What does a family bathroom cost in Worcestershire?
Our guide range in Worcestershire is £5,900–£10,750 including VAT.
Essential
- Bath with shower over and screen
Signature
- Thermostatic shower, bath screen
Bespoke
- Underfloor heating, feature lighting
Guide prices for Worcestershire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Worcestershire?
Most of Worcestershire 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 Worcester 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
- 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
- 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
- Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, with the waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.