- Postcode districts
- ME1, ME4, ME7
- Nearby
- Rochester, Gillingham and Strood
- Guide price
- £650–£4,500
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Kent
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in Chatham?
For Chatham, our guide range for bathroom plumbing work is £650 to £4,500 including VAT. Labour costs in South East England put local prices at about 12% 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
- Pressure test
Partial re-route
- Basin or shower moved
New layout
- Pumped waste or macerator
Guide prices for Chatham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Chatham
We cover every part of Chatham, including ME1, ME4 and ME7, and nearby Rochester (1.1 miles) and Gillingham (1.1 miles).
Chatham has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. For Chatham homes on a combi boiler, we measure the flow rate at the bathroom before you choose a shower valve. If your Chatham water is hard, a scale reducer or softener on the bathroom supplies can protect valves and shower heads.
Supplies across most of Kent 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
- Isolation valves on every fitting, so taps, cisterns and valves can be serviced without draining the system
- Draining down and isolating supplies, with the rest of the house back on water as soon as possible
- New hot and cold pipework in copper or plastic, properly clipped, and insulated where it runs through cold spaces
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.
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.
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.
