Serving Little Elm, TX & Denton County
Tub-to-Shower Conversions in Little Elm, TX
Turning the big soaking tub you rarely fill into the walk-in shower you would use every day.
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In a lot of Little Elm homes the tub worth converting is not old or broken. It is the oversized soaking tub in the primary suite that looked great on the model-home tour and now mostly collects dust.
Taking it out and building a roomy walk-in shower in its place gives that corner of the bathroom a real job, and it is a change that stays useful for as long as you live in the house.
A Lake Town Built Almost Entirely Since 2000
Little Elm has been on the map since 1844, when Kit King settled on the banks of Little Elm Creek, but for most of the 20th century it was a small farming community. The Handbook of Texas counts 1,255 residents in 1990 and 3,646 in 2000. By 2010 the census found 25,898 people, about seven times as many, drawn by the town's place on Lewisville Lake and by better roads to Denton and Dallas.
That makes Little Elm's housing some of the newest in North Texas. Census estimates show roughly nine out of ten homes in town were built in 2000 or later, and fewer than 3% predate 1990. The median home was built in 2010.
Homes from that era share a recognizable bathroom plan. The primary suite usually has a separate shower stall plus a large garden or drop-in soaking tub, often set in a deck under a window. Secondary bathrooms tend to get a standard fiberglass tub-shower combo. Ask owners how often the garden tub actually gets filled, and the honest answer is often a few times a year, while the shower next to it is frequently on the small side.
This is not a town where most people are thinking about aging; only about 6% of residents are 65 or older. The reason to convert here is simply getting more out of the space. Replacing a garden tub with a generous, low-threshold walk-in shower turns underused square footage into the most-used fixture in the room. And because the blocking for grab bars goes in during the build, the bathroom is ready for an injury, a pregnancy, a visiting grandparent, or your own later years without another remodel.
Since the house itself is usually in good shape, the work is focused: remove the tub, waterproof the area, and build the shower to fit the space and plumbing that are already there.
What's Included
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you replace the garden tub in my Little Elm primary bathroom with a shower?
Yes. We remove the tub and any deck or surround it sits in, then build a walk-in shower designed around that footprint and the existing plumbing. During the free in-home assessment we look at whether the new shower should replace only the tub or take in the space of a small existing shower stall as well.
Our house is fairly new. Is it too early to think about grab bars?
Not if you plan to stay. We install grab-bar blocking behind the walls as standard, so bars can go up later without opening the wall again. Our CAPS-certified (Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist) guidance is about making that kind of future-proofing simple, not about making the room look clinical.
Should we keep a bathtub somewhere in our Little Elm home?
If you have young children, or expect future buyers to, it is usually smart to keep at least one tub in the house. A common approach is converting the primary-suite garden tub while leaving the tub in a secondary bathroom as it is.
Is a permit required for a tub-to-shower conversion in Little Elm?
We confirm requirements with the Town of Little Elm for your specific project and handle any permitting needed.
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