- Postcode districts
- SK9, SK10, SK11
- Nearby
- Wilmslow, Bramhall and Congleton
- Guide price
- £1,700–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of Cheshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Macclesfield?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Macclesfield is £1,700–£4,200 including VAT. Prices in North West England run at about 6% 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.
Refit
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Macclesfield including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Macclesfield
We work right across Macclesfield — SK9, SK10 and SK11 — and in neighbouring Wilmslow and Bramhall.
In Macclesfield, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Macclesfield home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. If your Macclesfield cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Water across much of Cheshire is moderately hard. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- 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
Under-stair layout
Headroom drops quickly under stairs. The basin and the space in front of the WC need standing height; the low end of the room can take the cistern or storage.
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.
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.
