Cloakrooms & downstairs WCs in South Yorkshire

What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in South Yorkshire?

Our guide range in South Yorkshire is £1,650–£4,200 including VAT. Prices in South Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for South Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in South Yorkshire?

• Sheffield
• Rotherham
• Doncaster
• Barnsley
• Bentley
• Chapeltown
• Darton
• Dinnington
• Adwick le Street
• Rawmarsh
• Maltby
• Thorne
• Wath upon Dearne
• Conisbrough
• Hoyland Nether
• Wombwell
• Mexborough

Most of South Yorkshire has moderately hard water. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. We survey cloakrooms in Sheffield with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.

What the job includes

• A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
• 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
• A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
• Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rules that apply in England

A cloakroom refit does not need planning permission, and forming a new one inside the house rarely does, although a listed building needs listed building consent for internal alterations affecting its character. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. The water fittings rules in each nation limit a new WC to a 6-litre flush.

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.