How much to rip out and install a new bathroom?

Ripping out an old bathroom and installing a new one starts from £7,000 for a full refit, and labour is the biggest slice of that figure. If you are keeping the layout and swapping the suite and tiles, a refresh starts from £4,500. Either way, on most of our jobs the people cost more than the parts.

Here is what the one to two weeks on site covers. Strip-out first: suite out, tiles off, flooring up, usually a day or two. Then first-fix plumbing and electrics while the walls are open. Boarding and tanking the wet areas. Tiling, which is the slowest stage by some distance. Then second fix: suite in, brassware on, grouting, sealing, and decorating to finish. A plumber, an electrician and a tiler all take their turn in a small room, and that sequencing is what you are paying for.

Like-for-like keeps the bill down because the pipe runs stay where they are. Move the WC to the other wall and the soil pipe has to move with it, which in the Victorian terraces we work on around Dulwich and Lewisham usually means lifting floorboards and rerouting under the floor. That is extra days, not extra hours.

We do a free site visit, then give a fixed written quote. The price we quote is the price you pay.