- Postcode districts
- TD5
- Nearby
- Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
- Guide price
- £240–£600
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Kelso?
Our guide price for a bathroom extractor fan in Kelso is £240–£600 including VAT. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Kelso including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Kelso
In Kelso we cover TD5; we also cover Galashiels, 14.6 miles away, and Hawick.
Kelso gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If your Kelso bathroom has black mould on the ceiling or silicone, the fan and its duct are the first things we check. For windowless bathrooms in Kelso homes, continuous extract that boosts on humidity often works better than a fan tied to the light switch.
Most of the Scottish Borders 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
- A fan chosen to meet the bathroom extract rate: 15 l/s intermittent or 8 l/s continuous
- 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
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
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.
Timer or humidistat
A timer keeps the fan running after the light goes off. A humidistat starts it whenever moisture rises, which suits rooms where people forget.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, the Technical Handbook also uses 15 l/s extract for a bathroom. A replacement fan rarely needs a building warrant, but forming a new bathroom may.
