Bath replacement in Derbyshire

What does a replacement bath cost in Derbyshire?

Our guide range in Derbyshire is £850–£2,400 including VAT. Prices in Derbyshire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on East Midlands labour rates.

Guide prices for Derbyshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in Derbyshire?

• Derby
• Chesterfield
• Long Eaton
• Ilkeston
• Swadlincote
• Staveley
• Belper
• Heanor
• Alfreton
• Dronfield
• Ripley
• Buxton
• New Mills
• Glossop

Supplies across most of Derbyshire are moderately hard. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. For Derby homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.

What the job includes

• Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
• Leak testing at the waste, overflow and taps, taking the old bath away and a final clean
• 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
• New flexible connectors or pipework, with isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies
• Filling the bath before sealing, so the silicone cures with the bath at its heaviest

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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.

Taps or filler

Deck taps on the rim are the simplest swap. Wall-mounted taps or a bath filler look cleaner but mean opening the wall, and an overflow filler hides the spout altogether.

Rules that apply in England

Replacing a bath in an existing bathroom does not need planning permission, and a straight swap is not normally building regulations work. New taps or a filler must meet the water fittings rules where you live, including backflow protection. If the new bath is much heavier than the old one, such as a cast-iron or stone resin freestanding bath, the floor needs checking, and strengthening joists is structural work that may need building control approval.

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.