- Postcode districts
- M28, M38
- Nearby
- Farnworth, Swinton and Tyldesley
- 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 Walkden?
For Walkden, our guide range for bathroom plumbing work is £550 to £3,800 including VAT. 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 Walkden including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Walkden
In Walkden we cover M28 and M38; we also cover Farnworth, 2.3 miles away, and Swinton.
In Walkden, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Walkden home has a gravity system with a loft tank, we check the head of water before recommending a shower or a pump. If your Walkden water is hard, a scale reducer or softener on the bathroom supplies can protect valves and shower heads.
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
- Isolation valves on every fitting, so taps, cisterns and valves can be serviced without draining the system
- A pressure test of new pipework before walls are closed in and floors go down
- The WC connected to the soil stack, or a new branch where the WC is moving
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
