- Postcode districts
- GL50, GL51, GL53
- Nearby
- Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Stroud
- Guide price
- £600–£4,100
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Gloucestershire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in Cheltenham?
Guide price in Cheltenham: £600–£4,100 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like
- Pressure test
Partial re-route
- Basin or shower moved
New layout
- Pumped waste or macerator
Guide prices for Cheltenham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Cheltenham
As well as Cheltenham itself (GL50, GL51 and GL53), we survey in Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Stroud.
Across a large town like Cheltenham, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If your Cheltenham bathroom layout is changing, the soil stack position is checked first, because it decides where the WC can go. Plumbing surveys in Cheltenham include a look at the existing pipework for lead, corrosion or poor support before we quote.
Water across much of Gloucestershire is 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
- A check of your hot water system, and the pressure and flow rate at the bathroom
- Basin, bath and shower wastes sized and laid to a steady fall, with traps that hold their water seal
- Shower pumps on gravity systems, and macerators or pumped wastes where gravity drainage cannot reach
- 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.
Gravity or pumped waste
Gravity drainage is always the first choice. A shower waste pump or macerator solves a run that cannot fall, but adds noise, a power supply and servicing.
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.
