What does a new bathroom design cost on Merseyside?
Design has no separate fee on a supply-and-fit job. A complete fitted bathroom on Merseyside typically costs £6,100–£11,250 including VAT. Prices on Merseyside run at about 6% below the UK guide, based on North West England labour rates.
Survey and layout
- Measured survey at home
Detailed design
- Product schedule
Full project
- Typical supply-and-fit total
Guide prices for Merseyside including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover on Merseyside?
- Liverpool
- Birkenhead
- St Helens
- Southport
- Wallasey
- Bootle
- Bebington
- Huyton
- Kirkby
- Prescot
- Heswall
- Maghull
- Newton-le-Willows
- Golborne
- Formby
- Litherland
- Speke
- Garston
- Halewood
- Moreton
- Haydock
- Hunts Cross
- Allerton
Most of Merseyside 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. If you are in Liverpool and weighing a bath against a walk-in shower, the layout options show both with their prices.
What the job includes
- A product list covering the suite, brassware, furniture, tiles, lighting and ventilation
- Checks on the soil stack, waste routes, joist direction, water pressure, hot water system and existing electrics
- A clear view of which changes are cheap and which mean moving drainage or opening floors
- A written, itemised quote, with the price fixed in writing once the layout and products are agreed
- Elevations and tile layouts on a design, supply and fit project, so the setting-out is agreed before tiling starts
- A conversation about who uses the room, when, and what does not work about the current one
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.
The door
Re-hanging the door on the other side, fitting a sliding pocket door or moving the opening can free up a whole wall in a small room.
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.
Planning for later
Timber noggins in the walls for future grab rails, a wider door or a level shower floor cost far less to build in now than to add later.
Rules that apply in England
Changing the layout inside an existing bathroom does not need planning permission. The design does have to respect the electrical zones around the bath and shower under BS 7671, the water fittings rules for new WCs and taps, including a maximum 6-litre flush, and adequate extract ventilation. Listed buildings need listed building consent for alterations affecting their character, including new soil or vent pipes through walls, and in a flat the lease often requires freeholder consent for moving the WC or adding a new vent.
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.