- Postcode districts
- RM16, RM17, RM20
- Nearby
- Swanscombe, South Ockendon and Gravesend
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Essex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Grays?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Grays; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in East of England put local prices at about 6% above the UK guide figure. 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 Grays including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Grays
As well as Grays itself (RM16, RM17 and RM20), we survey in Swanscombe, South Ockendon and Gravesend.
Across a large town like Grays, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Grays, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days. If the only toilet in your Grays home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of Essex are very 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
- 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.
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.
