Fitted bathroom furniture in Cheshire

What does fitted bathroom furniture cost in Cheshire?

Our guide range in Cheshire is £1,400–£5,600 including VAT. Prices in Cheshire run at about 6% below the UK guide, based on North West England labour rates.

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

Which towns do we cover in Cheshire?

• Warrington
• Chester
• Crewe
• Ellesmere Port
• Widnes
• Runcorn
• Macclesfield
• Northwich
• Great Sankey
• Winsford
• Congleton
• Wilmslow
• Sandbach
• Nantwich

Most of Cheshire has moderately hard water. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. We measure Warrington bathrooms wall by wall before ordering, so the run is made for your room.

What the job includes

• Supply of carcasses, doors, plinths, fillers and end panels in your chosen finish
• Measuring every wall for length, height and how far it is out of square
• A worktop cut to length, with basin and tap cut-outs and sealed edges
• Tall units fixed to the wall, doors adjusted and soft-close hinges set
• Basin, tap and waste connected, and the WC pan fixed and joined to the soil pipe
• Fillers and end panels scribed to the walls, and the worktop sealed with silicone

Decisions to make first

Carcass board

Moisture-resistant board with sealed edges is the minimum. Some ranges use a PVC-based or similar carcass that copes better with splashes and leaks.

Lighting in the run

Plinth lights and an illuminated mirror cabinet must be planned at first fix, because the cables run inside the furniture and need RCD protection.

Cistern type

A back-to-wall pan can use a cistern that sits inside the WC unit, which is simple to service. A wall-hung WC needs a load-bearing frame built in behind the run.

Unit depth

Slimline units are shallower and suit narrow rooms; standard-depth units hold more and give a wider worktop over the cistern.

Rules that apply in England

Fitted furniture itself is not controlled by building regulations, but what goes into it is. A new WC must meet the water fittings rules, with a maximum 6-litre flush and backflow protection. Illuminated mirrors, cabinet lights and shaver points must suit the bathroom zones under BS 7671, on circuits with 30 mA RCD protection, and apart from shaver supply units, sockets must be at least 3 m from the edge of zone 1.

In England, wiring a lit mirror or plinth lights means altering a circuit in a room with a bath or shower, which is notifiable under Part P. The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 cover the new WC and basin taps.