Loft bathrooms in Portslade

Postcode districts: BN3, BN41, BN42
Nearby: Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton
Guide price: £7,300–£14,500
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Hard across most of East Sussex
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Portslade?

Guide price in Portslade: £7,300–£14,500 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in South East England put local prices at about 12% above the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£6,200–£9,500

Tiling, lighting, extractor fan

Typical

Signature

£9,000–£14,500

Walk-in shower under the ridge

New loft bathroom

£11,250–£20,250

New drainage route and water supply

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

Working in Portslade

In Portslade we cover BN3, BN41 and BN42; we also cover Hove, 2.3 miles away, and Shoreham-by-Sea.

Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Portslade: free survey, written quote, one team. We plan loft bathrooms in Portslade around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage. If your Portslade house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump.

Most of East Sussex has hard water. If your supply in Portslade 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

An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
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 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.

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.

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 Portslade: questions

How much does a loft bathroom cost in Portslade?

A loft bathroom in Portslade usually costs £7,300–£14,500 including VAT. Where you land in that range depends on the size of the room, whether the layout changes and the products you choose. After the free survey you get an itemised written quote, and the price is fixed in writing once the layout and products are agreed.

Who handles building control for a loft bathroom in Portslade?

Building control for Portslade 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 Portslade.

Is the home survey in Portslade 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.

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.