- Postcode districts
- CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4
- Nearby
- Sudbury, Clacton-on-Sea and Witham
- Guide price
- £2,100–£5,300
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Essex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Colchester?
For Colchester, our guide range for a bath to shower conversion is £2,100 to £5,300 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East of England, where prices are typically about 6% above 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 Colchester including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Colchester
In Colchester we cover CO1, CO2, CO3 and 1 more postcode districts; we also cover Sudbury, 12.7 miles away, and Clacton-on-Sea.
In a city the size of Colchester, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If the bath in your Colchester home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job. If someone in your Colchester home is finding the bath side harder to step over, a low or level-access tray removes the problem.
Supplies across most of Essex are very hard. If your supply in Colchester 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.
What the job includes
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
- 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
- Removal of the bath, panel and taps, and disposal of the waste
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.
