What does a family bathroom cost in Nottinghamshire?
Our guide range in Nottinghamshire is £5,800–£10,500 including VAT. Prices in Nottinghamshire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on East Midlands labour rates.
Essential
- Bath with shower over and screen
Signature
- Thermostatic shower, bath screen
Bespoke
- Underfloor heating, feature lighting
Guide prices for Nottinghamshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Nottinghamshire?
- Nottingham
- Mansfield
- Worksop
- Newark on Trent
- Arnold
- West Bridgford
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Hucknall
- Kirkby in Ashfield
- Retford
- Eastwood
- Mansfield Woodhouse
Water across much of Nottinghamshire is hard. 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. If you are refreshing a family bathroom in Nottingham before selling, keeping the layout lets the budget go on the suite, tiles and shower.
What the job includes
- Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, with the waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
- Lights, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A layout that keeps a full-size bath, with options for a shower over it or a separate enclosure if the room allows
- A free home survey covering room sizes, the soil stack position, your boiler or cylinder type and water pressure
- Wall and floor tiling, with a floor finish chosen to grip under wet feet
- Moisture-resistant boarding and tanking around the bath and shower before any tiling
Decisions to make first
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.
Storage
A vanity under the basin, a tall unit or a mirror cabinet. High-level or lockable storage keeps medicines and cleaning products out of reach of small children.
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.