- Postcode districts
- WA9, WA10, WA11, WA12
- Nearby
- Prescot, Ashton in Makerfield and Huyton
- Guide price
- £400–£3,300
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 3 days
- Water
- Soft across most of Merseyside
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new shower cost in St Helens?
Guide price in St Helens: £400–£3,300 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.
Shower swap
- Existing supply and position
New shower over bath
- Tiling the bath surround
New shower with enclosure
- Tray, enclosure and valve
Guide prices for St Helens including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in St Helens
We cover every part of St Helens, including WA9, WA10, WA11 and 1 more postcode districts, and nearby Prescot (3.1 miles) and Ashton in Makerfield (4.1 miles).
Across a large town like St Helens, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. If you want a shower in your St Helens home that works when the boiler is off, an electric shower is worth considering, as long as the consumer unit can take the circuit. For St Helens 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 Merseyside is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in St Helens, 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 bath screen, tray or enclosure where the shower is new
- Removal of the old shower, a full-flow test and a handover on isolating and descaling it
- 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
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.
Head and handset
A handset on a riser rail is versatile and easy for rinsing; a fixed overhead head feels generous but needs strong flow behind it.
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.
