- Postcode districts
- DL4, DL5
- Nearby
- Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and Darlington
- 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 Newton Aycliffe?
As a guide, budget £5,800 to £11,750 including VAT for a loft bathroom in Newton Aycliffe; your written quote will pin it down. Prices in North East England run at about 10% below 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 Newton Aycliffe including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Newton Aycliffe
As well as Newton Aycliffe itself (DL4 and DL5), we survey in Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and Darlington.
Homes in and around Newton Aycliffe vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Newton Aycliffe house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump. If your Newton Aycliffe 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.
Water across much of County Durham is moderately hard. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Newton Aycliffe. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
