Loft bathrooms in Ferndown

Postcode districts: BH22
Nearby: Wimborne Minster, Bournemouth and Christchurch
Guide price: £6,600–£13,250
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Hard across most of Dorset
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Ferndown?

Guide price in Ferndown: £6,600–£13,250 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£5,600–£8,700

Tiling, lighting, extractor fan

Typical

Signature

£8,200–£13,250

Walk-in shower under the ridge

New loft bathroom

£10,250–£18,250

New drainage route and water supply

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

Working in Ferndown

As well as Ferndown itself (BH22), we survey in Wimborne Minster, Bournemouth and Christchurch.

Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Ferndown: free survey, written quote, one team. If your Ferndown home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. We plan loft bathrooms in Ferndown around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage.

Water across much of Dorset is hard. If your supply in Ferndown 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

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
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

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.

Gravity or pumped waste

Gravity is silent and maintenance-free. A pumped waste or macerator lets fittings sit away from the stack, provided the house has a WC on gravity drainage elsewhere.

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.

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Loft bathrooms in Ferndown: questions

How much does a loft bathroom cost in Ferndown?

A loft bathroom in Ferndown usually costs £6,600–£13,250 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.

Who handles building control for a loft bathroom in Ferndown?

Building control for Ferndown is handled by the local council or an approved inspector. If your job needs sign-off — for example a new circuit, new drainage or a new extractor where there was none — we tell you at the survey and handle the notification as part of the work.

How long does a loft bathroom take?

Allow 6–12 working days on site for most jobs, plus the lead time for products after you approve the quote. We give you a day-by-day plan before work starts in Ferndown.

Is the home survey in Ferndown 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.

Electric shower or pumped shower in a loft?

An electric shower heats cold mains water as it flows, so it works in a loft whatever your hot-water system, but its flow is lower than a good pumped or mains-pressure mixer and it needs its own electrical circuit. A pumped mixer gives a stronger shower on a gravity system. See choosing a shower for the full comparison.