- Postcode districts
- HA6, WD3, WD18
- Nearby
- Watford, Chalfont St Peter and North Watford
- Guide price
- £950–£2,600
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Hertfordshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Rickmansworth?
Guide price in Rickmansworth: £950–£2,600 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Rickmansworth including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Rickmansworth
We cover every part of Rickmansworth, including HA6, WD3 and WD18, and nearby Watford (3.7 miles) and Chalfont St Peter (4 miles).
In Rickmansworth, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Landlords with properties in Rickmansworth can usually have a bath replaced between tenancies in one to two working days. For Rickmansworth homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.
Supplies across most of Hertfordshire are 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
- Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
- New flexible connectors or pipework, with isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies
- 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
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.
Acrylic or steel
Acrylic is warm to the touch, light and the usual choice; thicker, reinforced acrylic flexes less. Enamelled steel is rigid and hard-wearing but feels colder, and needs sound-deadening pads to stop it drumming.
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.
