Bathroom renovation in North Yorkshire

What does a bathroom renovation cost in North Yorkshire?

Our guide range in North Yorkshire is £7,000–£14,000 including VAT. Prices in North Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for North Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in North Yorkshire?

• York
• Middlesbrough
• Harrogate
• Scarborough
• Redcar
• Selby
• Guisborough
• Northallerton
• Ripon

Supplies across most of North Yorkshire are moderately hard. Easy-clean glass and good-quality brassware are money well spent. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. A renovation survey in York looks behind the surfaces, at joists, pipework and wiring, before any figure is put on paper.

What the job includes

• Layout changes such as moved doors, new stud walls or boxing for concealed cisterns
• Tiling, fitting of the suite and furniture, making good and decorating, then handover
• New wiring, lighting, extractor fan and RCD protection, installed and certified by a qualified electrician
• Strip-out back to brick or studwork, with waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
• New hot and cold pipework and wastes, with isolation valves to each fitting
• Re-plastering or boarding, with cement-based boards and tanking in the wet areas

Decisions to make first

How far back to strip

Back to brick gives a clean start. Keeping sound plaster on some walls saves time and money, and the survey shows which walls can stay.

Shower floor

With the floor already up, a renovation is the easiest time to form a level shower floor or a full wet room.

Combining rooms

Taking out the wall between a bathroom and a separate WC gives one larger room, but it is structural work and may need building control.

Pipe material

Copper suits exposed runs and the area near the boiler. Plastic pipe is quicker under floors and inside walls, and long runs need fewer joints.

Rules that apply in England

Renovating a bathroom inside an existing home does not need planning permission. Listed buildings need listed building consent for alterations that affect their character, which can include internal work and new soil or vent pipes through walls. In a flat, check the lease: freeholder consent is often needed for wet rooms, moving the WC or new extract vents, and sound insulation and leak risk to the flat below matter. Electrical work must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every bathroom circuit.

In England, structural changes, new drainage or a new connection to the soil stack under Part H, and new circuits under Part P can all be building regulations work. A registered electrician can self-certify the electrics; structural and drainage work may need a building notice or a full plans application to building control.