What does a small bathroom cost in the West Midlands?
Our guide range in the West Midlands is £4,400–£8,300 including VAT.
Essential
- Space-saving bath or shower bath
Signature
- Wall-hung vanity and WC
Bespoke
- Underfloor heating
Guide prices for West Midlands including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in the West Midlands?
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Wolverhampton
- Dudley
- Walsall
- Solihull
- Sutton Coldfield
- West Bromwich
- Halesowen
- Stourbridge
- Smethwick
- Willenhall
- Tipton
- Bloxwich
- Wednesfield
- Washwood Heath
- Aston
- Shirley
- Brierley Hill
- Aldridge
- Acocks Green
- Bartley Green
- Wednesbury
- Kingswinford
Hardness differs from one part of the West Midlands to the next. 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 Birmingham 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
- 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
- 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
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.
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.
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.