Family bathrooms in Cheshire

What does a family bathroom cost in Cheshire?

Our guide range in Cheshire is £5,600–£10,250 including VAT. Prices in Cheshire run at about 6% below the UK guide, based on North West England labour rates.

Guide prices for Cheshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in Cheshire?

• Warrington
• Chester
• Crewe
• Ellesmere Port
• Widnes
• Runcorn
• Macclesfield
• Northwich
• Great Sankey
• Winsford
• Congleton
• Wilmslow
• Sandbach
• Nantwich

Supplies across most of Cheshire are moderately hard. Easy-clean glass and good-quality brassware are money well spent. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If you have young children at home in Warrington, we can talk through a bath that is easy to lean over, a slip-resistant floor and high-level storage.

What the job includes

• Lights, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
• A free home survey covering room sizes, the soil stack position, your boiler or cylinder type and water pressure
• Supply of the bath, basin, WC, brassware, shower, screen, tiles and heated towel rail
• Wall and floor tiling, with a floor finish chosen to grip under wet feet
• Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, with the waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
• A layout that keeps a full-size bath, with options for a shower over it or a separate enclosure if the room allows

Decisions to make first

Bath material

Reinforced acrylic is warm to the touch and light on the floor. Steel enamel is harder-wearing and feels more solid, but it draws heat from the water faster.

Floor

Matt or textured porcelain is the hardest-wearing option. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) is warmer, quieter and cheaper to lay. Avoid polished tiles where children climb out of the bath.

Screen or curtain

Glass keeps water in better than a curtain and does not go mouldy at the hem. A folding or hinged screen swings out of the way when you are kneeling to bath a child.

Bath shape

A standard 1700 mm bath fits most rooms. A shower bath widens at one end to give more standing room under the shower; a double-ended bath puts the waste in the middle so two children can share without one sitting on the plug.

Rules that apply in England

Refitting a family bathroom in the same room does not need planning permission. The electrics must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every circuit in the room and at least IPX4 fittings in the zone above the bath, up to 2.25 m. The water fittings rules in each nation limit a new WC to a 6-litre flush and require protection against dirty water flowing back into the supply.

In England, any new circuit, or any change to the wiring in a room with a bath or shower, is notifiable under Part P. Part G limits the hot water at a new bath to 48 °C only in a new dwelling or one created by change of use; it does not apply to a replacement bath in an existing house, but a thermostatic valve is a sensible choice where children bathe.