- Postcode districts
- FK1, FK2, FK5
- Nearby
- Grangemouth, Alloa and Cumbernauld
- Guide price
- £6,200–£12,500
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Forth Valley
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Falkirk?
Our guide price for a loft bathroom in Falkirk is £6,200–£12,500 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for Scotland, 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
- Shower, basin and WC replaced
Signature
- Pump or macerator where needed
New loft bathroom
- Formed in an existing loft room
Guide prices for Falkirk including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Falkirk
We cover every part of Falkirk, including FK1, FK2 and FK5, and nearby Grangemouth (2.5 miles) and Alloa (7.9 miles).
Homes in and around Falkirk vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. We plan loft bathrooms in Falkirk around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage. If your Falkirk 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 the Forth Valley is soft. If that holds for your street in Falkirk, 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.
What the job includes
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- 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.
Rules that apply in Scotland
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.
