What does a family bathroom cost in South Glamorgan?
Our guide range in South Glamorgan is £5,600–£10,250 including VAT. Prices in South Glamorgan run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Wales labour rates.
Essential
- White suite, chrome taps
Signature
- Porcelain tiles, heated towel rail
Bespoke
- Separate bath and shower
Guide prices for South Glamorgan including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in South Glamorgan?
Most of South Glamorgan 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. If your Cardiff home has just one bathroom, we plan the fit so the toilet is working again at the end of each day wherever the job allows.
What the job includes
- Wall and floor tiling, with a floor finish chosen to grip under wet feet
- Final silicone, a test of every tap and waste, and a clean handover
- Moisture-resistant boarding and tanking around the bath and shower before any tiling
- 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
- New pipework, wastes and isolation valves, plus a thermostatic shower valve so the temperature holds when someone runs a tap
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rules that apply in Wales
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.
Wales has its own Part P, with a wider list of notifiable electrical work than England, and its own Part F with similar extract rates if the fan is replaced. Ask your electrician which parts of the job will be notified, and expect a certificate at the end.