Bathroom renovation in West Yorkshire

What does a bathroom renovation cost in West Yorkshire?

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

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

Which towns do we cover in West Yorkshire?

• Leeds
• Bradford
• Huddersfield
• Wakefield
• Halifax
• Dewsbury
• Morley
• Keighley
• Castleford
• Pontefract
• Batley
• Yeadon
• Brighouse
• Shipley
• Cleckheaton
• Pudsey
• Lofthouse
• Ossett
• Guiseley
• Liversedge
• Horsforth
• South Elmsall
• Mirfield
• Heckmondwike
• Bingley
• Kippax
• Baildon
• Elland

Water across much of West Yorkshire is soft. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. A renovation survey in Leeds looks behind the surfaces, at joists, pipework and wiring, before any figure is put on paper.

What the job includes

• Strip-out back to brick or studwork, with waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
• Repairs to rotten floorboards, joists or other timber found once the room is open
• Tiling, fitting of the suite and furniture, making good and decorating, then handover
• A survey of the structure and services: joists, walls, ceilings, pipework, wastes, wiring and ventilation
• New wiring, lighting, extractor fan and RCD protection, installed and certified by a qualified electrician
• New hot and cold pipework and wastes, with isolation valves to each fitting

Decisions to make first

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.

Shower floor

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

Heating

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

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.