- Postcode districts
- TQ2, TQ3, TQ4
- Nearby
- Torquay, Brixham and Newton Abbot
- 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 Paignton?
Guide price in Paignton: £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
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Paignton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Paignton
We cover every part of Paignton, including TQ2, TQ3 and TQ4, and nearby Torquay (2.6 miles) and Brixham (3.7 miles).
Homes in and around Paignton vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Paignton cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. If the only toilet in your Paignton home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
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
- 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
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
