- Postcode districts
- NE29, NE30, NE33
- Nearby
- North Shields, South Shields and Whitley Bay
- 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 Tynemouth?
Guide price in Tynemouth: £1,600–£4,000 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in North East England run at about 10% below 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
- 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 Tynemouth including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Tynemouth
We work right across Tynemouth — NE29, NE30 and NE33 — and in neighbouring North Shields and South Shields.
Homes in and around Tynemouth vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. We survey cloakrooms in Tynemouth with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. Where your Tynemouth home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Most of Tyne and Wear is supplied with soft water. 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
