- Postcode districts
- TD5
- Nearby
- Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
- Guide price
- £1,750–£4,300
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Kelso?
In Kelso, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £1,750–£4,300 including VAT, based on Scotland prices. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% 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
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Kelso including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Kelso
We work right across Kelso — TD5 — and in neighbouring Galashiels and Hawick.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Kelso: free survey, written quote, one team. If your Kelso cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Kelso home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Supplies across most of the Scottish Borders 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 concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- 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
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
Decisions to make first
Macerator or gravity
Gravity drainage is silent and needs no maintenance. A macerator lets a WC go where a pipe could not otherwise fall, provided another WC in the house is on gravity drainage.
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.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, forming a new WC that alters drainage may need a building warrant, while refitting an existing cloakroom normally does not. Water fittings are covered by the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014, and electrics should be tested and certified to BS 7671.
