- Postcode districts
- KA13
- Nearby
- Irvine, Kilmarnock and Ayr
- Guide price
- £850–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Ayrshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Kilwinning?
Guide price in Kilwinning: £850–£2,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like bath
- Old bath removed and disposed of
Shower bath
- Bath screen and shower
Freestanding bath
- Floor reinforcement check
Guide prices for Kilwinning including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Kilwinning
We cover every part of Kilwinning, including KA13, and nearby Irvine (3.1 miles) and Kilmarnock (8.7 miles).
Kilwinning gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If the bath in your Kilwinning home is the only thing letting the bathroom down, a swap in one or two days avoids a full refit. Survey visits in Kilwinning cover the bath, the tiles around it and the waste route, so the quote reflects your bathroom rather than a standard job.
Most of Ayrshire is supplied with soft water. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
- Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
- Leak testing at the waste, overflow and taps, taking the old bath away and a final clean
Decisions to make first
Freestanding bath
Acrylic freestanding baths are manageable on most floors; stone resin and cast iron are much heavier when full. You need room to clean round the bath and a plan for where the waste and filler come up.
Acrylic or steel
Acrylic is warm to the touch, light and the usual choice; thicker, reinforced acrylic flexes less. Enamelled steel is rigid and hard-wearing but feels colder, and needs sound-deadening pads to stop it drumming.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014 cover new taps, fillers and backflow protection. A replacement bath does not normally need a building warrant, but structural work to the floor for a heavy bath may.
