- Postcode districts
- DN15, DN16, DN17
- Nearby
- Brough, Goole and Thorne
- Guide price
- £850–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Lincolnshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Scunthorpe?
Our guide price for a replacement bath in Scunthorpe is £850–£2,400 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East Midlands, 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 Scunthorpe including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Scunthorpe
We work right across Scunthorpe — DN15, DN16 and DN17 — and in neighbouring Brough and Goole.
Scunthorpe has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. If the bath in your Scunthorpe home is the only thing letting the bathroom down, a swap in one or two days avoids a full refit. Survey visits in Scunthorpe cover the bath, the tiles around it and the waste route, so the quote reflects your bathroom rather than a standard job.
Most of Lincolnshire has 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
- Leak testing at the waste, overflow and taps, taking the old bath away and a final clean
- Filling the bath before sealing, so the silicone cures with the bath at its heaviest
- Tile repairs or re-tiling around the bath, and a fixed screen where there is a shower over it
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
Decisions to make first
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.
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 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.
