- Postcode districts
- IP32, IP33
- Nearby
- Thetford, Stowmarket and Newmarket
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Suffolk
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Bury St Edmunds?
For Bury St Edmunds, our guide range for a cloakroom or downstairs WC is £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT. Labour costs in East of England put local prices at about 6% above the UK guide figure. 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 Bury St Edmunds including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Bury St Edmunds
We work right across Bury St Edmunds — IP32 and IP33 — and in neighbouring Thetford and Stowmarket.
Homes in and around Bury St Edmunds vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If the only toilet in your Bury St Edmunds home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. We survey cloakrooms in Bury St Edmunds with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Most of Suffolk has very hard water. 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
- 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 new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
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.
