- Postcode districts
- DH2
- Nearby
- Washington, Houghton-Le-Spring and Stanley
- Guide price
- £650–£2,200
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days (added to a fit)
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of County Durham
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom underfloor heating cost in Chester-le-Street?
For Chester-le-Street, our guide range for bathroom underfloor heating is £650 to £2,200 including VAT. Labour costs in North East England put local prices at about 10% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Electric mat
- Mat under the tiles
Electric, larger room
- Programmable smart thermostat
Wet system
- Screed or low-profile boards
Guide prices for Chester-le-Street including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Chester-le-Street
We cover every part of Chester-le-Street, including DH2, and nearby Washington (3.7 miles) and Houghton-Le-Spring (4.5 miles).
Homes in and around Chester-le-Street vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. For Chester-le-Street homes having the bathroom floor replaced, underfloor heating adds one to two days to the fit. If your Chester-le-Street home has a suspended timber floor, insulation boards under the mat stop heat disappearing into the void below.
Water across much of County Durham is moderately hard. 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.
What the job includes
- Resistance and insulation tests on the mat before, during and after tiling, with the readings recorded
- The electric mat or cable laid to the open floor, kept clear of where the WC, bath and fixed furniture will sit
- For wet systems, pipes in low-profile boards or screed connected to a manifold or single-zone kit, with any boiler work done by a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Insulation boards over the subfloor, so heat goes up into the tiles rather than down into the joists or screed
Decisions to make first
Floor heating and towel rail
Underfloor heating warms the room; a towel rail dries towels. Many bathrooms have both, and a dual-fuel rail keeps working in summer when the boiler is off.
Electric or wet
Electric is cheaper to install and quick to lay in one room. Wet costs more upfront but is usually cheaper to run where it is fed by a gas boiler or heat pump.
Rules that apply in England
In England, a new circuit for underfloor heating is notifiable under Part P, and so is connecting it to an existing circuit in a room with a bath or shower. The electrician either self-certifies through a competent person scheme or the work is notified to building control.
