- Postcode districts
- SS6
- Nearby
- Hadleigh, South Benfleet and Wickford
- Guide price
- £6,400–£11,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–10 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Essex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a family bathroom cost in Rayleigh?
For Rayleigh, our guide range for a family bathroom is £6,400 to £11,750 including VAT. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Essential
- Tiling around bath and basin
Signature
- Fitted vanity and WC unit
Bespoke
- Double basin or freestanding bath
Guide prices for Rayleigh including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Rayleigh
We cover every part of Rayleigh, including SS6, and nearby Hadleigh (2.3 miles) and South Benfleet (3 miles).
In Rayleigh, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Whether your Rayleigh bathroom is a narrow galley or a square main room, we show you whether a separate shower would fit before you decide. If you have young children at home in Rayleigh, we can talk through a bath that is easy to lean over, a slip-resistant floor and high-level storage.
Most of Essex has very hard water. We plan easy-clean glass, rimless toilets and finishes that do not show limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- 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
- Supply of the bath, basin, WC, brassware, shower, screen, tiles and heated towel rail
- New pipework, wastes and isolation valves, plus a thermostatic shower valve so the temperature holds when someone runs a tap
Decisions to make first
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
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.
