- Postcode districts
- CA28
- Nearby
- Workington, Barrow in Furness and Penrith
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,700
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Cumbria
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Whitehaven?
Guide price in Whitehaven: £1,900–£4,700 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. We adjust the national guide for North West England, where prices are typically about 6% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Tray and enclosure
- Thermostatic shower, re-tiling
Walk-in shower
- Large tray and frameless screen
Level-access floor
- Level entry, linear drain
Guide prices for Whitehaven including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Whitehaven
In Whitehaven we cover CA28; we also cover Workington, 6.7 miles away, and Barrow in Furness.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Whitehaven: free survey, written quote, one team. If the bath in your Whitehaven home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job. If you are applying for a grant towards a bath to shower conversion in Whitehaven, we provide the itemised written quote the council will ask for.
Most of Cumbria is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Whitehaven, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A survey of the bath space, the waste position, the floor and your water system
- Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
- A low-profile tray, or a former and tanking for a level-access floor
Decisions to make first
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.
Rules that apply in England
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.
