- Postcode districts
- L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 + 12 more
- Nearby
- Birkenhead, Wallasey and Litherland
- Guide price
- £1,700–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Merseyside
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Liverpool?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Liverpool is £1,700–£4,200 including VAT. 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 Liverpool including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Liverpool
As well as Liverpool itself (L1, L2, L3 and 15 more postcode districts), we survey in Birkenhead, Wallasey and Litherland.
In a city the size of Liverpool, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If your Liverpool cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. We survey cloakrooms in Liverpool with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Most of Merseyside 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
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
Decisions to make first
Door
An outward-opening door is usually needed so it does not hit the WC. A sliding door suits a narrow hallway where an outward door would block the way.
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.
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.
