Adding Shower to en-suite

imperial_wizard

We are currently converting garage to bedroom and en-suite.Originally just going to have wc and washbasin in toilet.The contractor suggested including a shower also.Quoted an extra £1300 to supply and fit 900 shower tray/electric shower/one sided glass shower door & tiling within shower area (3 sides).This includes all necessary pipework and electrics. I tried to reduce price and he quoted £800 if I supply and fit glass entrance door and tiles + fitting tiles.I know it makes sense to do while toilet being constructed rather than at a later date.Just not sure if we are being quoted a good deal on this work?Any advice?

MPwannasavemoney

depends on the quality of the shower tray / doors electric shower and tiles.
You can shop around on the internet (various bathroom and plumbing sites) for the cost of the items, except tiles where you will have to visit a tile shop.

moneysavingplumber

It does depend alot on the kit you are putting in but here are some rough ideas on bog-standard gear. 900mm tray in white £100, 9 KW electric shower from £80+, 900mm door from £200+ (may be cheaper available but would be very low-end of the market), electrical work for an electric heater shower from scratch is likely to be a minimum of £200 (requires RCD, 6-10mm cable), plumbing and fitting of the tray and waste will be minimum of £200. Add on to this tiles and tiling then it may well be a fair price, depending on the quality of what he's quoted you on.

Scoflo

We did our own en suite - most of it.

Put in loo & sink, shower base and shower & attached to pre-existing pipes. (They were put in place when we got the extension built but we couldn't afford to put the en suite in at the time.)

An electrician charged £120 to wire up the shower to the mains, putting in a pull switch and also an extractor above the shower.

Partner then fully tiled the floor, walls of shower area and skirting all round. bathroom paint on the rest.

NOT £1300 although I couldn't tell you how much tiles etc cost. It was a cheapie white suite from B & Q with nice fittings and a lovely stone base from a different B & Q which was an odd size (but just right for us). There is no door as it's a wet room and this was to make it look bigger.

We both work in offices BTW, not tradesmen or specially DIY. Hope this helps

moneysavingplumber

scottishflower2000 wrote:

An electrician charged £120 to wire up the shower to the mains, putting in a pull switch and also an extractor above the shower.

If you have an existing RCD unit close to the site of the shower then this may be possible but not if you need a seperate RCD fitted and the consumer unit's the other side of the house, which is most often the case. The unit itself will cost around £40.

If it's been wired direct to an old consumer unit without an RCD, you wouldn't catch me showering in there :eek: .