- Postcode districts
- SR2, SR7
- Nearby
- Houghton-Le-Spring, Sunderland and Peterlee
- Guide price
- £225–£550
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of County Durham
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Seaham?
Guide price in Seaham: £225–£550 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in North East England put local prices at about 10% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Fan with timer or humidistat
Inline fan
- Ducting to a roof or soffit vent
Continuous extract
- Good for windowless rooms
Guide prices for Seaham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Seaham
As well as Seaham itself (SR2 and SR7), we survey in Houghton-Le-Spring, Sunderland and Peterlee.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Seaham: free survey, written quote, one team. If your Seaham bathroom has black mould on the ceiling or silicone, the fan and its duct are the first things we check. We check the duct route at Seaham surveys, because a short, straight run to outside matters more than the fan's headline figure.
Most of County Durham has moderately hard water. Scale is a minor issue next to condensation, which is what a properly sized extractor fan is for. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
- Making good around the fan and checking that it extracts properly at the grille
- Run-on timer, humidistat or light-linked switching set up to suit how the room is used
- Core-drilling through the wall, or ducting through the loft to a roof or soffit vent
Decisions to make first
Axial, centrifugal or inline
Axial fans suit short, straight runs; centrifugal fans cope better with longer ducts; inline fans sit in the loft and are the quietest in the room.
Wall or ceiling
A wall fan on an outside wall is the simplest. A ceiling fan over the shower takes steam away at source but needs ducting through the loft.
Rules that apply in England
In England, Approved Document F sets bathroom extract at 15 l/s for an intermittent fan or 8 l/s for continuous extract. Wiring a new fan alters a circuit in a room with a bath or shower, so it is notifiable under Part P.
