- Postcode districts
- CB1, CB2, CB4
- Nearby
- Royston, St Ives and Newmarket
- Guide price
- £650–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Cambridgeshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in Cambridge?
In Cambridge, bathroom plumbing work typically costs £650–£4,200 including VAT, based on East of England prices. Labour costs in East of England put local prices at about 6% above the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like
- Isolation valves, new tails
Partial re-route
- Waste re-routed
New layout
- WC moved on the soil stack
Guide prices for Cambridge including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Cambridge
We cover every part of Cambridge, including CB1, CB2 and CB4, and nearby Royston (12.1 miles) and St Ives (12.3 miles).
Cambridge is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. Plumbing surveys in Cambridge include a look at the existing pipework for lead, corrosion or poor support before we quote. For Cambridge homes on a combi boiler, we measure the flow rate at the bathroom before you choose a shower valve.
Water across much of Cambridgeshire is very hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Draining down and isolating supplies, with the rest of the house back on water as soon as possible
- Basin, bath and shower wastes sized and laid to a steady fall, with traps that hold their water seal
- New hot and cold pipework in copper or plastic, properly clipped, and insulated where it runs through cold spaces
- A pressure test of new pipework before walls are closed in and floors go down
Decisions to make first
Hard water
In hard water areas, a scale reducer or water softener protects valves, shower heads and glass. Keep an unsoftened tap in the kitchen for drinking.
Shower supply
Combi boilers and unvented cylinders give mains pressure. A gravity system with a cold tank may need a pump, but a pump must never be connected to the mains.
Rules that apply in England
In England, the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 apply. New drainage or a new connection to the soil stack can be building regulations work under Part H, and a macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where there is also a WC on gravity drainage elsewhere in the home.
