- Postcode districts
- L20, L21, L22, L30, L37, L38 + 2 more
- Nearby
- Formby, Lytham St Annes and Ormskirk
- 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 Southport?
In Southport, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £1,700–£4,200 including VAT, based on North West England prices. We adjust the national guide for North West England, where prices are typically about 6% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Southport including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Southport
We work right across Southport — L20, L21, L22 and 5 more postcode districts — and in neighbouring Formby and Lytham St Annes.
Southport has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. Where your Southport home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. For a new cloakroom in Southport, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
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
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
