- Postcode districts
- BA11
- Nearby
- Westbury, Warminster and Trowbridge
- Guide price
- £1,850–£4,600
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Somerset
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Frome?
Guide price in Frome: £1,850–£4,600 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. 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 Frome including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Frome
As well as Frome itself (BA11), we survey in Westbury, Warminster and Trowbridge.
Homes in and around Frome vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. For a new cloakroom in Frome, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Frome home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Water across much of Somerset is hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. 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
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
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.
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.
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.
