- Postcode districts
- RH1, RH2, RH3
- Nearby
- Redhill, Horley and Dorking
- Guide price
- £1,000–£2,800
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Surrey
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Reigate?
As a guide, budget £1,000 to £2,800 including VAT for a replacement bath in Reigate; your written quote will pin it down. We adjust the national guide for South East England, where prices are typically about 12% above the UK average. 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 Reigate including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Reigate
In Reigate we cover RH1, RH2 and RH3; we also cover Redhill, 1.5 miles away, and Horley.
Reigate gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. Before a new bath is ordered for a Reigate home, we measure the stairs and landing as well as the opening. If the bath in your Reigate home is the only thing letting the bathroom down, a swap in one or two days avoids a full refit.
Water across much of Surrey is hard. 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
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
- 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
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
