What does a bathroom strip-out cost in Staffordshire?
Our guide range in Staffordshire is £600–£1,750 including VAT.
Strip-out only
- Waste taken away
Strip-out and prep
- Walls boarded or patched
Back to brick
- Rotten timber found and repaired
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. Mid-tone grout and matt tiles hide the odd water mark better than dark grout and high gloss. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If you are fitting your own bathroom in Stoke-on-Trent, a separate strip-out gets the heavy work and the waste dealt with first.
What the job includes
- A note of what was found: floor and wall condition, pipe runs and any damaged timber
- Dust sheets and floor protection on the route out through the house
- Wall and floor tiles taken off with as little damage as possible to sound plaster
- Isolating the water and capping the supply to each fitting with a proper end, then checking for leaks
- Waste loaded and taken away by a licensed waste carrier
- Removal of the bath or shower tray, enclosure, basin, WC, furniture and accessories
Decisions to make first
Salvage
If you want to keep a cast-iron bath, a radiator or a piece of furniture, say so before we start, so it comes out whole rather than in pieces.
The floor
Old vinyl or tiles on a ply overlay can come up with the ply. Tiles bonded to a screed may need grinding back or overlaying instead.
Keep or lose the plaster
Tiles often come off leaving plaster that can be tiled again. If the plaster comes away with them, the wall is boarded or re-plastered.
Timing
Strip out just before the fit rather than weeks ahead, so the house is without a bathroom for as short a time as possible.
Rules that apply in England
Homes built before 2000 can contain asbestos in textured ceiling coatings, old floor tiles, cistern lids and boxing panels, so suspect materials should be tested before strip-out if there is any doubt. Bathroom waste should be taken away by a licensed waste carrier. Disconnecting electrical items should leave every circuit safe and is a job for a qualified electrician, and any work near a boiler or gas pipe is for a Gas Safe registered engineer.
In England, stripping out a bathroom does not need planning permission or building regulations approval in itself. Building regulations come in with what follows, such as new drainage under Part H or new circuits under Part P.