Bathroom renovation in Staffordshire

What does a bathroom renovation cost in Staffordshire?

Our guide range in Staffordshire is £7,400–£14,750 including VAT.

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

Which towns do we cover in Staffordshire?

• Stoke-on-Trent
• Newcastle under Lyme
• Burton upon Trent
• Cannock
• Tamworth
• Stafford
• Lichfield
• Kidsgrove
• Burntwood
• Longton
• Rugeley
• Leek
• Great Wyrley
• Biddulph

Water across much of Staffordshire is 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. If your Stoke-on-Trent home is older and the bathroom still has original pipework or plaster behind the tiles, the survey shows whether a renovation or a refit makes more sense.

What the job includes

• Repairs to rotten floorboards, joists or other timber found once the room is open
• New hot and cold pipework and wastes, with isolation valves to each fitting
• A survey of the structure and services: joists, walls, ceilings, pipework, wastes, wiring and ventilation
• Re-plastering or boarding, with cement-based boards and tanking in the wet areas
• Layout changes such as moved doors, new stud walls or boxing for concealed cisterns
• Strip-out back to brick or studwork, with waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier

Decisions to make first

Heating

Moving the radiator, adding a heated towel rail or laying underfloor heating is simpler while the room is stripped.

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.

Shower floor

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

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.