Small bathrooms in Staffordshire

What does a small bathroom cost in Staffordshire?

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

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

Which towns do we cover in Staffordshire?

• Stoke-on-Trent
• Newcastle under Lyme
• Burton upon Trent
• Cannock
• Tamworth
• Stafford
• Lichfield
• Kidsgrove
• Burntwood
• Longton
• Rugeley
• Leek
• Great Wyrley
• Biddulph

Most of Staffordshire has moderately hard water. 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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

• A measured survey including the door swing, window position, soil stack and any boxing that could be slimmed down
• Two or three layout options, each priced, so you can compare keeping the bath with a walk-in shower
• 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
• Space-saving sanitaryware: a short-projection or wall-hung WC and a compact or semi-recessed basin
• Boarding, tanking and tiling, with larger tiles where they suit the walls to cut down grout lines

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.

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.

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

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.