Costs: School toilets | Features

Specification options
	Capital cost £/cubicle	Net present value for 60 years £/cubicle	Design life Years
Solid high-pressure laminate (HPL) core toilet cubicles
Solid high-pressure laminate to BS EN 483, 12-13 mm thick, with edges machine radiused and polished	535	2113	25
Particleboard (chipboard) core toilet cubicles
High-pressure laminate-faced, enhanced moisture-resistant chipboard to BS EN 312 grade P5 including V313 wet cyclical test 18-19 mm thick	385	2631	15
Melamine-faced, enhanced moisture-resistant chipboard to BS EN 312 18-19 mm thick grade P5 including V313 wet cyclical test	415	2574	10
High-pressure laminate-faced, moisture-resistant chipboard to BS EN 312 grade P5 18-19 mm thick	365	3476	10
Melamine-faced, moisture-resistant chipboard to BS EN 312 grade P5 18-19 mm thick	385	2631	5
Medium-density fibreboard (mdf) core toilet cubicles
High-pressure laminate-faced, moisture-resistant mdf to BS EN 622-5 type MDF.HLS 18-19 mm thick	400	2527	10
Table notes Costs include a daily quick clean and a once- a-term “deep” clean, minor repairs and an allowance for replacement based on a cubicle with a door and one partition wall. Capital costs vary with ironmongery, panel finish and detailed design. Best value should be determined from a whole-life assessment of toilet cubicles in the context of the school population, building and maintenance policy. A discount rate of 3.5% is used to calculate net present values.