- Postcode districts
- KT23, RH4
- Nearby
- Leatherhead, Reigate and Redhill
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Surrey
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Dorking?
In Dorking, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, based on South East England prices. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Dorking including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Dorking
In Dorking we cover KT23 and RH4; we also cover Leatherhead, 4.4 miles away, and Reigate.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Dorking: free survey, written quote, one team. If the only toilet in your Dorking home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. If your Dorking cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Supplies across most of Surrey 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
