What does a small bathroom cost in Somerset?
Our guide range in Somerset is £4,600–£8,700 including VAT.
Essential
- Tiling to wet areas
Signature
- Walk-in shower in place of bath
Bespoke
- Recessed niches and concealed storage
Guide prices for Somerset including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Somerset?
Supplies across most of Somerset are hard. We plan easy-clean glass, rimless toilets and finishes that do not show limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Bath 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
- Two or three layout options, each priced, so you can compare keeping the bath with a walk-in shower
- Recessed niches, mirror cabinets and wall-hung vanity units to get storage off the floor
- Strip-out, waste removal, testing and a clean handover
- Space-saving sanitaryware: a short-projection or wall-hung WC and a compact or semi-recessed basin
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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.