- Postcode districts
- PR1, PR2
- Nearby
- Blackburn, Darwen and Poulton-le-Fylde
- 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 Preston?
Our guide price for a bath to shower conversion in Preston is £1,900–£4,700 including VAT. Prices in North West England run at about 6% 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
- Bath removed, tray in its place
Walk-in shower
- Concealed valve, rainfall head
Level-access floor
- Grab rails and seat options
Guide prices for Preston including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Preston
We work right across Preston — PR1 and PR2 — and in neighbouring Blackburn and Darwen.
In a city the size of Preston, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If someone in your Preston home is finding the bath side harder to step over, a low or level-access tray removes the problem. If the bath in your Preston home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job.
Most of Lancashire is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Preston, 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
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
- A thermostatic shower valve, with the pipework moved for the new head position
- A low-profile tray, or a former and tanking for a level-access floor
- Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
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.
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.
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.
