- Postcode districts
- ME9, ME10, ME12
- Nearby
- Faversham, Gillingham and Chatham
- Guide price
- £1,000–£2,800
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Kent
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Sittingbourne?
For Sittingbourne, our guide range for a replacement bath is £1,000 to £2,800 including VAT. Prices in South East England run at about 12% 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
- 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 Sittingbourne including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Sittingbourne
As well as Sittingbourne itself (ME9, ME10 and ME12), we survey in Faversham, Gillingham and Chatham.
Homes in and around Sittingbourne vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. Survey visits in Sittingbourne cover the bath, the tiles around it and the waste route, so the quote reflects your bathroom rather than a standard job. Landlords with properties in Sittingbourne can usually have a bath replaced between tenancies in one to two working days.
Most of Kent 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
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
- Supply of the new bath, taps or filler, waste and overflow, and bath panel
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
