Loft bathrooms in Wellingborough

Postcode districts: NN8
Nearby: Rushden, Kettering and Northampton
Guide price: £6,200–£12,500
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Hard across most of Northamptonshire
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Wellingborough?

Guide price in Wellingborough: £6,200–£12,500 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in East Midlands put local prices at about 4% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£5,300–£8,200

Tiling, lighting, extractor fan

Typical

Signature

£7,700–£12,500

Walk-in shower under the ridge

New loft bathroom

£9,600–£17,250

New drainage route and water supply

Guide prices for Wellingborough including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Working in Wellingborough

In Wellingborough we cover NN8; we also cover Rushden, 4 miles away, and Kettering.

Homes in and around Wellingborough vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Wellingborough house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump. If your Wellingborough loft conversion has a bedroom but no bathroom, the survey starts with where the soil stack runs and how much headroom you have.

Supplies across most of Northamptonshire are hard. If your supply in Wellingborough 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
Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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Loft bathrooms in Wellingborough: questions

How much does a loft bathroom cost in Wellingborough?

A loft bathroom in Wellingborough usually costs £6,200–£12,500 including VAT. The final figure comes down to what you choose and what we find at the survey; your written quote lists every item so you can see where the money goes.

Is the home survey in Wellingborough really free?

Yes. We visit, measure the room, check the pipework, drainage and electrics, and talk through what you want. You then get a written, itemised quote with no obligation to go ahead.

Do you cover NN8 in Wellingborough?

Yes. We cover all of Wellingborough, including NN8, and nearby Rushden, Kettering and Northampton. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Wellingborough?

Is a bath too heavy for a loft floor?

A standard acrylic bath is usually fine on a loft floor built for a conversion, but a filled bath with someone in it is heavy, and stone-resin or cast-iron baths are much heavier still. We check the joist size, span and direction at the survey, and a heavy bath may need a structural check and strengthening first.