- Postcode districts
- IV1, IV3
- Nearby
- Nairn and Fort William
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Highlands and Islands
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Inverness?
Our guide price for a bath to shower conversion in Inverness is £1,900–£4,800 including VAT. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. Travel and delivery to islands and remote areas are priced on your quote. 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 Inverness including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Inverness
We cover all of Inverness, including IV1 and IV3, and nearby Nairn and Fort William.
Inverness is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. If the bath in your Inverness home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job. If your Inverness bathroom was refitted recently and you like the rest of it, we can convert just the bath area and finish the new tiling neatly against the old.
Most of the Highlands and Islands is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Inverness, 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
- Repair or replacement of floorboards where the bath has left them soft or damaged
- 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
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.
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 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.
