I am currently undertaking a bathroom swap at home I am going to do the joinery aspects myself(new floor, wall and backerboard), but wish to know how much I could expect to pay a plumber to rip out old toilet, basin and shower with enclosure, move and repipe a radiator move position of toilet including drilling 4"core and alter position of feed pipe, then fit new basin, toilet and walkin shower cubicle? I will be exposing all pipework as I am ripping up old chipboard floor. All advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

Originally Posted by KAM

Personally from the info you've given I'd charge you £140 - £150 if it can be done in a day.

Hang on, I take it you're moving the WC from it's original position, are you just moving it a foot or two or.....?

Thanks KAM for the reply.

The wc is moving to another wall 90', so it can expel directly through the external wall rather than having a massive pipe boxing, running along the inside wall. The radiator is also moving to the next wall 3 feet away at 90'.

I see what you're doing now, I'd still say around £140 -£150 but if you set aside £170 that should well cover the cost. Let us know how it goes.

except all the above factors, how much a handyman charge greatly depends upon the way all things are executed. Some handyman charge hourly basis some professionals on contract or task basis. Its your luck whom you call for all this, because independent handyman's charging policies differ person to person.

Hi, and good luck with your bathroom. From what you have mentioned, and not knowing whether you the plumber will need to raise the shower tray or not by building a wooden base, any professional plumber would charge a lot more that £140.

For a start, the bathroom would be at least a two day job. First day would be general rip out, followed by first fix pipework and fitting the shower tray. (Fitting a shower tray correctly usually takes a couple of hours once the wastes have been tested).

Then the plumber would return and fit enclosure, toilet etc once the floor and walls have been tiled, and complete the install by sealing everything.

I would suggest that the average time served plumber would usually charge upwards of £300 for labour, which could quite easily be doubled with time consuming core drilling etc.

Remember that a poorly fitted shower tray will cause a long list of problems in the long run.

Take your time and enjoy the work.