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Bath Re-enamelling for Balham homes
Bath re-enamelling in and around Balham: a fixed quote from pictures, a tidy visit and a one-year guarantee.
- Resurfacing from £350
- Enamel that’s lost its shine and feels rough
- Worn patches where water runs and sits
Repairing versus replacing in Balham
Replacing a bath can take several days across several trades. Re-enamelling is one technician, usually one day, and the bath is usable the day after. Our bath re-enamelling starts from £350. Instead of hourly rates, we price the whole job up front. Damage, material and access decide it, and combining items on one visit brings it down.
Why choose Surface Doctor in Balham
- Straight answers about what a repair can do
- Everything repaired in place
- Most jobs done in one visit
- Rooms protected and left tidy
Read our prices page and guide to resurfacing and replacement costs.
How we handle bath re-enamelling in Balham
We don’t move the bath, so the taps, tiles and plumbing are not touched. It usually takes one visit, with the bath ready to use the following day. If you’re dealing with wear marks under the taps and a bath that stays dull however much you clean it, we can generally put it right.
All our work is covered by a one-year guarantee.
- Location
- Balham (SW12, SW17, SW4)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- From £350. Free and fixed, from your photos
- Call
- 0345 017 0787
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
About Balham
Balham is about 2 miles south-west of Stockwell, in Greater London. Our work suits any type of property, old or new, large or small, plus businesses and rented homes. Balham is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London where we work.
Postcode districts we cover here: SW12, SW17 and SW4. That includes homes on Lynn Road, Weir Road and Byrne Road and the roads around them. Close by, we cover Grange Mills (1 mile north-east), Hyde farm estate (1 mile east), Clapham Park (1 mile north-east), Streatham Park (1 mile south-east) and Tooting Bec (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles north-east), City of Westminster (5 miles north), Marylebone (5 miles north), Kensington (4 miles north-west), St Pancras (6 miles north) and Shoreditch (7 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Balham
In Balham, that means homes near Wandsworth Common, The Bedford pub and Chestnut Grove Academy and the streets around them. Nearby too are Church of St Mary (less than half a mile south-west), Oak Lodge School (under half a mile north-west) and Ravenstone Primary School (within half a mile south). There is a railway station in Balham itself: Balham station. Further afield, we also cover the area around Southside Wandsworth (1.9 miles north-west) and London Sewing Machine Museum (0.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Balham includes Knight's Hill and Battersea Park Lake.
- Local facilities include Streatham Hill (1.3 miles east)
Nearby places to Balham
What else we do in Balham
Your questions about bath re-enamelling in Balham
Do you work for landlords and businesses?
Yes, frequently. We quote for multiple addresses and fit around tenancy changeovers.
Is it safe with children and pets around?
Please keep children and pets out of the room during the visit and until it has cured. Everywhere else in the home is fine.
What does bath re-enamelling cost?
Prices start from £350. Every job gets a fixed price based on pictures of the damage. Send a close-up and a photo of the entire item with your SW12 postcode.
Can you do more than one item on the same visit?
Yes. Doing several items on one visit typically costs less than separate visits. Include pictures of each item.
Is repairing better than replacing?
Typically, if the item is otherwise sound. Repairing avoids the cost and disruption of replacing. If replacing would be better, we will say so.
Is my repair covered?
All our work carries our one-year guarantee. Ask us what it covers when you get your quote.
Do you cover Balham?
Yes, we do. We send a technician to Balham for every job, with no extra charge for travel.
Can you fix a peeling bath coating?
Typically, yes. We strip the failing coating and resurface it properly. Mention it when you send pictures.
Signs you need bath re-enamelling in Balham
Enamel’s shine is only skin deep, and abrasive cleaning slowly wears it away. Eventually the surface turns porous and stains.
People normally call us when they notice something like this:
- A coating lifting around the plughole
- Thin, worn enamel in places
- Staining under the taps and around the waste
- An original cast iron bath that needs restoring
What to look for in a quote
- How long it needs to cure
- Whether they match the colour on site
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- What preparation is included
Can I fix it myself?
You can buy a DIY kit for most repairs, and they can make a small mark look better. The trouble is colour and preparation: kits come in a few standard shades, and without proper cleaning and keying the filler frequently lifts.
A kit can be fine for a tiny mark out of sight. For anything you look at every day, anything that has rusted, cracked or holed, or anything on a coloured surface, a professional repair is worth it.
Work for landlords and builders
Hotels, guest houses and holiday lets cannot afford rooms out of action for long, so we keep visits short and tidy. We can work around your bookings.
Landlords, letting agents and housing providers in Balham use us as well as homeowners. A repair between tenants keeps the property empty for less time, and it usually costs far less than a refit.
What we cannot put right
We won’t take on work that will not last, so these are the limits:
- Holes rusted through the metal
- Anything hidden under an old coating, until we remove it
- An acrylic bath that flexes badly underfoot
Not sure? Send photos and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on
- Victorian roll-tops
- Basins & shower trays
- Cast iron baths
- Pressed steel baths
- Acrylic baths
Different materials, different repairs
Cast iron
Re-enamelling suits cast iron baths perfectly. The body lasts for generations; only the enamel wears, so a new finish makes them look new again.
Acrylic
Acrylic is light and warm to the touch, but it relies on good support. Repairs to cracks are reinforced from the back.
What bath re-enamelling costs
Resurfacing from £350. You will not pay by the hour. The price is based on:
- The colour and finish to match
- Previous DIY repairs that have to come out
- Doing more than one item at once
- How much damage there is
A few things move the price: access, material, the extent of the damage and whether we can do several items together. Send photos and you’ll get a fixed figure.
How to get a fixed price
We price nearly every job from photos. This is what to send:
- A clear, close picture of the problem area
- Daylight if possible, and no flash reflection
- Details of any past repairs
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
For a price in Balham, the easiest route is photos: a close-up, a wider shot and your postcode. You’ll get a fixed quote with dates to choose from.
How it works
On the day itself, there’s little for you to do. Let us in and show us the room, and we will get on with it. Most visits take a full day.
- We sheet, mask and ventilate the room.
- We remove the old silicone and deep clean the bath.
- We repair chips, rust spots and pitting.
- The surface is keyed and primed for the new finish.
- The new finish is sprayed on in several coats and left to cure until the following day.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the area around the damage
- Point us to the nearest place to park
- Keep pets and children out of the room while we work
Getting a price
Most customers in Balham get their price from photos. Tell us what happened and where you are, and we will send back a fixed quote and some dates.
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