- Postcode districts
- L20, L21, L22, L30, L37, L38 + 2 more
- Nearby
- Formby, Lytham St Annes and Ormskirk
- Guide price
- £6,100–£12,250
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Merseyside
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Southport?
Guide price in Southport: £6,100–£12,250 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. 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 Southport including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Southport
As well as Southport itself (L20, L21, L22 and 5 more postcode districts), we survey in Formby, Lytham St Annes and Ormskirk.
Southport has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. If your Southport home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. If your Southport 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 Merseyside is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Southport, 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 drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
- 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
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
Decisions to make first
Getting the water pressure
A pumped shower suits a gravity system with a cold tank; an electric shower heats cold mains water at the point of use; a combi or unvented cylinder gives mains pressure throughout.
Roof window
A roof window over the bath or shower brings daylight and fresh air, but plan the blind for privacy and expect condensation on cold glass.
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.
