- Postcode districts
- BS20
- Nearby
- Nailsea, Clevedon and Bishopsworth
- 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 Portishead?
As a guide, budget £1,850 to £4,600 including VAT for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Portishead; your written quote will pin it down. 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 Portishead including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Portishead
In Portishead we cover BS20; we also cover Nailsea, 3.5 miles away, and Clevedon.
In Portishead, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Portishead cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. We survey cloakrooms in Portishead with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Supplies across most of Somerset are 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
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- 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
- 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.
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.
