- Postcode districts
- BL9, M26, M45
- Nearby
- Whitefield, Prestwich and Bury
- Guide price
- £6,100–£12,250
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Greater Manchester
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Radcliffe?
Our guide price for a loft bathroom in Radcliffe is £6,100–£12,250 including VAT. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. 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 Radcliffe including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Radcliffe
In Radcliffe we cover BL9, M26 and M45; we also cover Whitefield, 1.3 miles away, and Prestwich.
Homes in and around Radcliffe vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Radcliffe 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. If your Radcliffe loft conversion has a bedroom but no bathroom, the survey starts with where the soil stack runs and how much headroom you have.
Most of Greater Manchester is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Radcliffe, 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
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- 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
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.
Bath or no bath
A bath under the slope makes good use of low space, but the floor has to carry it when it is full of water and someone is in it.
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.
