Bathroom design in South Yorkshire

What does a new bathroom design cost in South Yorkshire?

Design has no separate fee on a supply-and-fit job. A complete fitted bathroom in South Yorkshire typically costs £6,000–£11,250 including VAT. Prices in South Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for South Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in South Yorkshire?

• Sheffield
• Rotherham
• Doncaster
• Barnsley
• Bentley
• Chapeltown
• Darton
• Dinnington
• Adwick le Street
• Rawmarsh
• Maltby
• Thorne
• Wath upon Dearne
• Conisbrough
• Hoyland Nether
• Wombwell
• Mexborough

Supplies across most of South Yorkshire are moderately hard. Easy-clean glass and good-quality brassware are money well spent. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. For loft rooms and sloping ceilings in Sheffield homes, the design checks head height where you stand, not just the floor area.

What the job includes

• 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
• 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 product list covering the suite, brassware, furniture, tiles, lighting and ventilation
• A clear view of which changes are cheap and which mean moving drainage or opening floors

Decisions to make first

Storage

Fitted furniture, a vanity with a tall cupboard, or recessed niches and a mirror cabinet. Recessed storage costs no floor space but needs a stud wall or deep boxing to sit in.

Where the shower goes

A shower on an outside wall is easier to ventilate; one under a sloping ceiling needs full head height where you stand, not just at the high side.

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.