- Postcode districts
- BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, BL7
- Nearby
- Farnworth, Westhoughton and Radcliffe
- 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 Bolton?
Guide price in Bolton: £1,700–£4,200 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. We adjust the national guide for North West England, where prices are typically about 6% below the UK average. 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 Bolton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Bolton
In Bolton we cover BL1, BL2, BL3 and 2 more postcode districts; we also cover Farnworth, 2.7 miles away, and Westhoughton.
Bolton has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. Where your Bolton home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. If your Bolton cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Supplies across most of Greater Manchester are 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- 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.
