- Postcode districts
- ME7, ME8
- Nearby
- Chatham, Rochester and Strood
- Guide price
- £280–£650
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Very hard across most of Kent
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Gillingham?
Our guide price for a bathroom extractor fan in Gillingham is £280–£650 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for South East England, where prices are typically about 12% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Ducted to outside
Inline fan
- Grille in the ceiling
Continuous extract
- Low-energy fan running all the time
Guide prices for Gillingham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Gillingham
We work right across Gillingham — ME7 and ME8 — and in neighbouring Chatham and Rochester.
Across a large town like Gillingham, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If your Gillingham bathroom has black mould on the ceiling or silicone, the fan and its duct are the first things we check. If your Gillingham home is listed or in a period terrace, a fan ducted through the loft to a roof vent can avoid a new hole in the front wall, though consent may still apply.
Most of Kent has very hard water. Steam carries that scale onto mirrors and glass, so a fan that clears the room quickly helps on both counts. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Rigid or semi-rigid ducting kept short and straight, and insulated where it crosses a cold loft
- Run-on timer, humidistat or light-linked switching set up to suit how the room is used
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
- Making good around the fan and checking that it extracts properly at the grille
Decisions to make first
Replacement air
A fan needs air to replace what it removes, so leave a gap of around 10 mm under the door or fit a door grille. A sealed room starves the fan.
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.
