- Postcode districts
- LE4
- Nearby
- Loughborough, Leicester and Oadby
- Guide price
- £450–£3,400
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 3 days
- Water
- Hard across most of Leicestershire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new shower cost in Mountsorrel?
For Mountsorrel, our guide range for a new shower is £450 to £3,400 including VAT. Prices in East Midlands run at about 4% 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.
Shower swap
- Test and handover
New shower over bath
- Thermostatic bar shower and riser
New shower with enclosure
- Pipework and waste
Guide prices for Mountsorrel including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Mountsorrel
In Mountsorrel we cover LE4; we also cover Loughborough, 4 miles away, and Leicester.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Mountsorrel: free survey, written quote, one team. We test pressure and flow at Mountsorrel surveys before recommending a shower, so you know how it will perform before you buy. For Mountsorrel 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.
Most of Leicestershire has hard water. If your supply in Mountsorrel 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
- For an electric shower, a check of the consumer unit and whether a new dedicated circuit is needed
- New pipework and isolation valves, plus a pump only where the system is gravity-fed from a cold tank
- A bath screen, tray or enclosure where the shower is new
- Tiling or re-tiling around the shower, with tanking behind new tiles in the wet area
Decisions to make first
Exposed or concealed
An exposed bar valve fixes onto the tiles and is easy to service. A concealed valve sits in the wall for a cleaner look but needs careful setting-out and a plan for access.
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.
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.
