Loft bathrooms in Ilkeston

Postcode districts: DE7, NG10
Nearby: Eastwood, Heanor and Long Eaton
Guide price: £6,200–£12,500
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Moderately hard across most of Derbyshire
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Ilkeston?

For Ilkeston, our guide range for a loft bathroom is £6,200 to £12,500 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East Midlands, where prices are typically about 4% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£5,300–£8,200

Shower, basin and WC replaced

Typical

Signature

£7,700–£12,500

Pump or macerator where needed

New loft bathroom

£9,600–£17,250

Formed in an existing loft room

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

Working in Ilkeston

As well as Ilkeston itself (DE7 and NG10), we survey in Eastwood, Heanor and Long Eaton.

In Ilkeston, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Ilkeston home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. For a loft bathroom in a tank-fed Ilkeston home, we work out how the shower will get its pressure before choosing a single fitting.

Most of Derbyshire has moderately hard water. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Ilkeston. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.

What the job includes

A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level

Decisions to make first

Where the shower goes

Under the ridge or in a dormer, where the full height is. A walk-in shower with a single panel is usually easier to fit to a roof line than a framed enclosure.

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.

More about loft bathrooms

Loft bathrooms in Ilkeston: questions

What is the price of a loft bathroom in Ilkeston?

A loft bathroom in Ilkeston usually costs £6,200–£12,500 including VAT. Expect the lower end for a like-for-like job with standard products, and the upper end if things move or you choose premium finishes. Your quote is itemised and fixed in writing once agreed.

Is the home survey in Ilkeston really free?

Yes. We visit, measure the room, check the pipework, drainage and electrics, and talk through what you want. You then get a written, itemised quote with no obligation to go ahead.

Do you cover DE7 and NG10 in Ilkeston?

Yes. We cover all of Ilkeston, including DE7 and NG10, and nearby Eastwood, Heanor and Long Eaton. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Ilkeston?

Is a bath too heavy for a loft floor?

A standard acrylic bath is usually fine on a loft floor built for a conversion, but a filled bath with someone in it is heavy, and stone-resin or cast-iron baths are much heavier still. We check the joist size, span and direction at the survey, and a heavy bath may need a structural check and strengthening first.