En Suites & Shower Rooms
That Use Every Inch.

Refitting an en suite that is already there typically costs £3,500 to £5,500 fitted, the same band as a shower room. Swapping the shower enclosure on its own and leaving the rest of the room alone is around £1,200 to £2,200. Turning an en suite into a level-access shower room starts around £5,500. A brand new en suite where there was none is priced once we have seen the house, because the drainage run and the building work decide it. For comparison, a full family bathroom in Glasgow typically lands between £5,500 and £8,000 fitted. There is more detail in our en suite cost guide.

Not every time. Three things decide it: whether the toilet and shower waste can reach the soil pipe, whether the hot water system can supply a second shower, and whether a fan can be ducted to outside air. A survey answers all three before you spend anything.

Less than most people expect, but the answer comes from measuring rather than a rule of thumb. What matters is room to stand in the shower, room to dry off outside it, and a door that opens without hitting the basin. A short toilet, a slim basin and a sliding or fixed screen buy back the inches that make a tight room work. A designer measures up and tells you honestly what will fit.

It depends on your hot water. A combi boiler or a pressurised cylinder normally gives a good shower upstairs without help. An older tank-fed system sometimes needs a pump, or an electric shower instead. We check the pressure at the survey rather than guessing.

No, but it does need a proper extractor fan. Plenty of en suites are internal rooms with no window at all, so the extractor fan is the only way the steam gets out. It has to be sized for the room and ducted to the outside air. En suites suffer from damp more than any other room in the house, and a weak fan is usually the reason.

Panels are quicker to fit, have no grout lines to go black and wipe clean in seconds, which suits a small room that steams up fast. Tiling takes longer and costs more in labour, and some people simply prefer the look. You can see both side by side at the showroom, and our modern bathrooms page shows the clean, simple finishes that tend to suit a small room best.

We fit bathrooms in 3 to 6 days, and a straightforward en suite refit usually sits at the shorter end. The main bathroom stays in use the whole time, so nobody in the house is left without a shower or a toilet. If a new room has to be built and drainage run first, that work happens before the bathroom fit and adds to the overall time.

Yes. Finance is available from £22 a week, subject to status, and the first eligibility check is a soft search that leaves no mark on your credit file. Various deposit options are available. Ultimate Home Solutions Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is a credit broker, not a lender.