Cloakrooms & downstairs WCs in West Yorkshire

What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in West Yorkshire?

Our guide range in West Yorkshire is £1,650–£4,200 including VAT. Prices in West Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for West Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in West Yorkshire?

• Leeds
• Bradford
• Huddersfield
• Wakefield
• Halifax
• Dewsbury
• Morley
• Keighley
• Castleford
• Pontefract
• Batley
• Yeadon
• Brighouse
• Shipley
• Cleckheaton
• Pudsey
• Lofthouse
• Ossett
• Guiseley
• Liversedge
• Horsforth
• South Elmsall
• Mirfield
• Heckmondwike
• Bingley
• Kippax
• Baildon
• Elland

Most of West Yorkshire 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. If the only toilet in your Leeds home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.

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
• A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
• An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
• 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

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.

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.

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.

Rules that apply in England

A cloakroom refit does not need planning permission, and forming a new one inside the house rarely does, although a listed building needs listed building consent for internal alterations affecting its character. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. The water fittings rules in each nation limit a new WC to a 6-litre flush.

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.