- Postcode districts
- HP5, HP6, HP7
- Nearby
- Amersham, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter
- Guide price
- £500–£3,900
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 3 days
- Water
- Hard across most of Buckinghamshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new shower cost in Amersham on the Hill?
Guide price in Amersham on the Hill: £500–£3,900 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above 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.
Shower swap
- Test and handover
New shower over bath
- Thermostatic bar shower and riser
New shower with enclosure
- Pipework and waste
Guide prices for Amersham on the Hill including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Amersham on the Hill
As well as Amersham on the Hill itself (HP5, HP6 and HP7), we survey in Amersham, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Amersham on the Hill: free survey, written quote, one team. We test pressure and flow at Amersham on the Hill surveys before recommending a shower, so you know how it will perform before you buy. For Amersham on the Hill homes with a cold tank in the loft, we check the system before fitting anything, because a pump is only allowed on a gravity supply.
Water across much of Buckinghamshire is hard. If your supply in Amersham on the Hill is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Removal of the old shower, a full-flow test and a handover on isolating and descaling it
- New pipework and isolation valves, plus a pump only where the system is gravity-fed from a cold tank
- Tiling or re-tiling around the shower, with tanking behind new tiles in the wet area
- A bath screen, tray or enclosure where the shower is new
Decisions to make first
Power shower
A mixer with a built-in pump, for tank-fed systems only. It lifts a weak gravity shower but must never be connected to the mains.
Thermostatic mixer
Blends hot and cold from your system and holds the temperature steady when someone runs a tap. The usual choice with a combi or an unvented cylinder.
Rules that apply in England
In England, an electric shower usually needs its own dedicated circuit, often 40 to 45 amps for an 8.5 to 10.5 kW unit, and a new circuit is notifiable under Part P. The Part G limit of 48 °C applies to a new bath in a new dwelling or one created by change of use, not to a shower, but a thermostatic valve gives similar protection. An unvented cylinder fitted to improve the shower must be installed by a G3-qualified installer.
