- Postcode districts
- WN1, WN3, WN5
- Nearby
- Westhoughton, Golborne and Horwich
- 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 Wigan?
In Wigan, a loft bathroom typically costs £6,100–£12,250 including VAT, based on North West England prices. Prices in North West England run at about 6% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Tiling, lighting, extractor fan
Signature
- Walk-in shower under the ridge
New loft bathroom
- New drainage route and water supply
Guide prices for Wigan including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Wigan
We work right across Wigan — WN1, WN3 and WN5 — and in neighbouring Westhoughton and Golborne.
Across a large town like Wigan, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If your Wigan house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump. If your Wigan 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 Manchester is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Wigan, 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 survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- 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
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.
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.
