- Postcode districts
- MK40, MK41
- Nearby
- Kempston, Ampthill and Biggleswade
- Guide price
- £350–£1,600
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 1 day
- Water
- Very hard across most of Bedfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new vanity unit cost in Bedford?
Our guide price for a new vanity unit in Bedford is £350–£1,600 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East of England, where prices are typically about 6% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Fit your unit
- Sealed and tested
Supply and fit
- Floor-standing or wall-hung unit
Double or bespoke
- Stone or solid-surface top
Guide prices for Bedford including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Bedford
In Bedford we cover MK40 and MK41; we also cover Kempston, 1.9 miles away, and Ampthill.
Bedford has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. We quote vanity unit work in Bedford after seeing the wall and pipework, so any re-tiling is on the quote from the start. If you have bought a vanity unit for your Bedford bathroom, fit-only installation covers connecting the tap and waste and testing for leaks.
Supplies across most of Bedfordshire are very hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Patching or re-tiling the wall where the old basin left gaps
- A check that the wall can carry a wall-hung unit, with fixings to suit solid or stud walls
- Isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies, so the tap can be changed later without draining the system
- Fitting the unit level, with the basin sealed to the top and the top sealed to the wall
Decisions to make first
Drawers or doors
Drawers keep things visible and reachable but lose some space to the trap. Doors give a deeper cupboard and cost less.
Waste and overflow
A basin with an overflow takes a slotted waste; one without needs an unslotted waste, often a push-button 'click-clack' type.
Rules that apply in England
In England, the tap and supply pipework come under the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. A new waste connection to the soil stack can be Part H work, and adding a light to the unit or above it is notifiable under Part P.
