- Postcode districts
- WD1, WD17, WD18, WD24, WD25
- Nearby
- Bushey, North Watford and Rickmansworth
- 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 Watford?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Watford; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Watford including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Watford
We cover every part of Watford, including WD1, WD17, WD18 and 2 more postcode districts, and nearby Bushey (1.7 miles) and North Watford (1.8 miles).
Watford has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. If the only toilet in your Watford home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. If your Watford 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
- 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
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
Decisions to make first
Finishes
A small room can carry a bolder tile or wallpaper. A feature wall behind the WC costs far less here than in a full bathroom because there is so little of it.
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.
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.
