- Postcode districts
- LU6
- Nearby
- Luton, Leighton Buzzard and Harpenden
- Guide price
- £6,900–£13,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Bedfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Dunstable?
As a guide, budget £6,900 to £13,750 including VAT for a loft bathroom in Dunstable; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Existing loft shower room
Signature
- Fitted furniture to the eaves
New loft bathroom
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Dunstable including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Dunstable
We work right across Dunstable — LU6 — and in neighbouring Luton and Leighton Buzzard.
In Dunstable, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Dunstable loft shower is weak or the waste drains slowly, the fix is often in the pump or the pipe fall rather than the shower itself. If your Dunstable home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options.
Water across much of Bedfordshire is very hard. If your supply in Dunstable is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
Decisions to make first
Roof window
A roof window over the bath or shower brings daylight and fresh air, but plan the blind for privacy and expect condensation on cold glass.
Bath or no bath
A bath under the slope makes good use of low space, but the floor has to carry it when it is full of water and someone is in it.
Rules that apply in England
In England, new drainage and a new connection to the soil stack fall under Part H, a new bathroom needs extract of 15 litres per second intermittent or 8 litres per second continuous under Approved Document F, and new circuits are notifiable under Part P. If the work includes an unvented hot-water cylinder, it must be fitted by a G3-qualified installer.
