- Postcode districts
- EX31, EX32
- Nearby
- Bideford, Tiverton and Exeter
- Guide price
- £1,850–£4,600
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Devon
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Barnstaple?
Guide price in Barnstaple: £1,850–£4,600 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Compact WC and corner or wall basin
Upgrade
- Feature tiles and lighting
New cloakroom
- Formed under the stairs or in a utility
Guide prices for Barnstaple including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Barnstaple
We work right across Barnstaple — EX31 and EX32 — and in neighbouring Bideford and Tiverton.
Homes in and around Barnstaple vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. We survey cloakrooms in Barnstaple with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. For a new cloakroom in Barnstaple, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
Water across much of Devon is soft. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- 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
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
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.
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.
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.
