Bath replacement in South Yorkshire

What does a replacement bath cost in South Yorkshire?

Our guide range in South Yorkshire is £850–£2,300 including VAT. Prices in South Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for South Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in South Yorkshire?

• Sheffield
• Rotherham
• Doncaster
• Barnsley
• Bentley
• Chapeltown
• Darton
• Dinnington
• Adwick le Street
• Rawmarsh
• Maltby
• Thorne
• Wath upon Dearne
• Conisbrough
• Hoyland Nether
• Wombwell
• Mexborough

Water across much of South Yorkshire is moderately hard. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. Survey visits in Sheffield cover the bath, the tiles around it and the waste route, so the quote reflects your bathroom rather than a standard job.

What the job includes

• Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
• 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
• Supply of the new bath, taps or filler, waste and overflow, and bath panel
• Leak testing at the waste, overflow and taps, taking the old bath away and a final clean
• A survey of the bath opening, the floor, the waste route, the supplies and the tiles around the bath

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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.

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

Replacing a bath in an existing bathroom does not need planning permission, and a straight swap is not normally building regulations work. New taps or a filler must meet the water fittings rules where you live, including backflow protection. If the new bath is much heavier than the old one, such as a cast-iron or stone resin freestanding bath, the floor needs checking, and strengthening joists is structural work that may need building control approval.

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.