Steam Shower Installation in Sunnyvale
Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. designs and builds steam showers in Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale homes
Sunnyvale steam showers mostly go into 1950s ranch houses and Eichlers, both of which have small original bathrooms. The common move is to take a hall closet or part of a second bedroom closet to give the primary bath room for a proper enclosure, or to convert the existing tub alcove into a fully enclosed steam shower. Either way the bench, the sloped ceiling and the generator location are settled on the drawings before demolition.
Permits and systems
Sunnyvale inspectors look closely at GFCI protection near water, ventilation sizing and the waterproofing inspection before tile. Eichlers add the slab and in-slab radiant heat question: drain relocation is possible, but we locate the heating lines first. Original panels in the 1950s tracts are often full, so the steam circuit may come with a panel upgrade.
Permits for this work go through the City of Sunnyvale One-Stop Permit Center. 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 Sunnyvale homeowners
- Do you build steam showers in Sunnyvale?
- Yes. Silicon Valley Kitchen & Bath Co. builds steam showers in Sunnyvale, including Cherry Chase, Birdland, Sunnyvale West, 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 Sunnyvale?
- Normally yes. Steam showers involve electrical and plumbing work, which the City of Sunnyvale One-Stop Permit Center permits and inspects. When a permit is part of your project, we prepare the application and manage the inspections.
- What is different about Sunnyvale homes?
- Sunnyvale inspectors look closely at GFCI protection near water, ventilation sizing and the waterproofing inspection before tile. Eichlers add the slab and in-slab radiant heat question: drain relocation is possible, but we locate the heating lines first. Original panels in the 1950s tracts are often full, so the steam circuit may come with a panel upgrade.
- 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 Sunnyvale: bathroom remodeling and the Sunnyvale area page.
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