Our Poyen crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Grant County within days.
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Your old high-walled soaking tub probably feels more like an obstacle course than a place to wash up after a long day. If you are tired of stepping over that tall porcelain ledge every single morning, you are definitely not alone. Upgrading your bathing space into a spacious walk-in stall can instantly make your daily routine safer and far more convenient.
This simple swap completely changes how you experience your home. By removing the bulky basin, you open up a ton of floor space that previously went to waste. Suddenly, your small bathroom feels like a breezy oasis where you can actually move around without bumping your elbows.
We believe in making these home upgrades completely stress-free for local homeowners. Our friendly crew comes straight to your house to look at your current layout and help you plan the perfect setup. Plus, we will give you a completely free price estimate right there on the spot so you can plan your budget with absolute confidence.
Let us face the facts about how we actually use our bathrooms these days. Most of us simply do not have the spare time to sit and soak for an hour anymore. Instead, we want a fast, refreshing wash that gets us ready for work or school without any extra hassle.
Stepping into a flat, low-profile basin reduces your chances of slipping on wet tile. This is especially huge if you plan on staying in your home as you get older. Adding sturdy grab bars and a built-in bench turns your daily wash into a secure, peaceful experience.
On top of that, cleaning a flat wall surround is a total piece of cake compared to scrubbing moldy grout lines. You can say goodbye to painful kneeling on the hard bathroom floor with a scrub brush in hand. A quick wipe down with a mild cleaner keeps your new setup sparkling like brand new.
You might worry that remodeling your bathroom will turn your home into a dusty, chaotic construction zone for weeks. Fortunately, our experienced team has perfected this specific process to keep things moving incredibly fast. We arrive fully prepared to handle every single step from the initial demolition to the final trim work.
First, we carefully extract your heavy, outdated cast iron or acrylic basin without damaging your surrounding walls. After that, we inspect the underlying subfloor and plumbing lines to make sure everything is completely dry and structurally sound. This prevents future headaches like hidden water damage or mold growth behind your new walls.
Next, we install your brand-new slip-resistant base and run the updated drain lines to prevent any pooling. We then secure the beautiful, waterproof wall panels and mount your choice of modern fixtures. Before we pack up, our crew thoroughly cleans the entire workspace so you can enjoy your beautiful upgrade immediately.
To help you visualize the differences between your options, we put together this handy comparison table:
| Feature | Old Traditional Basin | Modern Walk-In Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Height | Typically 14 to 18 inches high | Low-profile threshold of 1 to 3 inches |
| Required Space | Bulky footprint that cramps small rooms | Open, space-saving design that feels larger |
| Maintenance | Hard-to-reach corners and dirty grout | Smooth, non-porous walls for easy wiping |
| Safety Level | High risk of slips while stepping inside | Highly secure with textured slip-resistant floors |
Your home deserves to reflect your unique taste, which is why we offer tons of custom options. You get to choose from a wide variety of wall textures, including realistic faux stone and classic subway tile patterns. This ensures your new setup matches the existing decor of your home perfectly.
We also offer high-quality hardware finishes like brushed nickel, matte black, and polished chrome. These durable faucets and showerheads resist water spots and fingerprints, keeping your space looking pristine. You can even choose a rainfall showerhead for a touch of everyday luxury that makes you feel pampered.
Storage is another huge benefit of making this smart transition. We can install built-in corner caddies, recessed shelving, and shaving footrests to keep your shampoos and soaps organized. No more cluttered ledges or plastic hanging organizers slipping off your shower neck.
Living here in our quiet corner of Grant County means we appreciate honest work and smart home decisions. With a local population of around 261 residents, we take pride in helping our neighbors improve their properties. Our community enjoys a comfortable median household income of $49,306, making smart, cost-effective renovations a top priority for local families.
Whether you live right in the heart of town or near the outer edges of the 72128 ZIP code, we are ready to drive out to your property. We understand the local home styles and the specific plumbing challenges common in this part of Arkansas. This local familiarity allows us to complete your job quickly and without any unexpected delays.
Upgrading your bathroom also does wonders for your overall property value. Most modern home buyers actively look for houses that feature updated, accessible washrooms rather than dusty old tubs. This means you get to enjoy the daily convenience now while building solid equity for the future.
Most of our standard installations take just one to two days to complete from start to finish. Our team works diligently to minimize any disruption to your family's busy daily routine. We make sure your water is turned back on as quickly as possible.
Yes, we specialize in adapting modern plumbing systems to fit older homes with unique framing. We carefully reinforce your subfloor and update old pipes to ensure a perfect, leak-free fit. Our custom pans are designed to slide into almost any existing alcove.
Handling heavy demolition and precise plumbing hookups can be incredibly tricky for a solo weekend warrior. A tiny hidden leak behind your drywall can cause thousands of dollars in structural rot over time. Hiring our experienced team gives you total peace of mind and a durable finish.
There is absolutely no reason to keep struggling with an outdated, hard-to-clean bathroom that does not serve your needs. Our dedicated local team is standing by to help you design a beautiful, accessible space you will love using. We treat your home with the exact same respect and care we would show to our own families.
We invite you to reach out to us today to schedule your complimentary, in-home consultation. We will take precise measurements, discuss your favorite style options, and hand you an honest, detailed quote. Let us help you transform your home into a safer and more functional space starting 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 Poyen 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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