- Postcode districts
- RG1, RG2, RG4, RG30, RG31
- Nearby
- Lower Earley, Wokingham and Crowthorne
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Berkshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Reading?
In Reading, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, based on South East England prices. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above 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.
Refit
- Existing downstairs WC
Upgrade
- Vanity basin with storage
New cloakroom
- Extractor fan to regulations
Guide prices for Reading including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Reading
As well as Reading itself (RG1, RG2, RG4 and 2 more postcode districts), we survey in Lower Earley, Wokingham and Crowthorne.
Reading is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. If the only toilet in your Reading home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. We survey cloakrooms in Reading with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Most of Berkshire has hard water. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
Decisions to make first
Door
An outward-opening door is usually needed so it does not hit the WC. A sliding door suits a narrow hallway where an outward door would block the way.
Macerator or gravity
Gravity drainage is silent and needs no maintenance. A macerator lets a WC go where a pipe could not otherwise fall, provided another WC in the house is on gravity drainage.
Rules that apply in England
In England, a new WC connected to the soil stack or drain is drainage work under Part H, and a newly formed cloakroom without an opening window should have mechanical extract; Approved Document F gives 6 litres per second as the design rate for a WC, against 15 for a bathroom. Because a cloakroom has no bath or shower, adding a light to an existing circuit is not notifiable under Part P, but a new circuit is.
