- Postcode districts
- WS9
- Nearby
- Walsall, Bloxwich and Sutton Coldfield
- Guide price
- £1,750–£4,400
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Varies across the West Midlands
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Aldridge?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Aldridge is £1,750–£4,400 including VAT. 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 Aldridge including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Aldridge
In Aldridge we cover WS9; we also cover Walsall, 3.1 miles away, and Bloxwich.
In Aldridge, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Aldridge, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days. Where your Aldridge home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Water hardness varies across the West Midlands: some supplies are soft, others moderately hard or 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
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
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.
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.
