- Postcode districts
- EC1, EC1A, EC1M, EC1R, EC1V, EC1Y + 6 more
- Nearby
- Archway, Tottenham and Walthamstow
- Guide price
- £8,100–£16,250
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Greater London
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Islington?
Guide price in Islington: £8,100–£16,250 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. We adjust the national guide for London, where prices are typically about 25% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Existing loft shower room
Signature
- Fitted furniture to the eaves
New loft bathroom
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Islington including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Islington
As well as Islington itself (EC1, EC1A, EC1M and 9 more postcode districts), we survey in Archway, Tottenham and Walthamstow.
In Islington, many bathrooms are in flats or converted houses, so we check lease consents, access and the floor below before we price. If your Islington home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. If your Islington 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.
Most of Greater London has very hard water. If your supply in Islington 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 your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
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.
Eaves storage
Low cupboards built into the slope behind the WC or basin take clutter out of the room and hide the pipework.
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.
