Cloakrooms & downstairs WCs in Derbyshire

What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Derbyshire?

Our guide range in Derbyshire is £1,750–£4,300 including VAT. Prices in Derbyshire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on East Midlands labour rates.

Guide prices for Derbyshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in Derbyshire?

• Derby
• Chesterfield
• Long Eaton
• Ilkeston
• Swadlincote
• Staveley
• Belper
• Heanor
• Alfreton
• Dronfield
• Ripley
• Buxton
• New Mills
• Glossop

Water across much of Derbyshire 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. If your Derby cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.

What the job includes

• A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
• 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
• A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
• Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
• Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain

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.

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.

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.

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

A cloakroom refit does not need planning permission, and forming a new one inside the house rarely does, although a listed building needs listed building consent for internal alterations affecting its character. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. The water fittings rules in each nation limit a new WC to a 6-litre flush.

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.