- Postcode districts
- SG8
- Nearby
- Letchworth Garden City, Biggleswade and Saffron Walden
- Guide price
- £950–£2,600
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Cambridgeshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Royston?
Guide price in Royston: £950–£2,600 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. 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 Royston including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Royston
We cover every part of Royston, including SG8, and nearby Letchworth Garden City (9.8 miles) and Biggleswade (10.6 miles).
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Royston: free survey, written quote, one team. Landlords with properties in Royston can usually have a bath replaced between tenancies in one to two working days. For Royston homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.
Most of Cambridgeshire 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
- Filling the bath before sealing, so the silicone cures with the bath at its heaviest
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
- New flexible connectors or pipework, with isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies
- Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
Decisions to make first
Shower bath
A P-shaped or L-shaped bath is wider at the shower end, giving room to stand and space for a fixed screen instead of a curtain.
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.
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.
