Bath to shower conversions in West Yorkshire

What does a bath to shower conversion cost in West Yorkshire?

Our guide range in West Yorkshire is £1,850–£4,600 including VAT. Prices in West Yorkshire run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Yorkshire and the Humber labour rates.

Guide prices for West Yorkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Which towns do we cover in West Yorkshire?

• Leeds
• Bradford
• Huddersfield
• Wakefield
• Halifax
• Dewsbury
• Morley
• Keighley
• Castleford
• Pontefract
• Batley
• Yeadon
• Brighouse
• Shipley
• Cleckheaton
• Pudsey
• Lofthouse
• Ossett
• Guiseley
• Liversedge
• Horsforth
• South Elmsall
• Mirfield
• Heckmondwike
• Bingley
• Kippax
• Baildon
• Elland

Supplies across most of West Yorkshire are soft. If that holds for your street in Leeds, 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. We check the floor under the bath during a Leeds survey where we can, because old leaks can leave soft boards.

What the job includes

• Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
• 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
• Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
• A glass enclosure, walk-in panel or frameless screen

Decisions to make first

Mixer or electric shower

A thermostatic mixer draws on your hot-water system. An electric shower heats cold mains water as it flows and needs its own circuit.

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.

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

Converting a bath to a shower does not need planning permission. The shower area is a special location under BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every circuit and at least IPX4 fittings in zone 1 above the tray up to 2.25 m. A shower pump can only be used on a gravity system with a cold tank, never on the mains. Where the conversion adapts the home for a disabled person, the work can be zero-rated for VAT under HMRC VAT Notice 701/7.

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.