- Postcode districts
- B8, B9, B24
- Nearby
- Aston, Birmingham and Acocks Green
- 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 Washwood Heath?
Guide price in Washwood Heath: £1,750–£4,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Existing downstairs WC
Upgrade
- Vanity basin with storage
New cloakroom
- Extractor fan to regulations
Guide prices for Washwood Heath including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Washwood Heath
As well as Washwood Heath itself (B8, B9 and B24), we survey in Aston, Birmingham and Acocks Green.
Homes in and around Washwood Heath vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Washwood Heath cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. For a new cloakroom in Washwood Heath, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs.
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 new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- 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
Decisions to make first
Macerator or gravity
Gravity drainage is silent and needs no maintenance. A macerator lets a WC go where a pipe could not otherwise fall, provided another WC in the house is on gravity drainage.
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.
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.
