What does an en-suite cost in Berkshire?
Our guide range in Berkshire is £5,000–£10,000 including VAT. Prices in Berkshire run at about 12% above the UK guide, based on South East England labour rates.
Refit
- Existing en-suite, same layout
Upgrade
- Fitted furniture with storage
New en-suite
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Berkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Berkshire?
Water across much of Berkshire is hard. If your supply in Reading is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If the en-suite in your Reading home was squeezed in by a previous owner, a refit is a chance to fix the door swing and the tray size.
What the job includes
- A survey that traces the route from the en-suite to the soil stack and checks the fall the waste pipes would need
- Tiling, silicone, testing and making good on the bedroom side of any new walls
- A door that suits a tight space: inward, outward, sliding or a pocket door
- IP-rated lighting, a shaver socket and the electrics done by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A pumped waste or macerator where gravity drainage is not possible, and only where the house already has a WC on gravity drainage
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, sized to the room and wired with an overrun timer or humidistat
Decisions to make first
Noise
Acoustic insulation in the stud walls and a quiet fan make a real difference when one of you showers early while the other is still asleep.
Refit or new en-suite
A refit keeps the existing drainage and walls. A new en-suite costs more because the walls, waste route, fan duct and electrics all start from nothing.
Door type
An outward-opening door frees floor space inside. A sliding pocket door saves space on both sides but needs a stud wall long enough to take the cassette.
Shower size
A 900 mm square tray is a comfortable minimum for an enclosure. In a long, narrow room, a 1200 by 800 mm walk-in tray with one glass panel feels far more generous.
Rules that apply in England
Forming an en-suite inside an existing bedroom does not normally need planning permission, but it is usually building-regulations work because it adds drainage, ventilation and electrics. All wiring must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every circuit in the room. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. In a listed building, a new soil or vent pipe through a wall needs listed building consent.
In England, a new en-suite brings in Part H for the new connection to the soil stack, Approved Document F for ventilation, at 15 litres per second intermittent or 8 litres per second continuous extract, and Part P for the new circuits. The electrician should be registered with a competent person scheme, or the work notified to building control. On a refit, avoid replacing the fan with a less effective one.