- Postcode districts
- DN15, DN16, DN17
- Nearby
- Brough, Goole and Thorne
- Guide price
- £650–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days (added to a fit)
- Water
- Hard across most of Lincolnshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom underfloor heating cost in Scunthorpe?
For Scunthorpe, our guide range for bathroom underfloor heating is £650 to £2,400 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East Midlands, where prices are typically about 4% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Electric mat
- Insulation board
Electric, larger room
- Electrician sign-off
Wet system
- Pipes linked to the heating
Guide prices for Scunthorpe including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Scunthorpe
In Scunthorpe we cover DN15, DN16 and DN17; we also cover Brough, 10.9 miles away, and Goole.
Across a large town like Scunthorpe, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If your Scunthorpe home has a suspended timber floor, insulation boards under the mat stop heat disappearing into the void below. If your Scunthorpe bathroom has a cold tiled floor and no room for a bigger radiator, an electric mat under new tiles is the simplest answer.
Water across much of Lincolnshire is hard. Hard water leaves white marks on dark grout and gloss tiles, so matt finishes and stain-resistant grout are the practical choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A check of the floor construction, the room's heat loss and where the thermostat and supply will go
- Insulation boards over the subfloor, so heat goes up into the tiles rather than down into the joists or screed
- The electric mat or cable laid to the open floor, kept clear of where the WC, bath and fixed furniture will sit
- Bringing the system up to temperature gradually once the adhesive and grout have cured
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.
