- Postcode districts
- TD5
- Nearby
- Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,800
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Kelso?
As a guide, budget £1,900 to £4,800 including VAT for a bath to shower conversion in Kelso; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in Scotland put local prices at about 4% 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 Kelso including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Kelso
In Kelso we cover TD5; we also cover Galashiels, 14.6 miles away, and Hawick.
Kelso gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If your Kelso 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. We check the floor under the bath during a Kelso survey where we can, because old leaks can leave soft boards.
Water across much of the Scottish Borders is soft. If that holds for your street in Kelso, 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
- Removal of the bath, panel and taps, and disposal of the waste
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
- Repair or replacement of floorboards where the bath has left them soft or damaged
- Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
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.
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.
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.
