One alcove in Benjamin Hills, Wichita is about to earn its keep again. The Wichita crew handles demo, plumbing, walls and glass.
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Maybe you are tired of climbing over that high, slippery barrier just to wash yourself every single morning. This common struggle frustrates many homeowners who want a modern, open wash area instead of an outdated basin. Fortunately, our local team specializes in upgrading these old washrooms to give you a safer and more spacious bathing experience.
When you make this smart change, you immediately gain valuable floor space and eliminate a major tripping hazard. Our crew visits your home to measure everything and provide a completely free written estimate. This means you get a clear plan without spending a single penny upfront.
Imagine stepping into a bright, airy stall with beautiful tile walls and modern glass doors. This simple upgrade completely changes how you start your day. Why keep struggling with a setup that does not fit your lifestyle anymore?
Think about how often you actually take a long, soaking bath these days. Most busy folks realize they only use the running water sprayer anyway, which makes the deep basin a waste of space. By removing that bulky plastic or cast-iron barrier, you open up the entire room.
This clever swap makes your daily routine much faster and way more enjoyable. Cleaning becomes a absolute breeze because you no longer have to bend over double to scrub grime out of deep corners. Instead, you get easy-to-reach flat surfaces that sparkle with a quick wipe.
Additionally, modern low-profile bases prevent nasty slips and falls quite well. We install sturdy grab bars and built-in benches that offer incredible peace of mind. You get to stay in the home you love for many more years without worrying about bathroom accidents.
Naturally, you might worry about how much a big renovation like this will set you back. Prices vary depending on whether you choose acrylic surrounds or custom ceramic tiles. We believe in total honesty, so here is a simple breakdown of what goes into the pricing:
| Project Element | Budget Option | Premium Option | Your Concrete Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Materials | Prefabricated Acrylic | Custom Stone Tile | Easy cleaning or high-end style |
| Plumbing Work | Standard Drain Alignment | Full Pipe Relocation | No leaks and perfect water flow |
| Glass Enclosure | Curtain Rod Setup | Frameless Glass Doors | Keeps water off your bathroom floor |
To help you plan, our friendly estimators sit down with you to look at your budget. We explain where you can save cash and where it makes sense to invest a bit more. This personalized approach ensures you never pay for extra features you do not actually need.
Sometimes, older plumbing behind the walls needs a little extra love and attention. Our licensed team handles those surprise pipe issues quickly so your project stays on track. You receive a durable, leak-free setup that protects your subfloor from expensive water damage.
First, we protect your floors with heavy cloths before we touch a single tool. This extra care keeps your hallway and bedroom completely spotless during the demolition phase. We then carefully remove the old porcelain basin without damaging your surrounding drywall.
Next, our skilled plumbers inspect the drain line and upgrade the valves to match the new layout. This crucial step prevents hidden leaks from rotting your floor joists over time. We install a sturdy, slip-resistant pan directly onto the subfloor for maximum stability.
Finally, we seal the walls with premium waterproof backing boards to stop mold growth dead in its tracks. We apply your chosen finishing materials with extreme precision to ensure a gorgeous look. After a thorough cleanup, your brand-new wash stall is ready for action.
Living in this lovely northern pocket of Wichita, Kansas, means enjoying quiet streets and beautiful established homes. Many properties in this neighborhood, located near the local zoo and scenic parks, feature older layouts that need a modern touch. We love helping folks right here in the 67204 ZIP code update their homes.
Because these houses often have unique older plumbing, you need local workers who understand regional construction styles. We know the local soil movements and how they affect home foundations and pipes over the years. This specialized knowledge allows us to secure your new stall so it never shifts or cracks.
Whether you live near the golf course or closer to the highway, we arrive on time and ready to work. Our team respects your neighborhood, keeps noise to a minimum, and always cleans up the work site daily. You get top-tier service from friendly people who treat you like a neighbor.
Now, let us talk about the fun part, which is choosing all your cool new fixtures. You can select hand-held sprayers that make washing your hair or rinsing the walls incredibly easy. These flexible showerheads let you direct the water exactly where you want it.
For seating, you can choose a permanent bench or a fold-down seat that saves space when not in use. This option provides excellent support if you prefer to sit down while washing your feet. It also makes the space highly accessible for visiting relatives of all ages.
Storage is another huge benefit of upgrading your outdated bathing area. We can build custom recessed niches directly into the wall to hold all your shampoos and soaps. This keeps your wash area organized and free of messy plastic hanging racks.
Surprisingly, many homeowners try to tackle this tough plumbing job themselves to save a few bucks. This often leads to crooked bases, bad drainage, and major water damage behind the walls. Hiring a professional team saves you from these costly headaches and keeps your warranty intact.
Another error is choosing cheap materials that yellow and crack after just a couple of years. We only use high-grade, durable products that stand up to daily use without losing their shine. This ensures your investment looks fantastic and functions perfectly for decades.
Lastly, do not forget to think about the height of your new entry curb. A super-low threshold is much easier to step over and looks incredibly sleek and modern. We help you choose the right curb height to balance aesthetics with proper water containment.
Perhaps you are ready to stop dreaming about a gorgeous bathroom and finally make it a reality. Our local team is standing by to help you take that exciting first step. We come directly to your home, look at your current setup, and give you a detailed price estimate.
This visit is completely free, and you are under absolutely no obligation to hire us afterward. We want you to feel comfortable with your choices and confident in our craftsmanship. We answer all your questions honestly and explain every detail of the process clearly.
Why spend another day dealing with an inconvenient, hard-to-clean, and dangerous bathing setup? Contact us right now to book your free consultation and start enjoying a beautiful, easy-to-use walk-in space!
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 Benjamin Hills, Wichita 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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