- Postcode districts
- IP32, IP33
- Nearby
- Thetford, Stowmarket and Newmarket
- Guide price
- £6,900–£13,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Suffolk
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Bury St Edmunds?
Our guide price for a loft bathroom in Bury St Edmunds is £6,900–£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 Bury St Edmunds including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Bury St Edmunds
We work right across Bury St Edmunds — IP32 and IP33 — and in neighbouring Thetford and Stowmarket.
Homes in and around Bury St Edmunds vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. We plan loft bathrooms in Bury St Edmunds around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage. For a loft bathroom in a tank-fed Bury St Edmunds home, we work out how the shower will get its pressure before choosing a single fitting.
Most of Suffolk has very hard water. If your supply in Bury St Edmunds 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 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
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
- 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.
Eaves storage
Low cupboards built into the slope behind the WC or basin take clutter out of the room and hide the pipework.
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.
