Shower installation in Kelso

Postcode districts: TD5
Nearby: Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles
Guide price: £450–£3,400
Typical time on site: half a day to 3 days
Water: Soft across most of the Scottish Borders
Survey: Free, at your home

What does a new shower cost in Kelso?

Guide price in Kelso: £450–£3,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in Scotland 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

£450–£950

Test and handover

Typical

New shower over bath

£750–£1,750

Thermostatic bar shower and riser

New shower with enclosure

£1,450–£3,400

Pipework and waste

Guide prices for Kelso including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Working in Kelso

We cover every part of Kelso, including TD5, and nearby Galashiels (14.6 miles) and Hawick (18.4 miles).

Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Kelso: free survey, written quote, one team. If you are replacing a failed electric shower in Kelso, we check whether the existing cable and circuit suit the new unit. If you want a shower in your Kelso home that works when the boiler is off, an electric shower is worth considering, as long as the consumer unit can take the circuit.

Supplies across most of the Scottish Borders are soft. If that holds for your street in Kelso, 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

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
For an electric shower, a check of the consumer unit and whether a new dedicated circuit is needed
A bath screen, tray or enclosure where the shower is new

Decisions to make first

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.

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.

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Shower installation in Kelso: questions

What is the price of a new shower in Kelso?

A new shower in Kelso usually costs £450–£3,400 including VAT. Expect the lower end for a like-for-like job with standard products, and the upper end if things move or you choose premium finishes. Your quote is itemised and fixed in writing once agreed.

Is the home survey in Kelso really free?

Yes. We visit, measure the room, check the pipework, drainage and electrics, and talk through what you want. You then get a written, itemised quote with no obligation to go ahead.

Do you cover TD5 in Kelso?

Yes. We cover all of Kelso, including TD5, and nearby Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Kelso?

Why does my shower keep going hot and cold?

Usually because it is a manual mixer without thermostatic control, so when someone runs a tap or flushes a toilet, the balance of hot and cold changes. A thermostatic valve corrects for this automatically. On an electric shower, scale build-up or a failing part can cause the same symptom.