- Postcode districts
- LE16
- Nearby
- Corby, Kettering and Wigston Magna
- Guide price
- £450–£3,400
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 3 days
- Water
- Hard across most of Northamptonshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new shower cost in Market Harborough?
For Market Harborough, our guide range for a new shower is £450 to £3,400 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for East Midlands, where prices are typically about 4% below the UK average. 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 Market Harborough including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Market Harborough
We work right across Market Harborough — LE16 — and in neighbouring Corby and Kettering.
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Market Harborough: free survey, written quote, one team. If you are replacing a failed electric shower in Market Harborough, we check whether the existing cable and circuit suit the new unit. If you want a shower in your Market Harborough home that works when the boiler is off, an electric shower is worth considering, as long as the consumer unit can take the circuit.
Most of Northamptonshire has hard water. If your supply in Market Harborough 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
- Supply and fitting of the shower valve or unit, riser rail, handset or fixed head
- 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.
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.
