Our Crawfordsville crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Linn County within days.
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Maybe you are sick of staring at that old, stained basin that takes up half your bathroom floor. That is why replacing it with a modern, walk-in washing space makes total sense for your daily routine. This smart upgrade instantly opens up your room and saves you from tripping hazards every single morning.
Actually, many homeowners in our beautiful corner of Linn County are making this exact switch to simplify their lives. Since we love helping folks get a fresh start, our team is ready to visit your home and give you a free estimate on this exact project.
First of all, you will save so much time on your weekly chores because those old porcelain basins are absolute magnets for soap scum and nasty mildew. When you switch to a sleek, low-profile pan, you get non-porous surfaces that wipe clean in seconds. This means you can finally throw away that harsh chemical scrub brush you hate using.
On top of that, your safety should always come first in the wettest room of the house. Stepping over a high ledge when you are half-awake is a recipe for a nasty slip. By installing a low-threshold entry instead, you create a seamless path that protects your joints and gives you peace of mind.
Consequently, the entire room feels twice as big as it did before. Removing that heavy, bulky barrier lets natural light bounce around the space. This simple visual trick turns a cramped, dark bathroom into a bright, airy oasis that you will actually enjoy using.
To help you compare the two setups, here is how they stack up side by side:
| Feature | Your Old Heavy Basin | Your New Walk-In Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Step-In Height | Usually 14 to 18 inches high | Only 1 to 3 inches high |
| Cleaning Effort | Requires heavy scrubbing on your knees | Easy spray and wipe down |
| Floor Space Feel | Cramped and very restricted | Open, spacious, and modern |
Now, let us talk about the fun part where you customize everything to fit your personal style. You can choose from gorgeous acrylic wall surrounds that look exactly like expensive natural stone but without any of the high-maintenance sealing. These panels lock out water completely, which prevents hidden mold from rotting your subfloor.
In addition to the walls, you get to pick the perfect hardware to control your water flow. A sliding bar with a handheld sprayer lets you target hard-to-reach spots or rinse down the walls effortlessly. This setup works perfectly whether you prefer a quick morning rinse or a relaxing, spa-like experience at night.
Naturally, we cannot forget about storage because nobody wants bottles of shampoo cluttering the floor. We can build recessed shelving niches directly into the wall panels to keep your soaps organized. This keeps your new space looking clean and tidy while keeping your essentials right at your fingertips.
Because we respect your home, we always start by taking precise measurements of your existing layout during our initial visit. This careful planning ensures that the new plumbing fixtures line up perfectly with your current pipes. We do not believe in cutting corners, so we inspect the wood underneath for any old water damage before installing the new base.
Once we prep the area, our skilled installers fit your chosen pan and seal it with commercial-grade waterproof membranes. This step is absolutely critical because it guarantees that no moisture will ever leak into your walls. After that, we mount the beautiful new wall panels and hook up your shiny new fixtures.
Finally, we clean up every single speck of dust and debris before we leave your home. We want you to see nothing but a gorgeous, glittering new space that is ready for a lifetime of use. Our job is only done when you are completely thrilled with how the space looks and functions.
You might be wondering if this project is a smart financial move for your household. Well, updating your bathing area is actually one of the absolute best ways to boost your property value. Buyers today actively look for modern, accessible spaces, which means you will recoup a huge chunk of your investment if you ever decide to sell.
To give you some local context, our quiet community of 431 residents in Crawfordsville, Oregon, has a median household income of $62,813, which means local homeowners appreciate smart, practical investments that last. Whether you live in the 97336 ZIP code or nearby, we make sure every dollar of your hard-earned money goes toward high-quality materials.
Which means you get a premium upgrade without paying overpriced big-city rates. We work efficiently to keep labor costs down, passing those direct savings right along to you. This way, you get a beautiful, durable result that fits comfortably within your household budget.
Instead of stressing over a messy DIY project, you can let our experienced team handle all the heavy lifting. We know exactly how to navigate older plumbing lines and tricky framing without causing any unnecessary delays. This expertise saves you from expensive plumbing mistakes and endless trips to the hardware store.
As a result, you get to sit back and relax while we transform your space in just a few days. We pride ourselves on being friendly, clean, and extremely reliable throughout the entire process. You will always know exactly what to expect from the moment we walk through your front door.
So, why wait another day to enjoy a safer, more beautiful bathroom? Contact us today to request your free estimate, and we will come out to look at your space, answer all your questions, and help you plan the perfect upgrade for your home.
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 Crawfordsville 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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