Dorset · England
Bath re-enamelling & resurfacing in Longham, Dorset
Damaged bath in Longham? We put it right where it is, match it on site and back it with a one-year guarantee.
- Resurfacing from £350
- Wear marks under the taps
- A coating lifting around the plughole
Landlords, agents and businesses in Longham
We’re used to working with agents and managing companies. Just send photos, the address and how to get access.
Housing associations and facilities teams use us for planned and reactive repairs in Dorset and across the UK. Repairing in place avoids the disruption of a replacement, which is easier on the people living there.
Bath re-enamelling at your home in Longham
We don’t move the bath, so the taps, tiles and plumbing are not touched. It normally takes one visit, with the bath ready to use the following day. Whether it’s an outdated colour you’d like to change and brown or grey marks that don’t clean off, we can generally put it right.
A one-year guarantee comes as standard, so you’re covered after the visit.
- Area
- Longham (BH22)
- Region
- Dorset
- Warranty
- One year on every repair
- Quotes
- From £350. Free, fixed price from pictures
- Call
- 0345 017 0787
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
How we price bath re-enamelling
Prices start from £350. You won’t pay by the hour. The price is based on:
- How many areas need work
- Access to the area
- How many items we do on one visit
- The material and finish
A repair typically costs much less than people expect, especially compared with replacing and refitting. Send photos and we’ll give you the exact figure.
Getting a price from pictures
Photographing the damage takes a minute. Please include:
- Where you are, by postcode
- Good light, ideally daylight, without flash glare
- Any earlier repairs or coatings
- The material, if you know it
No survey visit is needed: we price from photos. Use the quote form, or ring 0345 017 0787 to talk it through.
Repair or replace: which is better?
There are times replacing is better: a cracked-through bath, a change of size or shape, or a full refit. Otherwise, resurfacing normally wins. Our bath re-enamelling starts from £350. The price depends on the type and amount of damage, the material and how many items we do on one visit. You get a fixed price from your pictures, so you know the cost before you book.
Why choose Surface Doctor in Longham
- Technicians who travel to you, UK-wide
- CHAS and Constructionline accredited
- Honest advice, even when it means no job
- Usually one visit, start to finish
Take a look at our prices page and bath cost comparison.
Longham: your questions answered
It’s been repaired before. Can you still fix it?
In most cases. We remove the old repair before doing a new one, so let us know about it.
Do you need to take the bath out?
No. We resurface it in place, so nothing else is disturbed.
Can landlords book you?
Yes. We work for landlords, agents, builders and businesses as well as householders across Dorset.
Can pets and children be at home?
We ask you to keep children and pets out of the room while we work. Everywhere else in the home is fine.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, almost always. A close-up and a wider photo are enough to give a fixed price.
Is it messy?
We protect the room with dust sheets and masking first, and we clean up when we have finished.
Can you repair several things at once?
Yes, and it’s often cheaper. Just add the extra items to your photos and we will quote them together.
Are you accredited?
Yes. Our accreditations include CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor. The full list is on our accreditations page.
Should I try a DIY kit first?
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.
A DIY attempt isn’t a disaster. We take the old repair out and do it properly, so it won’t stop us repairing it. It does add a little time, so tell us about it when you send pictures.
Looking after it afterwards
How the surface is treated afterwards matters:
- Dry the bath after use to stop limescale
- Rinse off hair dye, oils and bath bombs right away
- Stick to gentle, non-abrasive cleaners
- Have chips seen to early
Rinse the bath and wipe it over after use, especially in hard water areas, so limescale cannot build up.
Leave a peeling coating alone. Moisture gets underneath and makes it worse, so have it stripped and resurfaced.
What we are called out for in Longham
Enamel does not fail overnight. Years of cleaning, hard water and hot baths wear the gloss away, generally first under the taps and around the waste.
Most people get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Worn patches where water runs and sits
- A bath that stays dull however much you clean it
- Chips and rust in more than one place
- An original cast iron bath that needs restoring
Questions to ask before you book
- How changes to the job are handled
- How soon you can use it again
- If travel is included in the price
- Whether cleaning and preparation are in the price
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time we agreed with you and looks over the damage before anything else. The floor and nearby surfaces are covered before we open a single tin. The work itself takes a full day, and the room is left clean and tidy.
- We check the bath and agree the finish with you.
- Taps, tiles and the floor are masked off.
- We degrease the bath, fix any damage and key the surface.
- We apply the primer and then the finish coats.
- We remove the masking, tidy up and give you the curing time.
Preparing for the visit
- Keep pets and children out of the room while we work
- Have somewhere for us to park nearby if possible
- Tell us if there are stairs or a lift
How to get a price
You do not need a survey visit. Photos are enough for us to price nearly every job: send a close-up, a wider shot and your postcode, and we will reply with a fixed price.
Advice
Places near Longham
Other services in Longham
Longham and the surrounding area
Longham is about 3 miles south-east of Wimborne Minster, in Dorset. Book a date that suits you, and we will give you an arrival time in advance, so you are not left waiting in all day. We cover 462 places in Dorset, from the larger towns to small villages.
We work across the BH22 postcode area and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Green Lane, Ringwood Road and Ham Lane, all of which we cover. Main roads around Longham include the A348, which makes travel easy. Close by, we cover Hampreston (1 mile north-west), Knighton (1 mile south-west), Kinson (1 mile south), Bearwood (2 miles south-west) and Little Canford (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Christchurch (7 miles south-east), Wimborne Minster (3 miles north-west), Blandford Forum (12 miles north-west), Verwood (6 miles north), Broadstone (4 miles south-west) and Corfe Mullen (5 miles west).
What’s near Longham
Typical jobs here are in homes near Longham United Reform Church, Ferndown Upper School and White Hart Inn and the streets around them. Nearby too are LeAF Studio (1.5 miles south-west), Ferndown Common (1 mile north) and Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School (0.8 miles north-west). For rail, the closest station is Branksome station, roughly 4.1 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Stapehill Abbey (1.4 miles north-west) and Alderney Hospital (2.9 miles south-west).
Materials and what they mean for the repair
Cast iron
A cast iron bath is heavy enough that most people never want to move it. Only the enamel surface wears or chips, and that’s the part we put right.
Pressed steel
Steel baths re-enamel well, as long as any rust is dealt with first. Steel frequently rusts by the plughole, so we pay close attention there.
About our accreditations · Every repair comes with a one-year guarantee.
