Loft bathrooms in Melksham

Postcode districts: SN12
Nearby: Trowbridge, Chippenham and Devizes
Guide price: £6,600–£13,250
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Hard across most of Wiltshire
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Melksham?

Guide price in Melksham: £6,600–£13,250 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£5,600–£8,700

Existing loft shower room

Typical

Signature

£8,200–£13,250

Fitted furniture to the eaves

New loft bathroom

£10,250–£18,250

Ventilation and electrics to regulations

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

Working in Melksham

We work right across Melksham — SN12 — and in neighbouring Trowbridge and Chippenham.

Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Melksham: free survey, written quote, one team. For a loft bathroom in a tank-fed Melksham home, we work out how the shower will get its pressure before choosing a single fitting. If your Melksham house has a combi boiler, a loft shower can usually run on mains pressure without a pump.

Water across much of Wiltshire is hard. If your supply in Melksham 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

An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
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
Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover

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.

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.

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Loft bathrooms in Melksham: questions

How much does a loft bathroom cost in Melksham?

A loft bathroom in Melksham usually costs £6,600–£13,250 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.

Who handles building control for a loft bathroom in Melksham?

Building control for Melksham is handled by the local council or an approved inspector. If your job needs sign-off — for example a new circuit, new drainage or a new extractor where there was none — we tell you at the survey and handle the notification as part of the work.

How long does a loft bathroom take?

Allow 6–12 working days on site for most jobs, plus the lead time for products after you approve the quote. We give you a day-by-day plan before work starts in Melksham.

Is the home survey in Melksham 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.

Electric shower or pumped shower in a loft?

An electric shower heats cold mains water as it flows, so it works in a loft whatever your hot-water system, but its flow is lower than a good pumped or mains-pressure mixer and it needs its own electrical circuit. A pumped mixer gives a stronger shower on a gravity system. See choosing a shower for the full comparison.