What does an en-suite cost in County Durham?
Our guide range in County Durham is £4,000–£8,100 including VAT. Prices in County Durham run at about 10% below the UK guide, based on North East England labour rates.
Refit
- Tiling, lighting and extractor fan
Upgrade
- Walk-in shower or larger tray
New en-suite
- New stud walls, drainage and pump if needed
Guide prices for County Durham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in County Durham?
- Darlington
- Hartlepool
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Durham
- Chester-le-Street
- Billingham
- Stanley
- Consett
- Newton Aycliffe
- Bishop Auckland
- Seaham
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- Peterlee
- Yarm
- Spennymoor
Most of County Durham has moderately hard water. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Darlington. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Darlington home has one bathroom and a good-sized main bedroom, an en-suite is often the change that eases the morning queue.
What the job includes
- Tiling, silicone, testing and making good on the bedroom side of any new walls
- 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
- Stud walls with acoustic insulation and moisture-resistant board for a new en-suite
- A short-projection or wall-hung WC and a compact basin chosen to keep the floor clear
- A door that suits a tight space: inward, outward, sliding or a pocket door
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
Exposed or concealed valve
An exposed bar valve is quicker to fit and easy to service. A concealed valve looks cleaner but sits inside the wall, so plan how it will be reached for repairs.
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.