Bathroom Installation

How much does a new bathroom cost in Surrey in 2026?

A straightforward like-for-like bathroom refit in Surrey typically costs £5,500–£8,000 fitted, a mid-range redesign with new layout and full tiling £8,000–£14,000, and a wet room or high-end bathroom £12,000–£20,000+. Labour is roughly half the total; the suite, tiles and brassware make up the rest.

The biggest cost lever isn't the suite — it's whether anything moves. Keep the WC, basin and bath in their existing positions and the plumbing first fix is quick. Move the soil pipe across the room, or turn a bathroom into a shower room with the drain in a new place, and you add floor work, pipe runs and time. The second lever is tiling area: half-height tiles with painted walls above can save well over £1,000 against floor-to-ceiling tiling in a family bathroom.

We quote fixed, in writing, from a site visit — never from photos alone, because the surprises in period houses around Kingston and Surbiton live under the floor and behind the old boxing-in. The quote itemises labour, materials and provisional sums for anything we genuinely can't see until strip-out, and we tell you at that point, not on the final invoice.

How long does a bathroom installation take?

A straightforward bathroom refit takes 1–2 weeks on site; a full redesign, wet room or en-suite created from scratch takes 2–3 weeks. Anyone promising a tiled, decorated family bathroom in four days is either leaving steps out or drying nothing properly between them.

The sequence is what sets the pace, and it can't honestly be compressed. Strip-out and first-fix plumbing and electrics come first; then any boarding and floor work; then tanking in wet zones, which must cure before tiling; then tiling, which needs adhesive to set before grouting; then second fix — suite, brassware, electrics — then sealing and snagging. Tanking cure times and adhesive set times are chemistry, not laziness, and rushing them is how showers leak into the kitchen ceiling a year later.

We plan the job so you're never without facilities longer than necessary: if it's your only bathroom we keep the WC usable overnight for as much of the job as physically possible, and we tell you before we start which days will be the awkward ones. You'll get a day-by-day schedule with the quote, and if we slip, you'll hear it from us first.

Is a wet room right for my home?

A wet room suits ground floors with solid floors, small en-suites where a tray would dominate the space, and anyone who needs level access now or will within ten years. It's a harder sell on suspended timber floors upstairs in period houses, where movement and drainage falls take real work to get right.

The appeal is obvious: no tray, no screen rattling in its channel, a room that's easier to clean and genuinely future-proof — and one that pairs beautifully with wet underfloor heating under the tiles. The engineering behind it is less visible. The whole floor needs a fall to the drain, formed with a gradient floor former; the floor and the wet walls need tanking with a proper membrane system; and on timber floors the structure must be stiffened so the tiles never crack. Done right, a wet room outlasts a conventional shower enclosure. Done cheaply, it's the most expensive leak you'll ever own.

Our honest steer: in the Victorian and Edwardian stock around Surbiton, Kingston and Thames Ditton, upstairs wet rooms are possible but cost more than a low-profile tray that gives you 90% of the look. Ground-floor and solid-floor wet rooms we recommend without hesitation. We'll tell you which camp your room is in at the survey, before you've spent anything.

Supply-and-fit or fit-only: which should you choose?

Choose supply-and-fit if you want one warranty covering products and workmanship together and one firm accountable for everything. Choose fit-only if you've already found the exact suite you want and you're comfortable owning the product side — returns, damages and missing parts included.

Supply-and-fit is usually less hassle and often less money than people expect: our trade prices on sanitaryware, brassware and tiles offset most of the margin, and if a basin arrives chipped, that's our problem to chase, not yours. We'll show you the brands we rate and fit week in, week out, and steer you away from the ones whose cartridges we're forever replacing.

Fit-only works well too — we're not going to talk you out of the suite you love. Two honest conditions: we inspect everything you've bought before strip-out day, so a missing waste doesn't stall the job mid-week, and our workmanship guarantee covers our installation while product faults go back to your retailer. We'll also tell you plainly if something won't work with your water pressure or pipework — better at the quote than at the second fix.