- Postcode districts
- NE29, NE30, NE33
- Nearby
- Tynemouth, North Shields and Jarrow
- Guide price
- £1,800–£4,500
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in South Shields?
Guide price in South Shields: £1,800–£4,500 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. We adjust the national guide for North East England, where prices are typically about 10% below the UK average. 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 South Shields including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in South Shields
In South Shields we cover NE29, NE30 and NE33; we also cover Tynemouth, 1.4 miles away, and North Shields.
Across a large town like South Shields, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If you are applying for a grant towards a bath to shower conversion in South Shields, we provide the itemised written quote the council will ask for. If someone in your South Shields home is finding the bath side harder to step over, a low or level-access tray removes the problem.
Supplies across most of Tyne and Wear are soft. If that holds for your street in South Shields, 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 thermostatic shower valve, with the pipework moved for the new head position
- 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.
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.
