- Postcode districts
- DH2
- Nearby
- Washington, Houghton-Le-Spring and Stanley
- Guide price
- £5,800–£11,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of County Durham
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Chester-le-Street?
As a guide, budget £5,800 to £11,750 including VAT for a loft bathroom in Chester-le-Street; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in North East England put local prices at about 10% below the UK guide figure. 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 Chester-le-Street including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Chester-le-Street
We work right across Chester-le-Street — DH2 — and in neighbouring Washington and Houghton-Le-Spring.
Homes in and around Chester-le-Street vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Chester-le-Street house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump. We plan loft bathrooms in Chester-le-Street around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage.
Most of County Durham has moderately hard water. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Chester-le-Street. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
Decisions to make first
Eaves storage
Low cupboards built into the slope behind the WC or basin take clutter out of the room and hide the pipework.
Getting the water pressure
A pumped shower suits a gravity system with a cold tank; an electric shower heats cold mains water at the point of use; a combi or unvented cylinder gives mains pressure throughout.
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.
