- Postcode districts
- NE29, NE30, NE33
- Nearby
- Tynemouth, North Shields and Jarrow
- Guide price
- £5,800–£10,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–10 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a fitted bathroom cost in South Shields?
Our guide price for a fitted bathroom in South Shields is £5,800–£10,750 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for North East England, where prices are typically about 10% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Essential
- Like-for-like layout
Signature
- Thermostatic shower and glass screen
Bespoke
- Full-height tiling, underfloor heating
Guide prices for South Shields including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in South Shields
We work right across South Shields — NE29, NE30 and NE33 — and in neighbouring Tynemouth and North Shields.
Across a large town like South Shields, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If your South Shields bathroom has pipes boxed in at odd angles, a fitted run is often the neatest way to hide them for good. Fitted furniture suits the many South Shields bathrooms that have to hold towels, toiletries and cleaning things for a whole household.
Water across much of Tyne and Wear is soft. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Fitting of the furniture, worktop, sanitaryware and glass, then silicone, testing and a clean handover
- Supply of the suite, fitted furniture, worktop, brassware, tiles and accessories
- Boarding, tanking in the wet areas, wall and floor tiling
- Electrical work by a qualified electrician: lighting, extractor fan, shaver socket or heating, tested and certified
Decisions to make first
Worktop
Laminate is the budget choice, quartz-effect and solid surface resist water and stains, and a moulded basin-and-top in one piece has no joints to clean.
Tiling height
Tiling just the wet areas keeps the cost down. Full-height tiling looks better and is easier to wipe clean.
Rules that apply in England
In England, new circuits and most electrical changes in a bathroom are notifiable under Part P, so they must be done by an electrician registered with a competent person scheme or notified to building control. If you are adding a new extractor fan, Approved Document F gives 15 litres per second as the usual intermittent extract rate.
