Family bathrooms in Derbyshire

What does a family bathroom cost in Derbyshire?

Our guide range in Derbyshire is £5,800–£10,500 including VAT. Prices in Derbyshire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on East Midlands labour rates.

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

Which towns do we cover in Derbyshire?

• Derby
• Chesterfield
• Long Eaton
• Ilkeston
• Swadlincote
• Staveley
• Belper
• Heanor
• Alfreton
• Dronfield
• Ripley
• Buxton
• New Mills
• Glossop

Most of Derbyshire has moderately hard water. 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. For a busy Derby household sharing one main bathroom, a thermostatic shower over a full-size bath is usually the most practical layout.

What the job includes

• Supply of the bath, basin, WC, brassware, shower, screen, tiles and heated towel rail
• 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
• A layout that keeps a full-size bath, with options for a shower over it or a separate enclosure if the room allows
• Moisture-resistant boarding and tanking around the bath and shower before any tiling
• Wall and floor tiling, with a floor finish chosen to grip under wet feet

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.

Shower over the bath or separate

A shower over the bath with a fixed or hinged screen is the most space-efficient. A separate enclosure needs roughly another square metre of floor but means the bath queue no longer holds up the shower queue.

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.