- Postcode districts
- DE1, DE21, DE22, DE23, DE24
- Nearby
- Belper, Ilkeston and Heanor
- Guide price
- £1,750–£4,300
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of Derbyshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Derby?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Derby is £1,750–£4,300 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East Midlands, where prices are typically about 4% below the UK average. 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 Derby including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Derby
In Derby we cover DE1, DE21, DE22 and 2 more postcode districts; we also cover Belper, 6.9 miles away, and Ilkeston.
Derby is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. For a new cloakroom in Derby, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Derby home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of Derbyshire 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
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- 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
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
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.
