- Postcode districts
- PA5
- Nearby
- Paisley, Barrhead and Erskine
- Guide price
- £450–£3,400
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 3 days
- Water
- Soft across most of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new shower cost in Johnstone?
For Johnstone, our guide range for a new shower is £450 to £3,400 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for Scotland, 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
- Existing supply and position
New shower over bath
- Tiling the bath surround
New shower with enclosure
- Tray, enclosure and valve
Guide prices for Johnstone including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Johnstone
We cover every part of Johnstone, including PA5, and nearby Paisley (3.2 miles) and Barrhead (5.2 miles).
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Johnstone: free survey, written quote, one team. If your Johnstone bath has no shower over it, a thermostatic bar shower, screen and tiling can usually be added in a day or two. If the shower in your Johnstone home swings between hot and cold, a thermostatic valve is usually the fix.
Most of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Johnstone, 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
- Supply and fitting of the shower valve or unit, riser rail, handset or fixed head
- For an electric shower, a check of the consumer unit and whether a new dedicated circuit is needed
- Tiling or re-tiling around the shower, with tanking behind new tiles in the wet area
- Removal of the old shower, a full-flow test and a handover on isolating and descaling it
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 Scotland
In Scotland there is no Part P, but a new shower circuit must still be designed, installed and certified to BS 7671. Water fittings, including pumps and backflow protection, are covered by the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014.
