We handle the full plumbing and heating side — baths, showers, WCs, basins, towel rails, waste runs, and isolation valves. For tiling, joinery, and plastering we work alongside trusted local trades, or we'll fit into the sequence of a bathroom fitter you've already booked.
Kitchen & bathroom plumbing — Edinburgh & the Lothians
Taps, showers, towel rails, and whole-suite plumbing — fitted tidily.
Kitchen and bathroom plumbing handled properly — supplies, wastes, isolation valves, and clean finishes. Gas Safe registered for anything that touches a boiler, hob, or unvented cylinder. Fixed quote before work starts.
Gas Safe registeredWorks alongside your fitter where neededMost single jobs finished in a day
20+
Years' Experience
Yes
Gas Safe
Yes
LPG Certified
Kitchen & Bathroom
Scope
First-fix to finish
Engineers
Gas Safe registered
Typical suite
2–3 days
Kitchen Plumbing
From a tap swap to a full kitchen first-fit.
Kitchen jobs live and die on the details — the right isolation valves, proper waste runs, and fittings that match the supply. We don't cut corners on the things that save you a flood later.
Sink and tap changes
New sinks and mixer taps fitted tidily with proper isolation valves underneath. Boiling-water taps, pull-out sprays, Belfast sinks — we'll tell you up front if a fitting isn't right for the worktop or supply.
Dishwasher & washing machine plumbing
Appliance first-fit and swap-ins with proper fill and waste connections, check valves where required, and isolation valves fitted where they should be so the next swap is a five-minute job.
Outside taps & garden fittings
Garden taps fitted with proper isolation and double-check valves to meet water regs. Frost-protected where it needs to be. Tidy entry point through the wall, no exposed pipework.
Bathroom Plumbing
Showers, baths, and towel rails done properly.
The plumbing side of a bathroom is where corners get cut most often. We get it right the first time, work alongside your bathroom fitter where there is one, and flag anything that won't work before the tiles go back up.
Shower installations
Thermostatic mixers, electric showers, and concealed valves fitted properly to the right flow rate and pressure. Upgrades to existing showers that suddenly don't feel the same.
Baths, basins & WCs
Full-suite replacements and individual swap-ins. We flag supply or waste issues before they become a problem — and fit isolation valves you'll thank us for later.
Heated towel rails
Electric, dual-fuel, or heating-circuit towel rails fitted neatly, correctly sized for the room, and balanced into the central heating where that's the right route.
Why Macara
One properly-qualified team for the whole job.
Kitchen and bathroom jobs constantly pull in other trades — gas, unvented cylinders, heating pipework. We hold the tickets in-house so you're not juggling engineers or paying two call-outs on a single job.
One engineer
Gas Safe registered for anything gas-touching
Kitchen and bathroom work often pulls in gas hob connections, unvented cylinder pressure, or a boiler feed. Because we hold the tickets in-house, you're not paying two call-outs on a single job.
Clean finish
Tidy pipework and neat silicone
Exposed pipework on copper or compression where it needs to be, proper chrome or brass finishes where it's seen, and tidy silicone lines at the end. Details that separate a plumber from a bodger.
Honest scope
Fixed written quote before we start
You get a clear, written price covering the work before anything starts. If a problem turns up behind the wall, we show you before any extra work is agreed — no surprise bills at the end.
How It Works
From first visit to a clean, tested install.
Four clear steps, one fixed price, and a walk-through at the end so you can actually use what you've paid for.
01
Quick home visit and scope
We look at the job, the supply, and the waste. Most bathroom and kitchen problems start with a surprise under the floorboards — so we check before quoting.
02
Fixed written quote
Clear price covering the work, fittings, waste runs, and isolation valves. Optional extras broken out separately so you can choose what to include.
03
Tidy install
Dust-sheeted floors, protected worktops, isolation of just the parts of the system we need. Most single-job installs are finished in a day.
04
Commissioning and walk-through
Pressures and flow rates checked, taps run through, waste tested, and a short walk-through on how to isolate each fitting if you ever need to.
Working with fitters
A lot of our kitchen and bathroom work runs alongside a bathroom fitter or kitchen installer — we come in for first-fix and second-fix on the plumbing side. If you've got a fitter already booked, we'll slot into their schedule. Need us to scope the full plumbing side solo? See the plumbing hub for the wider picture.
Kitchen & Bathroom FAQs
The questions we get asked about kitchen and bathroom plumbing.
Straight answers on scope, fitting customer-supplied items, typical durations, and working with bathroom fitters.
What Comes Up Most
Scope — plumbing only, or the full bathroom fit
Fitting customer-supplied taps and fittings
Typical durations for single and whole-suite jobs
Working alongside bathroom and kitchen fitters
Got a specific kitchen or bathroom job in mind?
Tell us the scope and we'll tell you honestly whether it's a morning job, a two-day one, or whether you need a fitter alongside.
Ready to book?
Get a fixed quote for kitchen or bathroom plumbing.
Tell us the scope — a tap swap, a new shower, or a full bathroom plumbing job — and we'll book in a quick home visit and send you a clear, written price before anything starts.