Small bathrooms in Clwyd

What does a small bathroom cost in Clwyd?

Our guide range in Clwyd is £4,200–£7,900 including VAT. Prices in Clwyd run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Wales labour rates.

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

Which towns do we cover in Clwyd?

• Wrexham
• Buckley
• Deeside
• Colwyn Bay
• Flint
• Rhyl
• Hawarden
• Rhosllannerchrugog
• Prestatyn
• Brymbo
• Llandudno

Water across much of Clwyd is moderately hard. Easy-clean glass and good-quality brassware are money well spent. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Wrexham bathroom is a box room over the stairs, the first job is finding out where the soil stack lets the WC sit.

What the job includes

• Lighting, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
• Recessed niches, mirror cabinets and wall-hung vanity units to get storage off the floor
• Boarding, tanking and tiling, with larger tiles where they suit the walls to cut down grout lines
• A measured survey including the door swing, window position, soil stack and any boxing that could be slimmed down
• Shorter, narrower or shower baths where a full 1700 mm bath does not sit well
• Strip-out, waste removal, testing and a clean handover

Decisions to make first

WC type

A short-projection close-coupled WC sits closer to the wall than a standard pan. A wall-hung WC on a concealed frame shows the floor beneath it and is easier to clean around.

Tiles and grout

Larger tiles with a grout close to the tile colour make walls look calmer. Running the same floor tile into the shower makes the floor look continuous.

Storage

Recess shelves into stud walls or boxing, put a mirror cabinet over the basin and use the wall above the WC. Avoid floor-standing units in very tight rooms.

Glass

Clear glass with a slim profile or none lets the eye travel through the room. A fixed panel needs no clearance for a door to swing.

Rules that apply in Wales

A small bathroom refit in the same room does not need planning permission. The electrical zones matter more in a tight room because the lights and fan end up close to the shower: fittings above the bath or tray up to 2.25 m must be at least IPX4, and any socket other than a shaver supply unit must be at least 3 m from that zone, which in a small bathroom usually rules sockets out. Every circuit needs 30 mA RCD protection under BS 7671.

Wales has its own Part P, with a wider list of notifiable work than England, and its own Part F with similar extract rates. Expect the electrical work to be notified and certified.