Small bathrooms in Herefordshire

What does a small bathroom cost in Herefordshire?

Our guide range in Herefordshire is £4,400–£8,300 including VAT.

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

Which towns do we cover in Herefordshire?

• Hereford
• Leominster
• Ross on Wye
• Ledbury

Supplies across most of Herefordshire are 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 you live in a terrace or semi in Hereford with a compact bathroom, swapping a pedestal basin and close-coupled WC for wall-hung pieces is often the biggest single gain.

What the job includes

• Shorter, narrower or shower baths where a full 1700 mm bath does not sit well
• A measured survey including the door swing, window position, soil stack and any boxing that could be slimmed down
• 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
• Strip-out, waste removal, testing and a clean handover
• Recessed niches, mirror cabinets and wall-hung vanity units to get storage off the floor

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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.