- Postcode districts
- RH15
- Nearby
- Haywards Heath, Lewes and Portslade
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of West Sussex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Burgess Hill?
Guide price in Burgess Hill: £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in South East England put local prices at about 12% above the UK guide figure. 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 Burgess Hill including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Burgess Hill
In Burgess Hill we cover RH15; we also cover Haywards Heath, 3 miles away, and Lewes.
In Burgess Hill, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Burgess Hill cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Burgess Hill home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Most of West Sussex has hard water. 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
- 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
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
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.
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.
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.
