What does a loft bathroom cost in Fife?
Our guide range in Fife is £6,200–£12,500 including VAT. Prices in Fife run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on Scotland labour rates.
Refit
- Tiling, lighting, extractor fan
Signature
- Walk-in shower under the ridge
New loft bathroom
- New drainage route and water supply
Guide prices for Fife including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Fife?
Supplies across most of Fife are soft. If that holds for your street in Dunfermline, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Dunfermline house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump.
What the job includes
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
Roof window
A roof window over the bath or shower brings daylight and fresh air, but plan the blind for privacy and expect condensation on cold glass.
Rules that apply in Scotland
A bathroom inside an existing loft room does not usually need planning permission, but forming one is normally building-regulations work because of the new drainage, extract ventilation and electrics. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. Under the water fittings rules, a shower pump must never be connected directly to the mains supply.
In Scotland, forming a new bathroom in the loft or altering the drainage may need a building warrant. The Technical Handbook uses 15 litres per second extract for a bathroom, and water fittings are covered by the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014.