- Postcode districts
- EX39
- Nearby
- Barnstaple, 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 Bideford?
For Bideford, our guide range for a cloakroom or downstairs WC is £1,850 to £4,600 including VAT. 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 Bideford including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Bideford
In Bideford we cover EX39; we also cover Barnstaple, 7.9 miles away, and Tiverton.
In Bideford, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. For a new cloakroom in Bideford, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. We survey cloakrooms in Bideford with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
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
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
