- Postcode districts
- L34, L35, L36
- Nearby
- Huyton, St Helens and Halewood
- 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 Prescot?
As a guide, budget £1,700 to £4,200 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Prescot; 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 Prescot including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Prescot
In Prescot we cover L34, L35 and L36; we also cover Huyton, 2 miles away, and St Helens.
In Prescot, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Prescot cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Prescot home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Supplies across most of Merseyside are 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 new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
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.
