- Postcode districts
- EH11, EH13, EH14
- Nearby
- Currie, Balerno and Penicuik
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Edinburgh
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Colinton?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a bath to shower conversion in Colinton; your written quote will pin it down. 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.
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 Colinton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Colinton
In Colinton we cover EH11, EH13 and EH14; we also cover Currie, 2.2 miles away, and Balerno.
Colinton gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If the bath in your Colinton home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job. For Colinton houses with only one bath, we talk through whether to keep it before you decide.
Water across much of Edinburgh is soft. If that holds for your street in Colinton, 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
- 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
- A thermostatic shower valve, with the pipework moved for the new head position
Decisions to make first
Safety extras
A fold-down seat, grab rails and a slip-resistant tray cost little at the time of fitting and are much harder to add later.
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.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, a bath to shower swap in the same position rarely needs a building warrant, but a level-access floor that alters drainage or structure may. For adaptation help, councils run a Scheme of Assistance rather than Disabled Facilities Grants.
