- Postcode districts
- OL11, OL12, OL15, OL16
- Nearby
- Heywood, Royton and Middleton
- Guide price
- £550–£3,800
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Greater Manchester
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in Rochdale?
As a guide, budget £550 to £3,800 including VAT for bathroom plumbing work in Rochdale; your written quote will pin it down. 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.
Like-for-like
- Isolation valves, new tails
Partial re-route
- Waste re-routed
New layout
- WC moved on the soil stack
Guide prices for Rochdale including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Rochdale
As well as Rochdale itself (OL11, OL12, OL15 and 1 more postcode districts), we survey in Heywood, Royton and Middleton.
Rochdale has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. If your Rochdale home has a gravity system with a loft tank, we check the head of water before recommending a shower or a pump. In Rochdale flats, any change to the WC or wastes is planned with the lease and the flat below in mind.
Most of Greater Manchester is supplied with soft water. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. 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
- The WC connected to the soil stack, or a new branch where the WC is moving
- A pressure test of new pipework before walls are closed in and floors go down
- Basin, bath and shower wastes sized and laid to a steady fall, with traps that hold their water seal
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
