- Postcode districts
- EH45
- Nearby
- Penicuik, Galashiels and Bonnyrigg
- Guide price
- £850–£2,400
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Peebles?
Guide price in Peebles: £850–£2,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% 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
- Silicone and tile repairs
Shower bath
- P or L-shaped shower bath
Freestanding bath
- Floor or wall-mounted filler
Guide prices for Peebles including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Peebles
We work right across Peebles — EH45 — and in neighbouring Penicuik and Galashiels.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Peebles: free survey, written quote, one team. Before a new bath is ordered for a Peebles home, we measure the stairs and landing as well as the opening. For Peebles homes with a shower over the bath, a shower bath and fixed screen keeps the floor drier than a curtain.
Water across much of the Scottish Borders 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
- 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
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
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.
Shower bath
A P-shaped or L-shaped bath is wider at the shower end, giving room to stand and space for a fixed screen instead of a curtain.
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.
