- Postcode districts
- CH41, CH42, CH43, CH46, CH49, CH62 + 1 more
- Nearby
- Liverpool, Bootle and Allerton
- Guide price
- £5,600–£10,250
- Typical time on site
- 6–10 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Merseyside
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a family bathroom cost in Birkenhead?
Guide price in Birkenhead: £5,600–£10,250 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. 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.
Essential
- Bath with shower over and screen
Signature
- Thermostatic shower, bath screen
Bespoke
- Underfloor heating, feature lighting
Guide prices for Birkenhead including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Birkenhead
We work right across Birkenhead — CH41, CH42, CH43 and 4 more postcode districts — and in neighbouring Liverpool and Bootle.
In a city the size of Birkenhead, parking and access for a skip are worth sorting before the start date — we will ask at the survey. If you have young children at home in Birkenhead, we can talk through a bath that is easy to lean over, a slip-resistant floor and high-level storage. For a busy Birkenhead household sharing one main bathroom, a thermostatic shower over a full-size bath is usually the most practical layout.
Supplies across most of Merseyside are soft. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A layout that keeps a full-size bath, with options for a shower over it or a separate enclosure if the room allows
- Supply of the bath, basin, WC, brassware, shower, screen, tiles and heated towel rail
- Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, with the waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
- New pipework, wastes and isolation valves, plus a thermostatic shower valve so the temperature holds when someone runs a tap
Decisions to make first
Shower over the bath or separate
A shower over the bath with a fixed or hinged screen is the most space-efficient. A separate enclosure needs roughly another square metre of floor but means the bath queue no longer holds up the shower queue.
Bath material
Reinforced acrylic is warm to the touch and light on the floor. Steel enamel is harder-wearing and feels more solid, but it draws heat from the water faster.
Rules that apply in England
In England, any new circuit, or any change to the wiring in a room with a bath or shower, is notifiable under Part P. Part G limits the hot water at a new bath to 48 °C only in a new dwelling or one created by change of use; it does not apply to a replacement bath in an existing house, but a thermostatic valve is a sensible choice where children bathe.
