- Postcode districts
- NE62, NE63, NE64
- Nearby
- Bedlington, Blyth and Cramlington
- Guide price
- £5,800–£11,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Northumberland
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Ashington?
Our guide price for a loft bathroom in Ashington is £5,800–£11,750 including VAT. Labour costs in North East England put local prices at about 10% below the UK guide figure. 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 Ashington including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ashington
We work right across Ashington — NE62, NE63 and NE64 — and in neighbouring Bedlington and Blyth.
In Ashington, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Ashington home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. If your Ashington 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.
Water across much of Northumberland is soft. If that holds for your street in Ashington, 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
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
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.
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.
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.
