- Postcode districts
- EN9
- Nearby
- Cheshunt, Chingford and Enfield
- 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 Waltham Abbey?
For Waltham Abbey, our guide range for a bath to shower conversion is £2,100 to £5,300 including VAT. Prices in East of England run at about 6% above 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
- Bath removed, tray in its place
Walk-in shower
- Concealed valve, rainfall head
Level-access floor
- Grab rails and seat options
Guide prices for Waltham Abbey including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Waltham Abbey
As well as Waltham Abbey itself (EN9), we survey in Cheshunt, Chingford and Enfield.
Waltham Abbey gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If someone in your Waltham Abbey home is finding the bath side harder to step over, a low or level-access tray removes the problem. For Waltham Abbey houses with only one bath, we talk through whether to keep it before you decide.
Supplies across most of Essex are very hard. If your supply in Waltham Abbey 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
- Repair or replacement of floorboards where the bath has left them soft or damaged
- A glass enclosure, walk-in panel or frameless screen
- Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
