What does a loft bathroom cost in Worcestershire?
Our guide range in Worcestershire is £6,400–£12,750 including VAT.
Refit
- Shower, basin and WC replaced
Signature
- Pump or macerator where needed
New loft bathroom
- Formed in an existing loft room
Guide prices for Worcestershire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Worcestershire?
Supplies across most of Worcestershire are moderately hard. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Worcester. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Worcester home has a gravity-drained WC on another floor, a macerator in the loft may open up more layout options.
What the job includes
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- Electrics by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, then tiling, testing and handover
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
- A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
Decisions to make first
Bath or no bath
A bath under the slope makes good use of low space, but the floor has to carry it when it is full of water and someone is in it.
Eaves storage
Low cupboards built into the slope behind the WC or basin take clutter out of the room and hide the pipework.
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.
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
A bathroom inside an existing loft room does not usually need planning permission, but forming one is normally building-regulations work because of the new drainage, extract ventilation and electrics. A macerator or pumped WC is acceptable only where the home also has a WC on gravity drainage. Under the water fittings rules, a shower pump must never be connected directly to the mains supply.
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.