- Postcode districts
- EX8
- Nearby
- Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torquay
- 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 Exmouth?
In Exmouth, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £1,850–£4,600 including VAT, based on South West England prices. 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 Exmouth including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Exmouth
In Exmouth we cover EX8; we also cover Exeter, 9.2 miles away, and Newton Abbot.
In Exmouth, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Where your Exmouth home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. We survey cloakrooms in Exmouth 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
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- 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
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.
