- Postcode districts
- TN23, TN24
- Nearby
- Faversham, Canterbury and Folkestone
- Guide price
- £400–£1,700
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 1 day
- Water
- Very hard across most of Kent
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new vanity unit cost in Ashford?
Our guide price for a new vanity unit in Ashford is £400–£1,700 including VAT. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Ashford including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ashford
As well as Ashford itself (TN23 and TN24), we survey in Faversham, Canterbury and Folkestone.
In Ashford, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Landlords in Ashford can have a worn basin replaced with a vanity unit in half a day to a day. If your Ashford cloakroom still has a pedestal basin, a compact vanity unit adds storage without taking more floor.
Water across much of Kent is 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
- Isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies, so the tap can be changed later without draining the system
- Moving the waste and supply positions where the new unit needs them higher, lower or to one side
- A new tap, trap and the correct slotted or unslotted waste for the basin
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.
Basin type
An inset or semi-recessed basin, a one-piece moulded top, or a countertop basin on a worktop. Countertop basins need a tall tap or a wall-mounted one.
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.
