- Postcode districts
- L39, WN8
- Nearby
- Maghull, Skelmersdale and Kirkby
- Guide price
- £850–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Ormskirk?
Guide price in Ormskirk: £850–£2,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in North West England run at about 6% below 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 Ormskirk including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ormskirk
As well as Ormskirk itself (L39 and WN8), we survey in Maghull, Skelmersdale and Kirkby.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Ormskirk: free survey, written quote, one team. If the bath in your Ormskirk home is the only thing letting the bathroom down, a swap in one or two days avoids a full refit. For Ormskirk homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.
Water across much of Lancashire is soft. 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
- New flexible connectors or pipework, with isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies
- Leak testing at the waste, overflow and taps, taking the old bath away and a final clean
- Supply of the new bath, taps or filler, waste and overflow, and bath panel
- 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.
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.
