— Interiors · Bathrooms
Walk-in shower installation
Converting a tub to a curbless or low-curb shower — often an accessibility job as much as a style one.
— The problem
What usually brings this call in
Two different calls end up at the same job: a dated tub-shower combo someone wants replaced, or a homeowner who can no longer safely step over a tub wall. Both need the same underlying work done correctly, or the result leaks into the floor below within a year.
At a glance
- Trade
- Interiors
- Job type
- Bathrooms
- Usual timeframe
- 4–7 days for a full tub-to-shower conversion.
A representative interiors job of this kind — the sort of call that comes in — not a specific customer’s home or address. The photograph is trade stock imagery.
— How a job like this gets fixed
Step by step
- 01
Remove the tub and check the subfloor and joists for existing water damage before building anything new.
- 02
Frame and slope the shower base correctly — a curbless entry lives or dies on getting this fall right.
- 03
Install a proper waterproofing membrane over the whole wet area, not just behind the tile.
- 04
Set tile, grab bars where wanted, and a bench or seat if the space allows.
- 05
Test the drain and every seal before calling it finished.
— The outcome
Where it ends up
A shower that drains properly, does not leak into the ceiling below, and — where accessibility was the point — one that is actually safer to use.
Why it books as one visit
A job of this kind rarely stays inside one trade once it is open. The same crew carries the plumbing, electrical and carpentry, so what turns up behind the wall is dealt with on the same appointment rather than becoming a second call-out on a later date.
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