What does a small bathroom cost in County Durham?
Our guide range in County Durham is £4,000–£7,600 including VAT. Prices in County Durham run at about 10% below the UK guide, based on North East England labour rates.
Essential
- Tiling to wet areas
Signature
- Walk-in shower in place of bath
Bespoke
- Recessed niches and concealed storage
Guide prices for County Durham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in County Durham?
- Darlington
- Hartlepool
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Durham
- Chester-le-Street
- Billingham
- Stanley
- Consett
- Newton Aycliffe
- Bishop Auckland
- Seaham
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- Peterlee
- Yarm
- Spennymoor
Water across much of County Durham 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 the door of your Darlington bathroom opens inwards and catches the basin, re-hanging it or fitting a sliding door is often part of the plan.
What the job includes
- 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
- Space-saving sanitaryware: a short-projection or wall-hung WC and a compact or semi-recessed basin
- Recessed niches, mirror cabinets and wall-hung vanity units to get storage off the floor
- Shorter, narrower or shower baths where a full 1700 mm bath does not sit well
- Lighting, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
Decisions to make first
Keep the bath or go walk-in
A 1500 or 1600 mm bath keeps a bath in a short room. A walk-in shower with a single glass panel opens up the floor and makes the room read as larger.
Door
Re-hanging the door to open outwards, or fitting a sliding door, frees the space behind it. In a very small room this alone can make space for a bigger shower.
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.
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.
Rules that apply in England
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.
In England, changes to the wiring in a room with a bath or shower are notifiable under Part P, so use an electrician registered with a competent person scheme. If you replace the extractor fan, do not fit one that extracts less than the old one; Approved Document F gives 15 litres per second for an intermittent bathroom fan.