- Postcode districts
- BN3, BN41, BN42
- Nearby
- Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of East Sussex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Portslade?
Guide price in Portslade: £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Portslade including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Portslade
We cover every part of Portslade, including BN3, BN41 and BN42, and nearby Hove (2.3 miles) and Shoreham-by-Sea (2.6 miles).
Portslade gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. We survey cloakrooms in Portslade with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. For a new cloakroom in Portslade, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
Supplies across most of East Sussex are hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. 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
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
