- Postcode districts
- WS13
- Nearby
- Burntwood, Tamworth and Aldridge
- Guide price
- £1,750–£4,400
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of Staffordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Lichfield?
Guide price in Lichfield: £1,750–£4,400 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
- 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 Lichfield including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Lichfield
As well as Lichfield itself (WS13), we survey in Burntwood, Tamworth and Aldridge.
In Lichfield, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. For a new cloakroom in Lichfield, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Lichfield, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days.
Water across much of Staffordshire is moderately hard. 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.
What the job includes
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
Decisions to make first
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.
Basin
A corner basin fits the tightest rooms. A slim vanity basin with a cupboard underneath gives somewhere to keep spare toilet rolls and soap, and hides the trap.
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.
