- Postcode districts
- CB6, CB7
- Nearby
- Newmarket, March and St Ives
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Cambridgeshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Ely?
Guide price in Ely: £1,900–£4,800 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in East of England run at about 6% 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
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Ely including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ely
We cover every part of Ely, including CB6 and CB7, and nearby Newmarket (12.3 miles) and March (12.8 miles).
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Ely: free survey, written quote, one team. For a new cloakroom in Ely, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Ely home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of Cambridgeshire are very 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
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
Decisions to make first
Basin
A corner basin fits the tightest rooms. A slim vanity basin with a cupboard underneath gives somewhere to keep spare toilet rolls and soap, and hides the trap.
Finishes
A small room can carry a bolder tile or wallpaper. A feature wall behind the WC costs far less here than in a full bathroom because there is so little of it.
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.
