- Postcode districts
- LA13, LA14, LA15
- Nearby
- Heysham, Morecambe and Fleetwood
- Guide price
- £4,200–£8,000
- Typical time on site
- 5–8 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Cumbria
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a small bathroom cost in Barrow in Furness?
Guide price in Barrow in Furness: £4,200–£8,000 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Essential
- Short-projection WC and basin
Signature
- Large-format tiles, mirror cabinet
Bespoke
- Wet-room style floor
Guide prices for Barrow in Furness including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Barrow in Furness
We cover every part of Barrow in Furness, including LA13, LA14 and LA15, and nearby Heysham (14.3 miles) and Morecambe (15.1 miles).
In Barrow in Furness, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If your Barrow in Furness bathroom is a box room over the stairs, the first job is finding out where the soil stack lets the WC sit. For a small Barrow in Furness bathroom with no window, a quiet extractor fan on an overrun timer does more for the room than any tile choice.
Most of Cumbria is supplied with soft water. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Lighting, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Shorter, narrower or shower baths where a full 1700 mm bath does not sit well
- Boarding, tanking and tiling, with larger tiles where they suit the walls to cut down grout lines
- Space-saving sanitaryware: a short-projection or wall-hung WC and a compact or semi-recessed basin
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
Rules that apply in England
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.
