- Postcode districts
- SG18
- Nearby
- Letchworth Garden City, St Neots and Bedford
- Guide price
- £950–£2,600
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Bedfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Biggleswade?
For Biggleswade, our guide range for a replacement bath is £950 to £2,600 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East of England, where prices are typically about 6% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like bath
- New acrylic or steel bath, panel and taps
Shower bath
- Re-tiling to the bath area
Freestanding bath
- Freestanding acrylic or stone resin
Guide prices for Biggleswade including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Biggleswade
As well as Biggleswade itself (SG18), we survey in Letchworth Garden City, St Neots and Bedford.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Biggleswade: free survey, written quote, one team. Landlords with properties in Biggleswade can usually have a bath replaced between tenancies in one to two working days. If you are in Biggleswade and considering a freestanding bath, the survey includes a check of the floor and joists before you choose.
Water across much of Bedfordshire is very hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A survey of the bath opening, the floor, the waste route, the supplies and the tiles around the bath
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
- Supply of the new bath, taps or filler, waste and overflow, and bath panel
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.
Size
Most UK baths are 1700 × 700 mm. Going longer or wider than the old bath means re-tiling and checking that the new one fits up the stairs.
Rules that apply in England
In England, Part G limits the hot water to a new bath to 48 °C at the outlet, usually with a thermostatic mixing valve, but only in a new dwelling or one created by a change of use. It does not apply to a replacement bath in an existing home, though a thermostatic valve is still sensible where children or older people bathe. New wiring for a shower over the bath or new lights is notifiable under Part P.
