- Postcode districts
- NE1, NE8, NE9, NE10
- Nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Felling and Gosforth
- Guide price
- £5,800–£11,750
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Gateshead?
Guide price in Gateshead: £5,800–£11,750 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in North East England run at about 10% 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 Gateshead including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Gateshead
In Gateshead we cover NE1, NE8, NE9 and 1 more postcode districts; we also cover Newcastle upon Tyne, 0.9 miles away, and Felling.
Gateshead 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 Gateshead home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options. For a loft bathroom in a tank-fed Gateshead home, we work out how the shower will get its pressure before choosing a single fitting.
Most of Tyne and Wear is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Gateshead, 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
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- Fitted furniture made to the eaves, so the low space behind the slope becomes storage
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
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.
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.
