Sheffield · England
Bath chip & crack repair in Lightwood, Sheffield
Bath repair in and around Lightwood: photo quotes, tidy work and a year’s guarantee.
- Repairs from £95
- Cracks in an acrylic bath
- Damage beneath the taps
Prices and what affects them
Repairs from £95. There are no hourly rates or hidden extras. The price depends on:
- Whether old repairs or coatings need taking off
- How easy the damage is to reach
- How many items we do on one visit
- The type of damage
It helps to know what pushes a price up or down: access, material, the extent of the damage and whether we can do several items together. Send pictures and you’ll get a fixed figure.
Send pictures for a quote
You can usually get a fixed price without us visiting. To help us price it:
- Whether it’s been repaired or coated before
- A wider photo showing the whole bath
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- The material, if you know it
To get a price, send two or three photos using our quote form or call us. We will tell you honestly whether it can be repaired.
Bath repair at your home in Lightwood
We have repaired just about every kind of bath damage: dropped-bottle chips, plughole rust, acrylic cracks and impact holes. All of it is repaired where the bath stands with a one-year guarantee. Whether it’s rust spots around the plughole and a hole punched through by something heavy, we can help, whatever the material.
A one-year guarantee comes with the work, just as it does everywhere we cover.
- Area
- Lightwood (S14, S12, S8)
- Region
- Sheffield
- Cover
- A year, on every repair
- Quotes
- From £95. Free, fixed price from pictures
- Phone
- 0345 017 0787
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Should you replace it?
Cast iron baths especially are worth keeping: getting one out, particularly from an upstairs bathroom, is a big job, and a like-for-like replacement can be expensive. Repairing it leaves it where it is. Repairs from £95, with every job priced individually. Set against the cost of replacement, repairing generally costs far less, because nothing has to be taken out, refitted or made good. The quote lists exactly what you’re paying for.
Why book with us
- Fixed prices from your pictures
- We’ll tell you if it’s not worth repairing
- Everything repaired in place
- One visit for most repairs
Read our prices page or resurfacing vs replacement cost guide.
Where we work around Lightwood
Lightwood is about 2 miles south-east of Heeley, in Sheffield. Our work suits any type of property, old or new, large or small, plus businesses and rented homes. Lightwood is one of 118 towns and villages in Sheffield we cover. We work right across the region, from Lightwood to Leeds (33 miles away).
Our repair technicians cover all of the S14, S12 and S8 postcode area. We regularly work on streets such as Mawfa Road, Mawfa Avenue and Norton Avenue. If you are just outside Lightwood, we cover Herdings (1 mile north), Gleadless Valley (1 mile north), Norton (1 mile west), Gleadless Townend (1 mile north-east) and Norton Lees (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Sheffield (3 miles north-west), Netherthorpe (4 miles north-west), Upperthorpe (4 miles north-west), West End (4 miles north-west), Walkley (5 miles north-west) and Broomhall (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Lightwood
Around Lightwood, we work in homes near Newfield Secondary School, Valley Park Community School and Oakes Park, among other places. Other local landmarks include St James (0.9 miles west) and Bagshawe Arms Public House (less than half a mile north-west). The closest station to Lightwood is Dronfield station, about 2.7 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Sheffield Castle (3.5 miles north) and Shirle Hill (3 miles north-west).
- Local facilities include Arbourthorne (1.7 miles north)
For landlords and businesses
We work for landlords, letting agents and housing providers in Lightwood as well as homeowners. A repair between tenants keeps the property empty for less time, and it usually costs far less than a refit.
We are used to working with agents and managing companies. Just send pictures, the address and how to get access and we’ll arrange it.
Looking after it afterwards
How the surface is treated afterwards matters. Here’s what we suggest:
- Don’t leave a fresh chip for long
- Rinse it down after each bath
- Get a dripping tap fixed promptly
- Avoid scourers, wire wool and gritty cream cleaners
Leave the repair to cure for as long as we say before running a bath. From then on, mild cleaning is all it needs.
Stop using the bath if a crack lets water through until it’s repaired. Leaks under a bath can damage floors and ceilings.
Lightwood questions
Is it messy?
No. The work area is masked and covered, and we leave the room clean.
Do the materials smell?
A little, depending on the job. Ventilation keeps it to a minimum, and it soon fades.
How invisible is a bath repair?
On a glossy bath, you will struggle to find it. On worn enamel, it can look shinier than the rest.
Can you do more than one item on the same visit?
Of course, and it typically saves money. Just add the extra items to your pictures and you’ll get one combined price.
How do I book?
Photos of the damage, a photo of the entire bath and your postcode. Then we’ll agree a date.
Can a cracked acrylic bath be fixed?
Often, yes, if we can reach the underside to reinforce it. Take off the bath panel and check, or send us a photo.
I’m a tenant. Can you help?
Of course. Check with your landlord; we can send the quote to them too.
Can you redo an old repair?
Yes. We remove the old filler and start again. Mention it when you send photos.
Places near Lightwood
What else we do in Lightwood
What happens on the day
Arrival times are agreed in advance, so you’re not left guessing. Once we are there, the work takes two to three hours for most chips for most jobs. The room is left tidy and ready to use once it has cured.
- We protect the bath and the floor around it.
- The damaged area is cleaned, keyed and degreased, and any rust is treated.
- We fill it, let it set, then sand it flush.
- Colour and gloss are matched to the surrounding surface.
- We tidy up and tell you when the bath can be used, normally the next day.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for the room to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Mention any parking restrictions or tricky access
- Clear toiletries, mats and anything else from around the area
How to get a price
You don’t need a survey visit. Nearly every job can be priced from photos: send a close-up, a wider shot and your postcode, and we will reply with a fixed quote.
Advice
DIY kit or professional repair?
For a hairline mark somewhere you will never see, a kit may be enough. For anything you look at every day, anything that has rusted, cracked or holed, or anything on a coloured surface, it’s worth having it done properly.
You can buy a DIY kit for most repairs, and they can make a small mark look better. Where they fall down is colour and preparation: they come in a handful of shades, and if the surface isn’t prepared the repair won’t last.
What your bath is made of matters
Pressed steel
Steel baths and trays have a thin metal body under the enamel. Once a chip exposes it, rust follows quickly, so we treat and seal the metal before filling.
Composite and resin
Composite baths are dense and solid, and often freestanding. Chips and scratches can be filled and colour-matched, in much the same way.
Honest limits
It helps to know what we cannot do too:
- Rust that has eaten right through a steel bath
- Leaking fittings, which need a plumber
- Cracks in parts of an acrylic bath we cannot get to from below
Send us pictures and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Materials we work on in Lightwood
- Roll-top & freestanding
- Cast iron enamel
- Acrylic
- Whirlpool & spa baths
- Pressed steel enamel
About our accreditations · Every repair comes with a one-year guarantee.
