- Postcode districts
- DD8
- Nearby
- Carnoustie, Dundee and Arbroath
- Guide price
- £850–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Dundee and Angus
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Forfar?
In Forfar, a replacement bath typically costs £850–£2,400 including VAT, based on Scotland prices. We adjust the national guide for Scotland, where prices are typically about 4% below 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 Forfar including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Forfar
As well as Forfar itself (DD8), we survey in Carnoustie, Dundee and Arbroath.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Forfar: free survey, written quote, one team. Before a new bath is ordered for a Forfar home, we measure the stairs and landing as well as the opening. For Forfar homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.
Most of Dundee and Angus 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
- A survey of the bath opening, the floor, the waste route, the supplies and the tiles around the bath
- Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
- Filling the bath before sealing, so the silicone cures with the bath at its heaviest
- 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 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.
