- Postcode districts
- HP5
- Nearby
- Amersham on the Hill, Amersham and Berkhamsted
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Buckinghamshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Chesham?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Chesham is £2,000–£5,000 including VAT. 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 Chesham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Chesham
As well as Chesham itself (HP5), we survey in Amersham on the Hill, Amersham and Berkhamsted.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Chesham: free survey, written quote, one team. If the only toilet in your Chesham home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. For a new cloakroom in Chesham, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
Supplies across most of Buckinghamshire are hard. 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
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
Decisions to make first
WC style
A wall-hung WC on a frame gives the most floor space and looks neat. A back-to-wall pan in a short furniture unit is easier to fit against an uneven wall.
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.
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.
