- Postcode districts
- LU1, LU2, LU3, LU4
- Nearby
- Dunstable, Harpenden and Hitchin
- 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 Luton?
For Luton, our guide range for a replacement bath is £950 to £2,600 including VAT. Labour costs in East of England put local prices at about 6% above the UK guide figure. 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 Luton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Luton
As well as Luton itself (LU1, LU2, LU3 and 1 more postcode districts), we survey in Dunstable, Harpenden and Hitchin.
In a city the size of Luton, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If the bath in your Luton home is the only thing letting the bathroom down, a swap in one or two days avoids a full refit. Survey visits in Luton cover the bath, the tiles around it and the waste route, so the quote reflects your bathroom rather than a standard job.
Most of Bedfordshire has very hard water. 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
- New flexible connectors or pipework, with isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
- A survey of the bath opening, the floor, the waste route, the supplies and the tiles around the bath
- Supply of the new bath, taps or filler, waste and overflow, and bath panel
Decisions to make first
Bath panel
Acrylic panels are cheap and easy to clean; wood-effect panels match fitted furniture; a tiled panel on a frame looks built-in but needs an access hatch for the waste.
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.
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.
