- Postcode districts
- ST3, ST4, ST12
- Nearby
- Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle under Lyme and Kidsgrove
- 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 Longton?
For Longton, our guide range for a cloakroom or downstairs WC is £1,750 to £4,400 including VAT. 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 Longton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Longton
As well as Longton itself (ST3, ST4 and ST12), we survey in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle under Lyme and Kidsgrove.
Homes in and around Longton vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. We survey cloakrooms in Longton with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. If the only toilet in your Longton home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of Staffordshire are 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
- 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 new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
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.
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 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.
