Vanity units in Cheshire

What does a new vanity unit cost in Cheshire?

Our guide range in Cheshire is £350–£1,400 including VAT. Prices in Cheshire run at about 6% below the UK guide, based on North West England labour rates.

Guide prices for Cheshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in Cheshire?

• Warrington
• Chester
• Crewe
• Ellesmere Port
• Widnes
• Runcorn
• Macclesfield
• Northwich
• Great Sankey
• Winsford
• Congleton
• Wilmslow
• Sandbach
• Nantwich

Water across much of Cheshire is moderately hard. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If you have bought a vanity unit for your Warrington bathroom, fit-only installation covers connecting the tap and waste and testing for leaks.

What the job includes

• Isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies, so the tap can be changed later without draining the system
• 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
• A new tap, trap and the correct slotted or unslotted waste for the basin
• Moving the waste and supply positions where the new unit needs them higher, lower or to one side
• Removal of the old basin and pedestal, or old vanity, and taking it away

Decisions to make first

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.

Wall-hung or floor-standing

Wall-hung units leave the floor clear and are easy to clean under, but need a strong wall. Floor-standing units hold more and suit weak or uneven walls.

One basin or two

Two basins help a busy household if the wall is long enough. In a smaller room, one basin with a longer top often works better.

Drawers or doors

Drawers keep things visible and reachable but lose some space to the trap. Doors give a deeper cupboard and cost less.

Rules that apply in England

Replacing a basin with a vanity unit does not need planning permission or building regulations approval. The new tap must meet the water fittings rules, including protection against backflow, and the waste should connect to the existing drainage through a proper trap. If the unit has a light, or a lit mirror goes above it, the electrical work must suit the zone it sits in under BS 7671 and be RCD protected.

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.