- Postcode districts
- BL5, M29, M46
- Nearby
- Tyldesley, Westhoughton and Leigh
- Guide price
- £1,700–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Greater Manchester
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Atherton?
As a guide, budget £1,700 to £4,200 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Atherton; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. 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 Atherton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Atherton
In Atherton we cover BL5, M29 and M46; we also cover Tyldesley, 1.3 miles away, and Westhoughton.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Atherton: free survey, written quote, one team. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Atherton, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days. We survey cloakrooms in Atherton with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Most of Greater Manchester is supplied with soft water. 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
- 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
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
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.
