Essex · England
Coloured suite to white in Sandon, Essex
Fixed-price coloured bath resurfacing in Sandon and the surrounding area, usually in one visit.
- Resurfacing from £350
- A suite that doesn’t match a new bathroom
- Selling or letting a home with an old suite
Landlords, agents and businesses in Sandon
Hotels, guest houses and holiday lets need rooms back in use quickly, so we keep visits short and tidy. We can work around your bookings.
We carry out planned and one-off repairs for housing associations and facilities teams. A repair avoids taking out and refitting, which is easier on the people living there.
Coloured bath resurfacing at your home in Sandon
A full suite is normally done in one to two days. Everything is resurfaced where it stands, with no new plumbing or tiling. Our repair technicians work on avocado, pampas and pink baths, coloured basins and coloured shower trays, and the jobs we see most are a dated coloured suite you’d like in white and faded or patchy colour.
Your repair is guaranteed for a year, as with every job we do. Look after the new finish like a re-enamelled bath: mild cleaners and no suction mats.
- Where
- Sandon (CM2)
- Area hub
- Essex
- Warranty
- 12 months on all our work
- Price
- From £350. Fixed and free, based on photos
- Telephone
- 0345 017 0787
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Should you replace it?
Swapping a coloured suite for a white one involves a plumber, a tiler and new taps. Refinishing it in white turns it white with everything left in place. Resurfacing from £350, with every job priced individually. Compared with replacing, repairing normally costs far less, because nothing has to be taken out, refitted or made good. Your fixed quote shows exactly what’s included.
Why choose Surface Doctor in Sandon
- Colour mixed on the day to match
- A year’s guarantee on all work
- CHAS and Constructionline accredited
- Rooms protected and left tidy
Take a look at our prices page or bath cost comparison.
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Can I fix it myself?
If you do try a kit, read the instructions carefully and work on a clean, dry surface, and give it the full curing time. If it doesn’t work out, we can still repair it properly.
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.
What coloured bath resurfacing costs
Resurfacing from £350. You’ll know the full cost before you book. We take into account:
- The size and number of damaged areas
- How hard the colour is to match
- Any earlier repairs that need removing first
- Access to the area
A few things move the price: the amount of damage, the material, access to the area, and how many jobs we do in one trip. Send pictures and you’ll get a fixed figure.
How to get a fixed quote
Almost every job we do is priced from pictures. This is what we need:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- The material, if you know it
- A picture taken from further back
- Good light, ideally daylight, without flash glare
No survey visit is needed: we price from photos. Send them through the quote form, or call 0345 017 0787 if you’d rather talk it through.
What happens on the day
Here’s how a visit usually runs: we arrive on time, sheet and mask the area around the job, do the job and tidy away. Plan for one to two days for a full suite from start to finish. Before leaving, we tell you when it can be used and how to care for it.
- We protect the room and ventilate it.
- We clean, degrease and repair any chips.
- We prepare the surface and apply a bonding primer.
- We spray the new white (or other colour) finish.
- Once cured, normally by the following day, the suite is ready.
Before we arrive
- Keep a parking space free if you can
- Let us know about parking or access
- Make sure the area is dry
Getting a price
For most jobs, pictures are all we need to give you a price. Tell us what happened and where you are, and we’ll send back a fixed quote and some dates.
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Sandon and the surrounding area
Sandon is about 2 miles south-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. Whether you are in the middle of Sandon or on the outskirts, the service is the same: a fixed price, a tidy visit and a guarantee. Our repair technicians cover all 644 towns and villages in Essex, from the larger towns to small villages. We work right across the region, from Sandon to London (30 miles away).
Jobs in CM2 are booked in the same way as anywhere else. We regularly work on streets such as Hall Lane, The Lintons and Gablefields and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Sandon: Great Baddow (1 mile west), Butt's Green (1 mile south-east), Springfield (2 miles north), Danbury (3 miles east) and Little Baddow (3 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Basildon (10 miles south), Braintree (12 miles north), Brentwood (11 miles south-west), Maldon (7 miles east), Canvey Island (14 miles south) and Billericay (7 miles south-west).
Around Sandon
Locally, our jobs take us to homes close to Baddow Hall Junior School, Church of St Andrew and The Crown Inn, among other places. The nearest railway station is Chelmsford station, about 2.8 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Baddow Hospital (1 mile south-west) and Peter Edwards Museum And Library (2.7 miles north-west). The countryside around Sandon includes Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves.
FAQs for Sandon
What happens next?
We check the damage, the material and your postcode, then reply with a quote.
How much does coloured bath resurfacing cost in Sandon?
Prices start from £350. We give a fixed price based on pictures of the damage. Send a close-up and a photo of the entire item with your CM2 postcode.
Is my repair covered?
Yes: twelve months. If anything goes wrong with the repair within the year, we return to fix it.
Can you do more than one item on the same visit?
Yes, and it’s frequently cheaper. Send pictures of everything together and we will quote them together.
I’m a tenant. Can you help?
Yes, but check with your landlord or agent first. Landlords are often glad to have it sorted before the end of a tenancy.
How soon can you come?
Your quote comes with available dates. If it’s urgent, say so and we’ll do what we can.
Is there any odour?
A little, depending on the job. Open windows and an extractor fan help.
Is it worth repairing rather than replacing?
In most cases, yes. Replacement brings removal, refitting and making good, which a repair avoids. We’ll be honest if it’s not worth it.
When to call us in Sandon
Avocado, pampas and pink suites were everywhere in the 70s and 80s, and many are still sound. It’s usually the colour that dates them, not the condition.
Send us a picture if you notice any of these:
- Faded or patchy colour
- A suite that doesn’t match a new bathroom
- A dated coloured suite you’d like in white
- Selling or letting a home with an old suite
What your quote should include
- Whether they match the colour on site
- Whether the price is fixed and includes VAT
- What happens if they find more damage
- Whether cleaning and preparation are in the price
What a repair cannot fix
Honesty matters more than a booking, so here’s what a repair will not do:
- The inside of a toilet bowl, unless we’ve agreed it will last
- Items cracked right through
- Fittings and taps (these are masked, not recoloured)
Not sure? Send pictures and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we repair
- Avocado, pampas and pink baths
- Whole bathroom suites
- Coloured shower trays
- Coloured basins
About our accreditations · Every repair comes with a one-year guarantee.
