Our Burlington crew pulls the idle tub, keeps the alcove, and hands back a shower anywhere in Coffey County within days.
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Looking to swap out that old outdated soaking basin for a fresh modern walk-in bathing space today? You can grab a totally free estimate right now to make your home look super cool.
Let us talk about those heavy old basins sitting in your house right now. Honestly, climbing over a tall porcelain wall every single morning gets pretty annoying after a while. You might even slip on wet tiles while trying to balance on one leg like some kind of confused flamingo... That is why replacing it with a sleek floor-level basin setup completely changes your routine.
Basically, the whole project involves taking out that bulky fixture and fitting a smooth custom stall. As a result, your entire space feels twice as big almost instantly. Besides that, cleaning becomes way easier because you do not have to scrub nasty soap scum while kneeling on hard floor boards anymore.
To be totally upfront, doing this upgrade is not completely free of hassle. For example, demolition day usually gets kind of dusty and noisy around the house. However, the final look makes every bit of that short chaos totally worth it.
| Old Setup Issues | New Upgraded Solution | |
|---|---|---|
| High tub walls | Low barrier entry | |
| Scrubbing hard corners | Wall panels that wipe clean fast | |
| Slippery slick bottoms | Textured safe footing surfaces |
Money does not grow on trees around these parts, so let us break down what this actually costs your wallet. Spending your hard-earned dollars on home improvements can feel a little scary at first glance. Fortunately, swapping out a basic water basin usually costs way less than doing a total top-to-bottom house renovation.
Naturally, prices wobble up and down depending on what fancy materials you end up picking out. For instance, acrylic walls stay cheap while fancy quartz slabs boost the budget pretty high. On top of that, custom glass doors cost a bit more than simple splash guards or curtains.
Anyway, this kind of remodel actually adds real value straight back into your real estate property. Therefore, you are not just throwing money down the drain when you hire local hands to build it.
First off, local crews roll up to your house with trucks full of heavy tools and shiny fresh panels. After that, they rip out the existing iron or fiberglass structure in just a few quick hours. Sometimes, old pipes behind the sheetrock look a bit crusty and need a fast plumber swap.
Next, installers level the subfloor to make sure water flows straight toward the brass drain hole. Then, waterproof boards get fastened tightly to the wooden wall studs. Finally, smooth composite panels get glued down tight alongside custom glass enclosures.
Actually, the whole torn-up process usually finishes fast if no weird rotting wood hides behind the walls. Plus, modern installation techniques mean you get to test out the warm water in just a couple days.
Now comes the fun part where you pick out all the sweet upgrades and custom features. For starters, mounting a sturdy stainless grab bar keeps everybody safe when soap gets floating around. Furthermore, built-in wall niches give your shampoo bottles a neat little home instead of sitting on the floor pan.
To add some extra charm, consider putting in a fold-down seating bench. Consequently, you can sit back and let hot water rain down after a long hard workday.
Alternatively, upgrading to a wide handheld rainhead makes rinsing off feel like a luxury spa visit every single morning. In addition, matte black or brushed nickel hardware gives the whole corner a super stylish modern pop.
Living out here near the Neosho River means we deal with unique local homes built across many different eras. For example, houses inside Burlington, Kansas, Coffey County, zip code 66839 often have interesting older plumbing layouts. With a local population around 2,587 folks and a median household income of $48,235, smart homeowners want upgrades that stand the test of time.
Luckily, qualified regional installers know how to handle these specific regional houses with ease. Besides, local trade crews understand how hard water in this region affects hardware valves over several years.
Therefore, selecting heavy-duty fixtures keeps your fresh installation running smooth without constant leaks or mineral buildup. Moreover, supporting local workers keeps our regional small-town economy strong and humming along nicely.
Let us face it, getting older makes jumping over high porcelain edges feel like climbing a mountain. Luckily, a zero-threshold entrance removes that trip hazard forever. Which means grandma can wash up safely without anyone worrying about bad slips or hospital visits.
Even younger folks love the fast access when running late on crazy busy weekday mornings. Simply open the clear glass door and step right into warm relaxing mist.
Furthermore, non-slip textured floors give your bare feet amazing grip even when soapy water pools up. Because of this built-in protection, your daily routine becomes totally stress free.
Nobody actually enjoys spending their weekend crawling on hands and knees scrubbing dirty grout lines. Fortunately, seamless wall surrounds completely eliminate porous mortar joints where green mold loves to hide out. Consequently, a quick spray of simple vinegar mix wipes everything sparkling clean in seconds.
Additionally, non-porous acrylic surfaces resist deep stains from rust and mineral deposits quite well... That means you save tons of cash by not buying crazy expensive chemical cleaners at the hardware store.
Besides, spending less time cleaning means more free hours to enjoy with family and friends. Overall, low-maintenance materials make homeownership feel a lot less like an endless chore list.
Now that you know all the great benefits, taking the next step is super simple. First, you just ask for a totally free estimate from our friendly local installation crew. Next, a knowledgeable technician visits your home to measure up your existing wall dimensions carefully.
After that, you sit down together to review material samples and pick out awesome fixtures that fit your personal taste. Subsequently, you receive a clear price breakdown with absolutely zero annoying high-pressure sales tricks attached.
Finally, you decide when to start turning that old cramped tub into a modern functional space. So go ahead and reach out today to get your project moving in the right direction!
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 Burlington 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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