- Postcode districts
- CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20
- Nearby
- Hoddesdon, Ware and Bishops Stortford
- 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 Harlow?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Harlow; your written quote will pin it down. We adjust the national guide for East of England, where prices are typically about 6% above the UK average. 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 Harlow including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Harlow
We work right across Harlow — CM17, CM18, CM19 and 1 more postcode districts — and in neighbouring Hoddesdon and Ware.
Harlow has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. For a new cloakroom in Harlow, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Harlow home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Most of Essex has very hard water. 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 new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
