- Postcode districts
- LS1, LS2, LS3, LS4, LS5, LS6 + 13 more
- Nearby
- Batley, Dewsbury and Wakefield
- Guide price
- £1,650–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of West Yorkshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Leeds?
For Leeds, our guide range for a cloakroom or downstairs WC is £1,650 to £4,200 including VAT. Prices in Yorkshire and the Humber run at about 7% 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
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Leeds including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Leeds
In Leeds we cover LS1, LS2, LS3 and 16 more postcode districts; we also cover Batley, 7.4 miles away, and Dewsbury.
In a city the size of Leeds, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. Where your Leeds home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. If your Leeds cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Water across much of West Yorkshire is soft. 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- 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.
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.
