- Postcode districts
- NE62, NE63, NE64
- Nearby
- Bedlington, Blyth and Cramlington
- Guide price
- £1,600–£4,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Northumberland
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Ashington?
As a guide, budget £1,600 to £4,000 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Ashington; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in North East England run at about 10% 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 Ashington including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ashington
As well as Ashington itself (NE62, NE63 and NE64), we survey in Bedlington, Blyth and Cramlington.
In Ashington, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Ashington cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Ashington home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Supplies across most of Northumberland 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 survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
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.
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.
