- Postcode districts
- NE5, NE15
- Nearby
- Blaydon-on-Tyne, Whickham and Gosforth
- Guide price
- £1,600–£4,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Newburn?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Newburn is £1,600–£4,000 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for North East England, where prices are typically about 10% below the UK average. 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 Newburn including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Newburn
As well as Newburn itself (NE5 and NE15), we survey in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Whickham and Gosforth.
In Newburn, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Where your Newburn home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. If the only toilet in your Newburn home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of Tyne and Wear are soft. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
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.
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.
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.
