How much to install a shower?
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Anonymous
| Looking at a house where it seems like the developer ran out of $ and installed bathtubs in lieu of showers. Someone said they think it would be about $30k to put in a bathtub. Thoughts on this? It seems like part of the plumbing is there due to tub but hearing tile is currently expensive. |
Anonymous
| It shouldn’t cost that much. Tile isn’t that expensive. Maybe $10K. We did full bathroom gut for $25K. |
Anonymous
| There is NO shower apparatus or you want to take the tubs out and replace with showers? |
Anonymous
| The latter—remove tub and put in a shower |
Anonymous
| It shouldn’t cost that much but contractors have become used to charging an arm, leg and your firstborn for even routine jobs. |
Anonymous
| If you use the same drain for the shower as the bathtub you should be able to do it for 3k. |
Anonymous
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Demo bathtub and walls - $1k
Here’s a list of material cost based on a standard size tub being removed and 8ft ceilings 10 2x4s for reinforcement or niche - $30 Durock 20 sheets and screws - $220 Thinset mortar for entire job and fiber tape - $200 Shower pan mud bed and curb 4:1 mud - $100 Shower pan liner - $ 125 Oatey drain with strainer - $40 Shower valve and head moen or kohler - $150 Shower pan tile - $400-$4000 Wall tile - $500-$10000 Shower curtain rod - $100 or Glass doors - $750-$3500 |
Anonymous
| More than you’d think. Just got a quote and it was double ($27,000) what it would cost a year ago, largely due to tariffs on supplies. |
Anonymous
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I’m in the middle of a bathroom remodel right now. We’re taking out a tub/shower combination and installing a shower only. Also replacing vanity, flooring, lighting, and bathroom fan. Cost is $19k.
Note: Using porcelain tile for shower walls/shower floors and bathroom floor. |
Anonymous
| We paid 15K in 2020 for a whole bathroom renovation with polished tile. |
Anonymous
\ this sounds about right. $25K is still a lot. |
Anonymous
| I think it is foolhardy to take out tubs. If you look at high end homes (I watch too much Selling Sunset, Selling the OC etc), they have tubs. |
Anonymous
$25k is not the number. You’re playing to the high-end of exotic tile estimates. We recently did this and it cost us $5k. The numbers broke down this way: Demo bathtub and old tile wall and build a new shower stall with niche, including all building parts and complete job/tile/fixture labor: $3k Polished Porcelain marble-look 12x24” tile from Lowes for walls: $250 Polished porcelain mosaic tile from Lowes: $150 Kohler shower fixtures from Lowes: $250 Glass door partition and sliding glass door with handle and towel bar, installed from Dulles Glass: $1000 |
Anonymous
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If you want this job done cheaply but well, YOU need to choose the tile, fixtures, grout color, etc. and buy it yourself. This may sound daunting, but it’s not. Keep things simple. Find a picture you like and reproduce it with Lowe’s material. Don’t go to a fancy tile company.
Also, you need to find an independent contractor. If you use a flashy design/build company, they have tons of overhead and the same job will cost $10-$15k. That’s because the salesperson gets a commission, there’s lots of overhead (storefront, etc), and they subcontract the work, so their profit is a margin on top of the subcontractors charge. |
Anonymous
How large is your bathroom? Sq ft? |