Our Lauderdale Lakes crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Broward County within days.
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Looking to swap that old deep soaking basin for a modern walk-in bathing space right away? Our local team delivers quick turnarounds and top quality work so you can upgrade fast without stress.
Now, let us talk about how your current setup might be hurting your daily routine without you even realizing it. Honestly, climbing over a high porcelain wall every single morning gets old real fast and can be pretty risky.
Actually, thousands of home owners in our lovely sunshine state are ditching those clunky old basins every single month. On top of that, taking out that massive barrier opens up your whole room and makes the entire space feel massive.
Which means you get a fresh layout that feels huge and super safe for everybody in the house. Plus, cleaning a sleek flat wall surround takes way less time than scrubbing gross moldy grout lines on your hands and knees... trust me on that one.
For example, my own uncle slipped last year trying to get out of his old cast iron monster. After that crazy scare, he finally asked us to come rip it out and put in a low threshold unit.
This lets you breathe easy knowing nobody is going to take a nasty spill while just trying to wash up. Besides, who actually has forty minutes to fill up a massive basin with warm water after a long work day anyway?
To begin with, our cozy tropical community in Broward County loves high function and cool indoor aesthetics. Sitting around ZIP codes 33309, 33311, 33313, and 33319, folks here want home upgrades that actually make life easier without blowing the budget.
Therefore, replacing a chunky tub with a custom acrylic standing basin gives your home an instant face lift. Suddenly, your compact room feels like a high end getaway spot right out of a fancy magazine.
What is more, property values around here respond super well to smart indoor accessibility upgrades. Real estate agents constantly tell us that buyers fall in love with modern, open stall layouts the second they walk inside.
So you are not just making your morning routine better, you are putting real value back into your house. Furthermore, our local median household income sits around $36,372, so we know every dollar you spend needs to count.
Consequently, we focus on delivering top tier craftsmanship that fits your budget perfectly while giving you total peace of mind. Check out this quick breakdown of how a quick spatial swap transforms your daily routine.
| Old Basin Setup | New Walk-In Setup |
|---|---|
| High wall hazard to step over | Ultra low edge for easy walking |
| Takes up huge floor space | Creates visual openness instantly |
| Hard to clean dirty grout | Non porous easy wipe surfaces |
Starting off, we begin with a super chill chat right in your own home where we measure everything down to the millimeter. Next, we show you all kinds of gorgeous wall patterns, colors, and cool fixtures so you get exactly what you dream about.
Then, our crew shows up on install day and carefully protects your floors so we do not leave any mess behind. Up next, we pull out that heavy old fixture and check the subfloor for any hidden water damage or rotten wood.
Because of this thorough inspection, you never have to worry about silent leaks destroying your subfloors later down the road. After fixing any hidden plumbing issues, we slide in your brand new pan, secure solid walls, and hook up your water lines.
Consequently, the whole job usually takes just a couple days instead of several weeks of noisy construction chaos. While other companies leave you waiting for months, our streamlined method gets your daily life back to normal super fast.
To be honest, you will wonder why you waited so long to make the call in the first place. You can pick out custom grab bars, sleek corner caddies, or even a nice built in bench seat for maximum cozy vibes.
Initially, you might think all wall panels and base units are built the exact same way. However, cheap materials crack, fade, and turn yellow after a couple years under our hot sunshine state weather conditions.
That is why we only use thick, commercial grade solid surface materials that resist chips, scratches, and stubborn stains. This lets you keep your space sparkling clean with just a quick wipe of a mild soap cloth every week.
In addition, our heavy duty materials prevent nasty mold and mildew growth from taking over your wet walls. As a result, your home stays fresher and healthier without you needing to use harsh chemical fumes to clean.
Besides, nobody wants to spend their free weekend down on their knees scrubbing ugly black spots off plaster walls. On top of that, we seal every single joint with industrial grade silicone that never cracks or shrinks over time.
Which means you get a leak free sanctuary that looks brand new for decades without needing annoying maintenance work. Honestly, buying cheap panels off the internet usually ends in water damage disasters, so going with top quality saves big bucks later.
First of all, slippery floors cause thousands of home accidents every single year across our local neighborhoods. Surprisingly, a high tub wall acts like an obstacle course for seniors, small kids, or anyone with a sore back.
For this reason, putting in a non slip textured floor pan gives you solid grip even when the floor is soapy. Consequently, you can move around freely without feeling anxious about losing your balance while washing your hair.
Furthermore, we can anchor heavy duty grab bars right into the wall studs for maximum physical support. These are not those ugly hospital looking rails either, they look like stylish chrome or brushed nickel accessory racks.
This gives you extra balance while adding a touch of class and luxury to your entire stall enclosure. In addition, adding a flip down bench or built in corner seat lets you sit back and relax completely while washing up.
Which means you get maximum freedom to enjoy a long, warm soak without straining your leg joints or back muscles. Truly, making your space safe does not mean you have to sacrifice cool style or modern beauty.
Right off the bat, modern home buyers are actively searching for updated wet spaces that look clean and trendy. Old porcelain tubs from forty years ago make a whole house feel dated and neglected, even if the rest is nice.
Therefore, swapping out that clunky old eyesore gives your property an edge if you ever decide to sell. On top of that, buyers love knowing they will not have to hire contractors right after moving into their new home.
This lets you command a better price on the market while enjoying the upgrade yourself in the meantime. Besides, with over 35,254 neighbors living nearby, cozy local homes with modernized wash spaces sell much faster than outdated ones.
Consequently, this home project is actually one of the smartest investments you can make in your residential property today. To put it simply, you get to enjoy maximum practical ease now while building strong equity for your financial future.
My buddy down the street did this swap last spring and sold his house two weeks later above asking price. So the return on investment on a clean wall unit swap is super solid and very real around here.
Naturally, you might worry that a full space teardown and rebuild will cost an absolute fortune. However, keeping an old broken tub can actually cost you way more money in hidden water leaks and high utility bills.
Which means getting a modern sealed enclosure stops hidden wall leaks before they rot your floor joists and framing. In addition, our team works hard to keep prices fair and transparent, with zero hidden surprises on your final bill.
For example, we sit down with you and break down every single itemized cost before we ever drive a single nail. This lets you choose the exact fixtures, walls, and accessories that fit comfortably inside your personal spending limit.
Furthermore, we offer totally free, zero obligation home estimates so you know your exact numbers right upfront. As a result, you can make a smart, stress free decision for your family without feeling any pressure from pushy salesmen.
Honestly, getting an accurate price quote takes less than thirty minutes and gives you total control over your project budget. There is zero reason to keep putting up with a clunky, ugly basin when real help is one click away.
Starting today, you can design every single detail of your fresh step in splash space to match your personality. You can pick from warm marble finishes, sleek slate looks, or crisp subway tile patterns that never go out of style.
This lets you match your new enclosure with your existing vanity, mirror, and floor tile without any weird clashing colors. Plus, you can upgrade your water hardware with rain shower heads, multi spray hand wands, or digital control knobs.
Which means every morning feels like a luxury stay at a five star beach resort right in your own hallway. On top of that, flexible hand wands make washing your pets or rinsing down the walls absolute child's play.
Consequently, you spend way less time doing annoying chores and way more time actually enjoying your fresh living space. Furthermore, our expert installers handle every tiny detail, from custom glass doors down to the floor drain placement.
To put it short, we handle all the tough labor while you just sit back and watch your dream space come to life. Truly, you deserve a house that brings you daily relaxation and total ease, so why wait another single day?
To cap things off, taking the first step toward a safer, roomier, and way more stylish home is super easy. Our friendly local team is ready to drop by, take precise measurements, and hand you a clear cost estimate for free.
So you have absolutely nothing to lose and a gorgeous, low threshold space to gain for your daily routine. Reach out to our local team today to lock in your free estimate and start your fast hassle free upgrade right now!
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 Lauderdale Lakes 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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