Essex · England
Bath re-enamelling & resurfacing in Balls Green, Essex
Full bath re-enamelling and resurfacing in Balls Green, carried out at your home and guaranteed for a year.
- Resurfacing from £350
- Lots of chips and rust spots
- A bath in a colour that no longer suits
About our bath re-enamelling in Balls Green
If your bath is sound but looks tired, resurfacing is normally the best value. There’s no removal, plumbing or tiling involved. We work on Victorian roll-tops, cast iron baths and basins & shower trays, and the jobs we see most are a peeling or bubbling previous coating and an outdated colour you’d like to change.
You’re covered for a year from the day of the repair. If anything isn’t right, ring us and we will come back.
- Area
- Balls Green (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Guarantee
- A year, on every repair
- Quotes
- From £350. Fixed and free, based on photos
- Phone
- 0345 017 0787
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Prices and what affects them
Prices start from £350. You won’t pay by the hour. The price is based on:
- The type of damage
- Where the damage is and how we get to it
- The material
- Previous DIY repairs that have to come out
A repair normally costs much less than people expect, particularly next to the cost of replacement. Send pictures and we’ll give you the exact figure.
How to get a fixed quote
You can normally get a fixed price without us visiting. To make it quick:
- One picture of the entire bath
- A coin beside the damage so we can judge size
- The material, if you know it
- Whether it’s been repaired or coated before
The quickest way to a price is to send a couple of pictures using our quote form or ring us. We will tell you honestly if a repair is the right fix.
How to care for the repair
Much of the damage we repair could have been avoided. These habits help:
- Wipe the bath dry after use in hard water areas
- Use washing-up liquid and a soft cloth
- Leave the bath for the full curing time before using it
- Do not let dyes or oils sit on the finish
Give the finish its full curing time before using the bath. Then, gentle cleaning with a soft cloth is enough.
Do not try to scrub a worn bath back to shine. It just wears the enamel further and makes resurfacing more work.
FAQs for Balls Green
Do you cover Balls Green?
Yes, we do. Repair technicians travel to Balls Green from across the region, and the price is the same as everywhere else.
Will the bath be moved?
No, it stays where it is. We work on the bath in place, with the room masked and ventilated.
Can you do the outside of a roll-top?
Yes, often. We resurface the inside, and the outside can be refinished too.
Is my repair covered?
Yes, for a year. If there is a problem with the work in that time, we come back and put it right.
I’m a tenant. Can you help?
We can work for tenants, landlords or agents. Get your landlord’s agreement first.
How quickly can you book me in?
It depends on the time of year and where you are. We’ll offer you dates when we send your quote.
Can you quote from pictures?
Nearly always. We only ask to see it in person if the pictures can’t show what we need.
Someone resurfaced my bath and it’s peeling. Can you help?
Yes. Stripping the old coating adds time, so it’s reflected in the quote.
How the visit works
We turn up when we said we would and looks over the damage before anything else. Dust sheets and masking tape go down before any work starts. The work itself takes a full day, and we leave the room as we found it.
- We sheet, mask and ventilate the room.
- Old sealant is cut out and the bath is deep cleaned.
- Chips, rust and pitting are repaired.
- We key the bath and apply a bonding primer.
- Several coats of finish are sprayed on, then it cures.
Preparing for the visit
- Move bottles, mats and clutter away from the area
- Point us to the nearest place to park
- Mention any earlier repairs or resurfacing
Ask for a price
For most jobs, pictures are all we need to give you a price. Add a line about what happened and your postcode, and we will reply with a fixed quote and the earliest dates we have.
Related advice
Landlord and trade work in Balls Green
Builders, developers and site managers book us for snagging repairs, fixing chips and scratches before handover so nothing needs replacing. We hold CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor accreditations.
We carry out planned and one-off repairs for housing associations and facilities teams in Essex and across the UK. Repairing in place avoids the disruption of a replacement, which is easier on the people living there.
Covering Balls Green
Balls Green is about 6 miles east of Colchester, in Essex. Customers in Balls Green get the same service as everywhere else we cover: a fixed quote from your photos, and a technician at your door on the day. We cover 644 places in Essex. Our jobs stretch from Balls Green to London (about 55 miles away).
Our visits in CO7 are booked in the same way as anywhere else. Whether you live on Frating Road, Chapel Lane and Brundells Road or a nearby road, we can come to you. We also travel to Hare Green (1 mile north), Frating Green (1 mile south), Cowey Green (1 mile north), Frating (1 mile south-west) and Great Bromley (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Colchester (6 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (7 miles south-east), Harwich (10 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles west), Greenstead (4 miles west) and Tiptree (13 miles west).
What’s near Balls Green
We visit homes around Snooty Fox pub, among other places. Balls Green’s nearest station is Great Bentley station, about 2.1 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Wivenhoe Chapel Museum (3.3 miles west). For a walk, there’s Cockaynes Wood.
Towns and villages near Balls Green
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Repair or replace in Balls Green?
For a sound bath, resurfacing costs far less than replacement, once you add removal, plumbing, tiling and decorating to the price of a new bath. It’s much quicker too. Resurfacing from £350, with every job priced individually. Rather than charging by the hour, we fix the price before we start. Damage, material and access decide it, and combining items on one visit brings it down.
Why Balls Green customers choose us
- Accredited with CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor
- Dust sheets down, tidy finish
- One-year guarantee on every repair
- Colours mixed by hand to suit your surface
Read our pricing or bath cost comparison.
DIY repairs versus a professional job
What a professional repair adds is preparation, colour matching and finishing. We clean and key the area properly, mix the colour to your surface and finish it to the same sheen, then guarantee it for a year.
It’s tempting to reach for a kit, but many of the jobs we do start with putting right a DIY repair. Doing it properly first is typically the cheaper route.
What your bath is made of matters
Cast iron
Cast iron baths are the classic candidate for re-enamelling. The body lasts for generations; only the enamel wears, so resurfacing gives them a new life.
Roll-top and period baths
Freestanding roll-tops can be done inside and out, with the outside refinished as well.
When we would advise against a repair
A few problems are outside what a surface repair can do:
- A metal bath with a through crack
- Damage hidden under a previous coating, until it’s stripped back
- A bath that’s rusted through
Send us photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we repair
- Basins & shower trays
- Cast iron baths
- Acrylic baths
- Pressed steel baths
- Victorian roll-tops
About our accreditations · Every repair comes with a one-year guarantee.
