- Postcode districts
- WR14
- Nearby
- Ledbury, Worcester and Tewkesbury
- Guide price
- £700–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days (added to a fit)
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of Worcestershire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom underfloor heating cost in Great Malvern?
As a guide, budget £700 to £2,400 including VAT for bathroom underfloor heating in Great Malvern; your written quote will pin it down. 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 Great Malvern including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Great Malvern
In Great Malvern we cover WR14; we also cover Ledbury, 6.7 miles away, and Worcester.
Homes in and around Great Malvern vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. Where a Great Malvern home already has a heat pump, or the heating is being altered, a wet underfloor system is worth comparing with electric. Whether your Great Malvern bathroom is a small en-suite or a large main bathroom, the mat is sized to the open floor, not the whole room.
Water across much of Worcestershire 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
- 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
- A dial, programmable or smart thermostat, with the supply RCD protected, tested and certified by a qualified electrician
- 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
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
