Our Austin crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Travis County within days.
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Are you tired of stepping over a giant porcelain wall just to get clean in Travis County? Fortunately, transforming that outdated basin lets you enjoy a spacious glass enclosure without any hassle.
Maybe your knees hurt every single morning when you climb into that deep tub. Consequently, removing the bulky porcelain container gives you maximum safety and peace of mind.
Slips happen fast when you juggle soap and water on slick surfaces. Therefore, stepping right onto a flat, textured basin keeps your feet firmly planted.
Older residents especially love ditching the high threshold for good. Ultimately, this smart update prevents dangerous falls and expensive hospital visits down the road.
Most downtown houses feature cramped washing quarters that feel tiny. By getting rid of the big soaking container, your whole room instantly appears much larger.
That extra floor footage lets you breathe easier while drying off after a long day. Naturally, you get a much better layout for storing your towels and toiletries.
Workers arrive early to rip out that heavy old tub without damaging your walls. Afterward, they haul all the heavy chunks away so your yard stays clean.
This messy part requires serious muscle and professional tools. Fortunately, experienced crews handle the heavy lifting while you relax in another room.
Moving water lines sounds scary to anyone who hates DIY disasters. However, trained technicians relocate the mixing valve to fit your new spray setup perfectly.
Proper drainage makes sure your floor stays bone dry during every shower. Meanwhile, you avoid nasty leaks that rot your subfloor over time.
Custom ceramic tiles turn a boring washing space into a work of art. Furthermore, you can pick colors that match your bedroom style and personality.
Grout lines need proper sealing to block mold and mildew growth. Luckily, modern sealants protect your investment for decades of heavy daily use.
Frameless glass panels make your entire washing area shine with bright light. This sleek design lets you show off your gorgeous new wall patterns proudly.
Rain shower heads deliver a soothing massage after a tough afternoon at work. Consequently, your basic morning routine turns into a five-star spa experience.
Home improvements always require a careful look at your wallet and savings account. Thankfully, local median incomes around sixty-seven thousand dollars make these upgrades totally achievable.
Financing options help spread payments out over manageable monthly installments. Therefore, you do not have to drain your bank account to upgrade your house.
Modern bathrooms attract eager buyers when you decide to sell your property. Ultimately, real estate agents know that updated washing spaces sell houses much faster.
Investing in your home pays dividends when appraisal day finally arrives. On top of that, you get to enjoy the gorgeous results right now.
Building permits keep your remodeling project legal and safe for everyone involved. Thankfully, local contractors handle all the paperwork with the city hall.
Code compliance guarantees your plumbing and electrical work passes inspection easily. This prevents legal headaches if you ever put your house on the market.
Most projects take less than one week from start to finish. Therefore, your family barely experiences any interruption in daily routines.
Workers clean up the workspace thoroughly before they pack up each afternoon. Naturally, you can still sleep peacefully in your own bed every night.
Most crews finish the entire swap in just three to five days. Consequently, you avoid months of construction dust inside your living space.
Almost any standard room has enough space for a sleek modern basin. Measuring carefully during your consultation ensures everything fits like a glove.
Glass squeegees keep your shower walls sparkling clean with minimal effort. Meanwhile, stone surfaces require simple wiping down with mild dish soap weekly.
| Metric | Local Data |
|---|---|
| Population | 935,755 |
| County | Travis County |
| Median Household Income | $67,462 |
| ZIP Codes Served | 73301, 73344, 78701, 78702 |
Upgrading your washing space brings daily joy and boosts your property value simultaneously. Now is the best time to stop struggling with that outdated bathtub.
Professional contractors serving ZIP codes 73301, 73344, 78701, 78702 are ready to help you out. Request your completely free quote today and start planning the bathroom of your dreams.
Count the baths your household actually ran last year. In most homes we visit, the honest number is somewhere between zero and three, and yet every single morning somebody swings a leg over fifteen inches of porcelain rim to stand up and shower inside a fixture built for lying down. The tub charges rent daily and works a few evenings a year.
Nothing dramatic follows from that. Nobody is in danger because a bathtub exists, and if long soaks are part of your week, keep the tub and enjoy it with our blessing. The case for the conversion is plainer: when the tub has become a shower tray with high sides, you are paying, in caution and in cleaning, for a feature you retired years ago.
The swap itself is smaller than most people picture. The supply lines, the drain and the alcove walls are already exactly where a shower wants them, which is why this is a job measured in days. We are not building a new bathroom; we are letting the one you have stop pretending it still gives baths.
The same alcove, photographed the way the week actually unfolds. Weather never delays this one; it all happens indoors.
Floors along the hallway get covered, the water goes off for a few hours, and the bathtub is cut free and carried out, tile flange and all. With the alcove stripped, the plumber moves the drain to where the new pan wants it and sets the new valve at shower height. By supper the room is bare, clean and ready.
The base arrives first: an acrylic pan set dead level on a mortar bed, or a sloped, waterproofed floor when the plan says curbless. Then the walls close in, either grout-free panels bonded in a single afternoon or backer board ready for tile. Everything from here on is watertight before it is pretty.
The glass panel or door is drilled, hung and plumbed straight, the trim goes on, and the silicone lines are drawn last. Silicone wants a day to cure, so the first shower usually happens the following morning, which is exactly how we schedule the walkthrough.
Both are real showers in the same alcove. The difference is the entry, and what has to happen under it.
| What you weigh | Low curb | Curbless |
|---|---|---|
| What stands at the entry | A tidy threshold about 3 to 4 inches tall | Nothing. The bathroom floor rolls straight into the shower |
| Cost, installed | The friendlier bracket, most jobs land here | Roughly a third to a half more, the floor is rebuilt |
| What the crew rebuilds | The alcove only; the bathroom floor stays shut | Part of the bathroom floor, sloped and waterproofed |
| Water containment | The curb and glass do the holding | The slope and a linear drain do the holding |
| Suits best | Straight swaps on a budget and upstairs bathrooms | Wheels, walkers, and anyone planning to stay put for decades |
Undecided is a fine answer on the form. The site visit settles it with a tape measure, not a sales pitch.
Removal
Cut free, hauled out and off to recycling, with floors and doorways shielded on the way. The loudest hour of the conversion, and it wraps before most jobs have begun.
Plumbing
Tub drains sit at one end; showers drain where the pan says. We move what needs moving and swap the old valve for a pressure-balanced one.
The base
A level acrylic pan for most swaps, a mortar-built sloped floor for curbless plans. Either way it is tested with water before anything covers it.
The walls
Grout-free panels go up in an afternoon and wipe clean forever. Tile takes longer, costs more, and looks like whatever you can imagine.
The glass
A fixed panel keeps things open and easy to clean; a hinged door closes the warmth in. Both are tempered, both are set dead straight.
The finish
Shelving, the hand shower, clean caulk lines and a walkthrough. We leave the cure time in writing so the first shower is not a gamble.
| The job | Usual range | Inside the number |
|---|---|---|
| Standard tub-to-shower conversion | $3,100 - $5,600 | Tub out, low curb pan, wall panels, new valve, glass panel. |
| Curbless conversion | $4,900 - $8,800 | The floor is rebuilt flush and sloped to a linear drain. |
| Glass: fixed panel or hinged door | $450 - $1,400 | A single panel sits at the low end, a framed door at the top. |
| Walls: PVC panels or tile | $1,100 - $3,900 | Panels finish in a day; tile adds days and takes any look you want. |
| Tear-out only | $450 - $950 | The tub gone and the alcove left clean for another trade. |
| Small job minimum | around $2,400 | Even the simplest swap books a licensed plumber and a full crew. |
Wall condition, drain position and the glass you choose move every line. The visit pins the figure down, and the figure then holds.
A bathtub drains at one end through its own trap; most showers want the drain nearer the middle, or along one edge when the plan is curbless. Sometimes the existing trap is close enough to reuse and sometimes it has to travel a foot or two, which means opening a strip of floor. We can usually tell which from the basement or the crawl space during the visit, and the paperwork you sign already names which one you are getting.
Houses older than the seventies like to add a surprise: galvanized supply lines rusted nearly shut, a cast iron trap that crumbles at a touch, or framing that got damp decades ago and kept it quiet. None of it is rare and none of it is ruinous, but it is your call, not ours. When something like that turns up, work pauses, you get photographs and a price for the fix, and nothing is billed until you have said yes to it. A conversion should never be the job where the invoice writes itself.
QIs losing the only bathtub a resale mistake?
AAgents around Austin repeat one rule: a family house shows better with a tub somewhere in it. If this is your only tub and small children are in your plans, we put that on the table during the visit and you decide with open eyes. If another bathroom keeps its tub, or the buyers you expect are shower people, the argument evaporates.
QHow long do we go without washing?
AThe toilet and sink stay usable every evening, and the water is only off for stretches on day one. The shower itself is ready once the silicone cures, so figure on missing roughly three days of showers at home. Plenty of clients time the job before a weekend away.
QDoes all the old tile come off the walls?
AOn the alcove walls, yes, because the new waterproofing needs to start from the studs, not from forty-year-old grout. Tile outside the alcove stays put, and we cut a clean line where the two meet.
QCan the new shower use the tub drain?
AThe pipe itself is nearly always reusable; the position is the question. A low curb pan can often sit its drain within reach of the old trap. Curbless floors want a relocated or linear drain, and that difference is priced before demo, never discovered after.
QDo we need a permit for the swap?
AA like-for-like fixture swap usually rides on a simple plumbing permit, and moving the drain can add an inspection. We file whatever your jurisdiction wants and fold the cost into the written price.
QWhat if there is rot behind the tub?
AIt happens, mostly around the old tile flange. You get photographs the hour we find it, a firm price for the repair, and the choice to proceed or pause. The framing fix is usually a morning, not a remodel.
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One three-day job stands between this bathroom and its best fixture.
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