- Postcode districts
- WA7, WA8
- Nearby
- Widnes, Halewood and Speke
- 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 Runcorn?
As a guide, budget £1,700 to £4,200 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Runcorn; your written quote will pin it down. 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
- Existing downstairs WC
Upgrade
- Vanity basin with storage
New cloakroom
- Extractor fan to regulations
Guide prices for Runcorn including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Runcorn
We work right across Runcorn — WA7 and WA8 — and in neighbouring Widnes and Halewood.
Homes in and around Runcorn vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. Where your Runcorn home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. For a new cloakroom in Runcorn, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
Supplies across most of Cheshire are 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
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
