- Postcode districts
- NG31
- Nearby
- Sleaford, Newark on Trent and Melton Mowbray
- 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 Grantham?
As a guide, budget £1,750 to £4,300 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Grantham; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in East Midlands put local prices at about 4% 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 Grantham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Grantham
In Grantham we cover NG31; we also cover Sleaford, 11.4 miles away, and Newark on Trent.
Homes in and around Grantham vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Grantham cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. For a new cloakroom in Grantham, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
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
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
WC style
A wall-hung WC on a frame gives the most floor space and looks neat. A back-to-wall pan in a short furniture unit is easier to fit against an uneven wall.
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.
