Bath to shower conversions in Berkshire

What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Berkshire?

Our guide range in Berkshire is £2,200–£5,600 including VAT. Prices in Berkshire run at about 12% above the UK guide, based on South East England labour rates.

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

Which towns do we cover in Berkshire?

• Reading
• Slough
• Bracknell
• Maidenhead
• Wokingham
• Newbury
• Lower Earley
• Windsor
• Crowthorne
• Thatcham
• Sandhurst
• Ascot

Water across much of Berkshire is hard. If your supply in Reading is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. We check the floor under the bath during a Reading survey where we can, because old leaks can leave soft boards.

What the job includes

• A survey of the bath space, the waste position, the floor and your water system
• Repair or replacement of floorboards where the bath has left them soft or damaged
• Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
• Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
• A low-profile tray, or a former and tanking for a level-access floor
• A glass enclosure, walk-in panel or frameless screen

Decisions to make first

How much to re-tile

Re-tile just the shower walls, or take the chance to re-tile the whole room so new and old tiles never have to match.

Low tray or level floor

A low-profile tray has a small lip. A level-access floor removes the step altogether but needs a former, tanking and a linear drain.

Your only bath?

If this is the only bath in the house, think about whether you, or a future buyer, will want one before you commit.

Enclosure or walk-in

An enclosure with a door keeps all the water in and suits a shorter space. A walk-in panel makes the most of the full 1700 mm length an old bath leaves.

Rules that apply in England

Converting a bath to a shower does not need planning permission. The shower area is a special location under BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every circuit and at least IPX4 fittings in zone 1 above the tray up to 2.25 m. A shower pump can only be used on a gravity system with a cold tank, never on the mains. Where the conversion adapts the home for a disabled person, the work can be zero-rated for VAT under HMRC VAT Notice 701/7.

In England, adding an electric shower usually means a new circuit, which is notifiable under Part P, as is any change to the wiring in the bathroom. Where the conversion is an adaptation for a disabled person, a Disabled Facilities Grant of up to £30,000 may help, but the council must approve it before work starts.