- Postcode districts
- CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4
- Nearby
- Sudbury, Clacton-on-Sea and Witham
- Guide price
- £4,800–£9,500
- Typical time on site
- 4–8 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Essex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does an en-suite cost in Colchester?
For Colchester, our guide range for an en-suite is £4,800 to £9,500 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East of England, where prices are typically about 6% above the UK average. 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 Colchester including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Colchester
We work right across Colchester — CO1, CO2, CO3 and 1 more postcode districts — and in neighbouring Sudbury and Clacton-on-Sea.
Colchester is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. If the en-suite in your Colchester home was squeezed in by a previous owner, a refit is a chance to fix the door swing and the tray size. If your Colchester home has one bathroom and a good-sized main bedroom, an en-suite is often the change that eases the morning queue.
Most of Essex has very hard water. If your supply in Colchester 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
- 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
- A survey that traces the route from the en-suite to the soil stack and checks the fall the waste pipes would need
- 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.
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
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.
