- Postcode districts
- BB5, BB6
- Nearby
- Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Blackburn
- Guide price
- £6,100–£12,250
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Accrington?
In Accrington, 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
- Existing loft shower room
Signature
- Fitted furniture to the eaves
New loft bathroom
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Accrington including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Accrington
As well as Accrington itself (BB5 and BB6), we survey in Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Blackburn.
In Accrington, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Accrington home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. If your Accrington loft conversion has a bedroom but no bathroom, the survey starts with where the soil stack runs and how much headroom you have.
Water across much of Lancashire is soft. If that holds for your street in Accrington, 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
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- 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.
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.
