- Postcode districts
- NE37, NE38
- Nearby
- Chester-le-Street, Felling and Houghton-Le-Spring
- Guide price
- £225–£550
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Washington?
As a guide, budget £225 to £550 including VAT for a bathroom extractor fan in Washington; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in North East England run at about 10% 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
- Fan with timer or humidistat
Inline fan
- Ducting to a roof or soffit vent
Continuous extract
- Good for windowless rooms
Guide prices for Washington including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Washington
In Washington we cover NE37 and NE38; we also cover Chester-le-Street, 3.7 miles away, and Felling.
In Washington, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. For windowless bathrooms in Washington homes, continuous extract that boosts on humidity often works better than a fan tied to the light switch. Fans fitted in Washington bathrooms are wired by a qualified electrician, with RCD protection and an isolator outside the room.
Water across much of Tyne and Wear is soft. 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
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
- 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
- Rigid or semi-rigid ducting kept short and straight, and insulated where it crosses a cold loft
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.
