Loft bathrooms in Kelso

Postcode districts: TD5
Nearby: Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
Guide price: £6,200–£12,500
Typical time on site: 6–12 working days
Water: Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a loft bathroom cost in Kelso?

For Kelso, our guide range for a loft bathroom is £6,200 to £12,500 including VAT. 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.

Refit

£5,300–£8,200

Tiling, lighting, extractor fan

Typical

Signature

£7,700–£12,500

Walk-in shower under the ridge

New loft bathroom

£9,600–£17,250

New drainage route and water supply

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

Working in Kelso

We cover every part of Kelso, including TD5, and nearby Galashiels (14.6 miles) and Hawick (18.4 miles).

Kelso gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. For a loft bathroom in a tank-fed Kelso home, we work out how the shower will get its pressure before choosing a single fitting. If your Kelso loft conversion has a bedroom but no bathroom, the survey starts with where the soil stack runs and how much headroom you have.

Supplies across most of the Scottish Borders are 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

A check of your hot-water system and of the pressure and flow you actually get at loft level
A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
A shower pump on a gravity system, an electric shower, or advice on moving to mains pressure, depending on your system

Decisions to make first

Bath or no bath

A bath under the slope makes good use of low space, but the floor has to carry it when it is full of water and someone is in it.

Gravity or pumped waste

Gravity is silent and maintenance-free. A pumped waste or macerator lets fittings sit away from the stack, provided the house has a WC on gravity drainage elsewhere.

Rules that apply in Scotland

In Scotland, forming a new bathroom in the loft or altering the drainage may need a building warrant. The Technical Handbook uses 15 litres per second extract for a bathroom, and water fittings are covered by the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014.

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Loft bathrooms in Kelso: questions

What is the price of a loft bathroom in Kelso?

A loft bathroom in Kelso usually costs £6,200–£12,500 including VAT. Where you land in that range depends on the size of the room, whether the layout changes and the products you choose. After the free survey you get an itemised written quote, and the price is fixed in writing once the layout and products are agreed.

Is the home survey in Kelso really free?

Yes. We visit, measure the room, check the pipework, drainage and electrics, and talk through what you want. You then get a written, itemised quote with no obligation to go ahead.

Do you cover TD5 in Kelso?

Yes. We cover all of Kelso, including TD5, and nearby Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Kelso?

Is a bath too heavy for a loft floor?

A standard acrylic bath is usually fine on a loft floor built for a conversion, but a filled bath with someone in it is heavy, and stone-resin or cast-iron baths are much heavier still. We check the joist size, span and direction at the survey, and a heavy bath may need a structural check and strengthening first.