- Postcode districts
- HA6, WD3, WD18
- Nearby
- Watford, Chalfont St Peter and North Watford
- 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 Rickmansworth?
For Rickmansworth, our guide range for a loft bathroom is £6,900 to £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
- Existing loft shower room
Signature
- Fitted furniture to the eaves
New loft bathroom
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Rickmansworth including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Rickmansworth
As well as Rickmansworth itself (HA6, WD3 and WD18), we survey in Watford, Chalfont St Peter and North Watford.
Homes in and around Rickmansworth vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Rickmansworth home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. If your Rickmansworth house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump.
Water across much of Hertfordshire is very hard. If your supply in Rickmansworth 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
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- 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
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.
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.
