- Postcode districts
- WD6
- Nearby
- Barnet, Bushey and Potters Bar
- Guide price
- £6,900–£13,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Hertfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Borehamwood?
Our guide price for a loft bathroom in Borehamwood is £6,900–£13,750 including VAT. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above 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
- Shower, basin and WC replaced
Signature
- Pump or macerator where needed
New loft bathroom
- Formed in an existing loft room
Guide prices for Borehamwood including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Borehamwood
We work right across Borehamwood — WD6 — and in neighbouring Barnet and Bushey.
Homes in and around Borehamwood vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump.
Most of Hertfordshire has very hard water. If your supply in Borehamwood 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 shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
Decisions to make first
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.
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 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.
