Serving Dallas, TX & Dallas County
Tub-to-Shower Conversions in Dallas, TX
From postwar ranch houses to 1980s builder homes, the bathtub is usually the hardest thing in a Dallas bathroom to step over.
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Converting a bathtub to a shower in Dallas means pulling the tub out down to the framing and building a walk-in shower in the same alcove, so the plumbing wall stays where it is and the rest of the room is left alone.
The large-format wall panels we install are manufactured in Dallas, and EverSafe's own crews handle the work from demolition to final cleanup.
Half a City Built Before 1980
Dallas grew fast after World War II. The Handbook of Texas puts the city at 434,462 people in 1950 and 679,684 just ten years later, and records that in 1949 five new businesses were opening every day. The population passed 844,000 by 1970 and 904,000 by 1980, with new neighborhoods spreading mainly to the north and east.
Census figures show how much of that era is still standing. Roughly 46% of the housing units in Dallas were built before 1980, and about 37% went up between 1950 and 1979. The median year built for the city is 1980, so the "typical" Dallas home is now well past forty years old.
Those decades left a fairly predictable bathroom behind. Houses from the 1950s and 60s commonly have a steel or cast-iron tub set into a tiled alcove, often with tile that has been regrouted more times than anyone can count. Homes from the 1970s and 80s are more likely to have a one-piece fiberglass tub-and-shower unit that has dulled, flexed and stained with age. Either way, the tub wall is the same height it was the day the house was finished.
Dallas is not an old city by age. About 11.4% of residents are 65 or older, below the national share. But that is still a very large number of people in a city of 1.3 million, and most of the houses they live in were never designed around anyone over sixty. The tub is where that gap shows first, because it asks you to balance on one foot on a wet surface every single day.
A conversion fixes the tub problem without reopening the whole room. We take the tub out completely, set a low-threshold or curbless base in its place, and close the walls with grout-free panels, which suits a 1958 bungalow just as well as a 1985 two-story.
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Frequently Asked Questions
My Dallas house still has its original cast-iron tub. Can that come out?
Yes. Cast-iron and steel tubs are heavy and set in place, but removing them is a normal part of the job. We take the old tub out entirely, check the framing and plumbing behind it, and build the new shower in that space.
We have a 1980s fiberglass tub-shower unit. Is that a different job?
The goal is the same, just a different starting point. One-piece fiberglass units are removed whole or in sections, and the new shower base and wall panels go in where the unit was. We look at your specific bathroom during the free in-home assessment before recommending anything.
Do I need a permit for a tub to shower conversion in Dallas?
We confirm requirements with the City of Dallas for your specific project and handle any permitting needed, so it is not something you have to sort out yourself.
How long will we be without a shower?
Most conversions are completed in about two days. We confirm the schedule for your bathroom during the assessment so you can plan around it.
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