- Postcode districts
- HP1, HP2, HP3
- Nearby
- Berkhamsted, St Albans and North Watford
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Hertfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Hemel Hempstead?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Hemel Hempstead; 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
- Existing downstairs WC
Upgrade
- Vanity basin with storage
New cloakroom
- Extractor fan to regulations
Guide prices for Hemel Hempstead including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Hemel Hempstead
We cover every part of Hemel Hempstead, including HP1, HP2 and HP3, and nearby Berkhamsted (5 miles) and St Albans (5 miles).
Across a large town like Hemel Hempstead, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. We survey cloakrooms in Hemel Hempstead with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. If your Hemel Hempstead cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Supplies across most of Hertfordshire 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
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- 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
Macerator or gravity
Gravity drainage is silent and needs no maintenance. A macerator lets a WC go where a pipe could not otherwise fall, provided another WC in the house is on gravity drainage.
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.
