Tub to shower · Puyallup
Tub to shower conversions in Puyallup.
Turn an unused tub or corner garden tub into a tiled walk-in shower. Tub-to-shower conversions for Puyallup and South Hill homes. Free walkthroughs.
In Puyallup, a tub-to-shower conversion usually means one of two jobs: turning a hall-bath alcove tub into a walk-in shower, or removing the big corner garden tub from a primary bath and using that space for a much larger shower. Both suit the way many South Hill homes were built.
Asked often
Before you book: tub to shower Q&A.
Should I keep at least one tub?
If you have young kids or may sell soon, keeping one tub somewhere in the house is a sensible default.
Can a garden tub space become a shower?
Usually yes, and it often becomes the biggest upgrade in the primary bath.
How is the price figured?
Mostly by drain location, shower size, tile and glass. See the Puyallup cost guide for planning ranges.
The garden tub question
The deck-mounted corner tub was standard in primary baths of the 1990s and 2000s. Most owners admit it gets used a few times a year. Removing it frees up a big block of floor that can become a walk-in shower with a bench, or a smaller shower plus more vanity space.
Hall bath conversions
Converting the hall bath works best when another bathroom keeps a tub. In a two-story South Hill house, that might mean keeping the tub upstairs for kids and converting the main-floor bath for guests or older parents.
Plumbing on a two-story house
Upstairs conversions mean the drain moves above a finished ceiling. That is very doable, but it can require opening the ceiling below and patching it afterward. On a crawlspace rambler the work happens from underneath. We figure out which applies to your house before pricing.
Make it easy to use
- Low or no curb at the entry
- Bench or fold-down seat
- Handheld sprayer on a slide bar
- Blocking for grab bars
- Slip-resistant floor tile
What it may cost
Puyallup planning ranges
Surround or shower retile
Fiberglass or old tile out, new membrane and tile, same footprint
$8,000 to $16,000Tub out, walk-in shower in
Alcove tub removed, custom pan and tiled walls in its place
$12,000 to $25,000Hall bath rebuild
Everything replaced in a typical upstairs or main-floor hall bath
$20,000 to $40,000Primary suite overhaul
Garden tub gone, larger shower, new vanity layout, possible heated floor
$40,000 to $80,000+Planning estimates only, not a quote. Your detailed estimate is the real price.
Start your tub to shower project.
A quick visit, then a detailed estimate.