- Postcode districts
- BB8, BB9
- Nearby
- Nelson, Burnley and Accrington
- Guide price
- £1,700–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Colne?
As a guide, budget £1,700 to £4,200 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Colne; 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
- Compact WC and corner or wall basin
Upgrade
- Feature tiles and lighting
New cloakroom
- Formed under the stairs or in a utility
Guide prices for Colne including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Colne
In Colne we cover BB8 and BB9; we also cover Nelson, 2.1 miles away, and Burnley.
Colne gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. We survey cloakrooms in Colne with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. If the only toilet in your Colne home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Most of Lancashire 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
- 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
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
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.
