- Postcode districts
- RG2, RG5, RG6
- Nearby
- Reading, Wokingham and Crowthorne
- Guide price
- £5,000–£10,000
- Typical time on site
- 4–8 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Berkshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does an en-suite cost in Lower Earley?
Our guide price for an en-suite in Lower Earley is £5,000–£10,000 including VAT. 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
- Shower, basin and WC replaced
Upgrade
- Full-height porcelain tiling
New en-suite
- Formed inside an existing bedroom
Guide prices for Lower Earley including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Lower Earley
We work right across Lower Earley — RG2, RG5 and RG6 — and in neighbouring Reading and Wokingham.
Homes in and around Lower Earley vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Lower Earley home has one bathroom and a good-sized main bedroom, an en-suite is often the change that eases the morning queue. For an en-suite in Lower Earley, the first question at the survey is always where the waste can reach the soil stack.
Most of Berkshire has hard water. If your supply in Lower Earley 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.
What the job includes
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, sized to the room and wired with an overrun timer or humidistat
- A pumped waste or macerator where gravity drainage is not possible, and only where the house already has a WC on gravity drainage
- 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
Decisions to make first
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.
Night lighting
A mirror light or low-level LED strip on its own switch lets you use the en-suite at night without the full glare of the ceiling lights.
Rules that apply in England
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.
