Is this the right change?
Is It Time to Replace Your Tub?
Replacing a tub with a shower is not right for every bathroom. Here is when it usually makes sense.
If everyone in the house showers, the tub is taking up floor space you could be standing in.
A low entry makes the bathroom easier to use now and for years to come.
Glass and an open shower make a small bathroom look and feel much bigger.
If another bathroom still has a tub, replacing this one costs you nothing at resale.
What to expect
What Changes and What Stays
Most of your bathroom stays exactly where it is.
What changes
- The bath comes out and a fully tiled shower goes in
- A low or level threshold replaces the step over the tub wall
- Clear glass in place of a curtain or folding screen
- Fresh waterproofing behind everything you see
- A niche set into the wall for bottles, so nothing sits on the floor
What stays
- The drain and water supply, in almost every case
- Your existing floor plan — nothing else in the room moves
- The vanity and toilet, unless you would like them updated
- The window, the door and the room’s proportions
- Your schedule: this is the most contained way to change a bathroom
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How it works
How a Tub-to-Shower Remodel Works
Four steps from your first call to your new shower.
A short visit to see the tub, the wall behind it and how the plumbing runs.
Tile, glass and fittings, with the cost of each option set out plainly.
Careful removal, then the wall and floor are prepared and waterproofed properly.
Tiling, glass, fittings and a final clean, then the room is yours again.
Cost
What Does a Tub-to-Shower Remodel Cost?
Replacing a tub with a shower is usually the most affordable bathroom remodel. These choices affect your price.
Reusing the existing drain and water lines is what keeps this the quickest, most affordable bathroom remodel.
Large-format porcelain covers ground quickly and cleanly. Smaller tile and feature niches take longer to set.
A single fixed panel is the simplest and most popular choice. Hinged doors and heavier glass add to it.
Older Manchester homes sometimes hide a soft subfloor or older pipework. We check for it before quoting so it is priced from the start.
Questions
Tub-to-Shower Remodeling Questions
Most are finished in about a week to ten days once your materials arrive. Because the plumbing usually stays put, it is much quicker than a full bathroom remodel.
Usually not, as long as another bathroom in the house still has one. If this is your only bathroom, we will go over it with you before anything is decided.
Yes, and that is usually the plan. A standard alcove gives a generous shower, and keeping the same space is what keeps the work quick and the cost down.
No. We build a fully tiled shower with proper waterproofing behind it, instead of fitting an acrylic surround over your existing walls.
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