- Postcode districts
- WN8
- Nearby
- Ormskirk, Wigan and Kirkby
- Guide price
- £235–£550
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Skelmersdale?
Guide price in Skelmersdale: £235–£550 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Wired to regulations
Inline fan
- Quiet fan in the loft void
Continuous extract
- Boost on humidity
Guide prices for Skelmersdale including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Skelmersdale
We work right across Skelmersdale — WN8 — and in neighbouring Ormskirk and Wigan.
In Skelmersdale, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Skelmersdale bathroom has black mould on the ceiling or silicone, the fan and its duct are the first things we check. If your Skelmersdale 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 Lancashire is supplied with soft water. Even so, condensation is the bigger problem in any bathroom, and a properly sized extractor is what deals with it. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Core-drilling through the wall, or ducting through the loft to a roof or soffit vent
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
- A check of the room, any existing fan or vent, and the shortest route to the outside
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
Decisions to make first
Intermittent or continuous
An intermittent fan runs during and after use. A continuous fan runs quietly all the time at a low rate and boosts when humidity rises.
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.
