- Postcode districts
- TD5
- Nearby
- Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
- Guide price
- £600–£3,800
- Typical time on site
- 1–5 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does bathroom plumbing work cost in Kelso?
Our guide price for bathroom plumbing work in Kelso is £600–£3,800 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for Scotland, where prices are typically about 4% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like
- Isolation valves, new tails
Partial re-route
- Waste re-routed
New layout
- WC moved on the soil stack
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. For Kelso homes on a combi boiler, we measure the flow rate at the bathroom before you choose a shower valve. If your Kelso bathroom layout is changing, the soil stack position is checked first, because it decides where the WC can go.
Most of the Scottish Borders is supplied with soft water. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Isolation valves on every fitting, so taps, cisterns and valves can be serviced without draining the system
- Shower pumps on gravity systems, and macerators or pumped wastes where gravity drainage cannot reach
- A pressure test of new pipework before walls are closed in and floors go down
- Basin, bath and shower wastes sized and laid to a steady fall, with traps that hold their water seal
Decisions to make first
Pipe routes
Drilling through the middle of joists, rather than notching the tops, keeps the floor strong. Routes are planned with the joist direction in mind.
Copper or plastic
Copper is rigid and suits pipes on show or near the boiler. Plastic is quicker under floors and inside walls, and long runs need fewer joints.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014 cover new water fittings, with the same 6-litre flush limit and backflow rules. Altering drainage may need a building warrant, so check before moving a WC or adding a new connection to the stack.
