Santa Clara: bathroom remodeling and the Santa Clara area page.
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