LT Showertec launches Carrelo, an adhesive tile solution for bathroom renovations

Costly to renovate, a major generator of vacancy and difficult to standardize, it concentrates a significant portion of the CAPEX for upgrading housing.

It is in this area that the French company LT Showertec is deploying Carrelo, an adhesive tile solution designed as a property management tool, rather than a simple finishing product.

Key Info

• Carrelo, wall panels imitating earthenware without traditional joints
• Target audience: landlords, managed residences, hotels, renovation of occupied sites
• Distribution: Zaleoo professional network, and direct sales (installers, landlords, contractors)
• Implementation :
  • direct adhesive application onto existing surface
  • 4-sided tongue-and-groove system
  • vertical or horizontal installation
  • no drying time
• Formats: 60 × 90 cm and 250 × 60 cm (thickness 8 to 10 mm)
• Design: 13 combinable colours (white, travertine, grey, marble, wood…),
• Material: 100% natural composition (silica, limestone, quartz, plant fibers)
• Durability: waterproof surface, moisture-resistant, easy maintenance, 10-year guarantee
• PVGC: from €95/m² for large formats, from €55/m² for small formats (excluding installation)

Bathroom renovations: a key factor in rental vacancy rates

For institutional landlords, managed residences, property companies and managers of dispersed housing stock, each major renovation operation involves several weeks of unavailability of the housing, complex coordination of trades, frequent budget overruns, and a direct impact on net yield.

With Carrelo, LT Showertec offers an approach aimed at drastically reducing downtime while ensuring the quality of the final result.

A lever to smooth out CAPEX and accelerate lease returns

Carrelo's economic logic is based on simplifying the construction site:

• Direct installation on existing substrate, without removing the tiles.
• short intervention, compatible with rental turnovers,
• reduction in the number of stakeholders,
• predictability of costs, facilitating budget planning.

For asset managers, the solution thus makes it possible to smooth investments, industrialize refurbishments and improve the short-term re-letting rate.

Furthermore, “in residential asset management strategies, the ability to deploy an identical solution across several hundred homes is a key advantage. Carrelo meets this requirement with a homogeneous, reproducible implementation compatible with internal technical standards,” explains Jean Tartary, President of LT Showertec.

Student residences, senior residences, intermediate housing or scattered parks: the solution integrates into just-in-time renovation programs, without prolonged immobilization of assets.

An operational impact, without major building transformations

Carrelo also adopts a light renovation approach, minimizing disruption, waste, and structural work. This approach is particularly relevant for occupied or high-turnover properties, where speed of intervention is a crucial factor.

With this innovation, LT Showertec, the leading French player in the bathroom solutions market, is adapting to environments with demanding operational requirements: hotels, managed housing, healthcare facilities, and rental properties. The company positions itself as a provider of operational solutions, addressing the intersection of technical, economic, and asset management challenges.