- Postcode districts
- BB4, OL13
- Nearby
- Haslingden, Ramsbottom 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 Rawtenstall?
As a guide, budget £1,700 to £4,200 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Rawtenstall; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in North West England run at about 6% below 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 Rawtenstall including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Rawtenstall
In Rawtenstall we cover BB4 and OL13; we also cover Haslingden, 1.6 miles away, and Ramsbottom.
Rawtenstall gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If the only toilet in your Rawtenstall home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. For a new cloakroom in Rawtenstall, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
Water across much of Lancashire is 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 survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- 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
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
Under-stair layout
Headroom drops quickly under stairs. The basin and the space in front of the WC need standing height; the low end of the room can take the cistern or storage.
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.
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.
