- Postcode districts
- L39, WN8
- Nearby
- Maghull, Skelmersdale and Kirkby
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,700
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Ormskirk?
For Ormskirk, our guide range for a bath to shower conversion is £1,900 to £4,700 including VAT. Labour costs in North West England put local prices at about 6% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Tray and enclosure
- Glass enclosure or walk-in panel
Walk-in shower
- Full-height tiling
Level-access floor
- Floor former and tanking
Guide prices for Ormskirk including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Ormskirk
We cover every part of Ormskirk, including L39 and WN8, and nearby Maghull (4.3 miles) and Skelmersdale (4.6 miles).
Ormskirk gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If the bath in your Ormskirk home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job. We check the floor under the bath during a Ormskirk survey where we can, because old leaks can leave soft boards.
Supplies across most of Lancashire are soft. If that holds for your street in Ormskirk, 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 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
- Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
Decisions to make first
Enclosure or walk-in
An enclosure with a door keeps all the water in and suits a shorter space. A walk-in panel makes the most of the full 1700 mm length an old bath leaves.
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.
