- Postcode districts
- LA8, LA9
- Nearby
- Morecambe, Lancaster and Heysham
- Guide price
- Included with supply and fit
- Typical time on site
- survey visit plus design
- Water
- Soft across most of Cumbria
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new bathroom design cost in Kendal?
Design comes with the job: the survey, layout and itemised quote are free. In Kendal, a complete designed, supplied and fitted bathroom typically costs £6,100–£11,250 including VAT. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Survey and layout
- Measured survey at home
Detailed design
- Product schedule
Full project
- Typical supply-and-fit total
Guide prices for Kendal including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Kendal
In Kendal we cover LA8 and LA9; we also cover Morecambe, 18.4 miles away, and Lancaster.
In Kendal, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. A design survey in Kendal covers drainage, supplies, electrics and ventilation, so nothing on the drawing is guesswork. If your Kendal bathroom has a soil stack in an awkward corner, the design starts there, because it is the one point that is costly to move.
Most of Cumbria is supplied with soft water. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A clear view of which changes are cheap and which mean moving drainage or opening floors
- A product list covering the suite, brassware, furniture, tiles, lighting and ventilation
- A conversation about who uses the room, when, and what does not work about the current one
- Layout options drawn to scale, showing the bath or shower, WC, basin, storage and towel rail
Decisions to make first
Keep or change the layout
Keeping the WC and shower where they are saves on plumbing. The WC is the costly one to move, because it is tied to the soil stack.
Tile setting-out
Centring tiles on the window, basin or niche avoids thin slivers at the edges. Large tiles mean fewer joints but need flatter walls.
Rules that apply in England
In England, a new connection to the soil stack or new drainage can be building regulations work under Part H, and new circuits or alterations to circuits in the bathroom are notifiable under Part P. Where a new bathroom is formed, Approved Document F asks for extract at 15 l/s intermittent or 8 l/s continuous.
