Our Stonegate crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Douglas County within days.
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Do you hate climbing into a high-sided tub every single morning just to wash off. Well, your old bathing basin might be wasting precious square footage in your home right now. This lets you reclaim valuable room without remodeling the whole house.
Maybe you live right here in Douglas County where homes feature wonderful layouts. Specifically, Stonegate houses about 9,511 friendly residents who love modern upgrades. With a median household income sitting around $121,287, families often invest in property improvements.
Perhaps your zip code matches local delivery routes for contractors working in the 80134 area. Either way, swapping that clumsy basin changes your daily routine completely. Therefore, you gain a much safer environment for your household.
First, local workers carefully dismantle the old acrylic or cast iron shell sitting in your washroom. This demolition phase exposes the subfloor and plumbing rough-ins hidden beneath the surface. Consequently, professionals check for any hidden water damage or mold growth.
Next, experts install a sturdy waterproofing membrane to protect your structural framing from future moisture leaks. This crucial step gives you ultimate peace of mind regarding long-term durability. After that, custom wall panels go up to create a watertight enclosure.
Selecting frameless glass doors makes your entire bathroom feel twice as big. Because clear glass reflects natural light, your morning routine gets a bright boost. Additionally, modern shower fixtures deliver incredible water pressure while saving you money on utility bills.
Meanwhile, adding a built-in bench seat offers a cozy spot to relax after a long workday. This handy feature lets you shave your legs or simply enjoy the warm water easily. Furthermore, grab bars provide essential stability for aging family members.
| Feature | Old Bathing Tub | Modern Open Stall |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | High step-over wall | Zero threshold entry |
| Cleaning Time | Scrubbing deep corners | Quick squeegee wipe down |
| Space Feel | Cramped and dark | Open and airy |
Unlike deep soaking tubs, curbless entries eliminate tripping hazards entirely. Because of this design choice, toddlers and seniors navigate the space safely. On top of that, maintenance takes half the time.
Transitioning from a soaking tub to an open stall increases your property resale value dramatically. Real estate agents note that buyers prefer streamlined bathing areas over bulky tubs. Thus, making this change proves to be a smart financial move.
Plumbing alignments sometimes need shifting when transitioning from a center drain to a linear drain. Fortunately, skilled technicians handle these pipe modifications without damaging your downstairs ceilings. This means you avoid costly drywall repairs later.
Another common hurdle involves matching existing tile lines with new wall surrounds. Experienced crews cut panels with extreme precision to ensure a seamless appearance. Ultimately, your newly renovated area looks like it came straight from a design magazine.
Sometimes water leaks ruin the wooden subfloor underneath your old tub structure. When workers pull out the basin, they inspect every square inch of timber. If rot appears, they replace the damaged wood immediately.
This thorough approach guarantees that your brand-new stall sits on a rock-solid foundation. Because nobody wants a sagging floor, addressing these problems early saves thousands of dollars. Therefore, hiring professionals pays off in the long run.
Ready to ditch that outdated porcelain basin for a gorgeous walk-in washing zone. Now is the best time to reach out for a professional assessment. Local contractors arrive promptly to measure your space and discuss design options.
Best of all, you receive a detailed zero-cost quotation with zero hidden fees attached. This transparency lets you plan your home improvement budget accurately. Reach out online right now to schedule your consultation.
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 Stonegate 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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