- Postcode districts
- AL1, AL2
- Nearby
- Harpenden, Hatfield and Hemel Hempstead
- Guide price
- £650–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Hertfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in St Albans?
Our guide price for bathroom plumbing work in St Albans is £650–£4,200 including VAT. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 St Albans including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in St Albans
We work right across St Albans — AL1 and AL2 — and in neighbouring Harpenden and Hatfield.
In a city the size of St Albans, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If your St Albans home has a gravity system with a loft tank, we check the head of water before recommending a shower or a pump. If your St Albans water is hard, a scale reducer or softener on the bathroom supplies can protect valves and shower heads.
Supplies across most of Hertfordshire are 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
- 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
- Shower pumps on gravity systems, and macerators or pumped wastes where gravity drainage cannot reach
- Basin, bath and shower wastes sized and laid to a steady fall, with traps that hold their water seal
Decisions to make first
Copper or plastic
Copper is rigid and suits pipes on show or near the boiler. Plastic is quicker under floors and inside walls, and long runs need fewer joints.
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.
