- Postcode districts
- PE21
- Nearby
- Spalding, Sleaford and Skegness
- Guide price
- £1,750–£4,300
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Lincolnshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Boston?
Guide price in Boston: £1,750–£4,300 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in East Midlands run at about 4% 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
- 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 Boston including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Boston
In Boston we cover PE21; we also cover Spalding, 14.1 miles away, and Sleaford.
Homes in and around Boston vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. For a new cloakroom in Boston, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. We survey cloakrooms in Boston with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Most of Lincolnshire has hard water. 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
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
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.
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.
