Tub to shower conversions in Dallas, done in days instead of weeks
The old tub comes out, the drain is reworked, the walls are waterproofed and a shower with a low curb or none at all goes in the same footprint. Acrylic in a few days, tile in about a week.
Updated October 2026. Service office: 2353 Bryan St, Dallas. Phones answered 24/7.
What goes into a Dallas conversion: Kohler and American Standard shower bases and wall systems, Moen and Delta valves, Schluter pans and membranes, Daltile porcelain.
A tub to shower conversion in Dallas replaces a 60-inch alcove tub with a walk-in shower in the same space, usually two to five days for an acrylic surround and about a week for tile. Market ranges run about 1,994 to 3,989 dollars for an acrylic kit installed in Dallas and 3,500 to 15,000 for a tiled conversion.
What changes when a tub becomes a shower
The tub is the tallest thing in most Dallas hall baths and the least used. Removing it turns a 30 by 60 inch alcove into a shower you can walk into without lifting a leg over 16 inches of cast iron, which matters past sixty and to anyone who has slipped.
The work is more than a fixture swap. The tub drain sits at one end of the alcove and a shower drain wants to be centered or run to a linear drain, so the trap arm is rerouted. The valve is raised, the walls get cement board and a membrane, and the pan is flood-tested before any panel or tile goes on.
You choose the surface. An American Standard or Kohler acrylic wall system installs fast and never needs grout. Tile over a Schluter pan gives you any size, any bench, any niche, and a curbless entry.
Acrylic surround or tiled conversion?
| Acrylic wall system | Tiled shower | |
|---|---|---|
| Install time | Two to five days | About a week |
| Dallas market range | About 1,994 to 3,989 dollars installed | 3,500 to 15,000 dollars |
| Sizing | Fixed 60 by 30 or 60 by 32 base | Any size, any bench or niche |
| Maintenance | No grout; wipe down | Sealed grout, reseal periodically |
| Curbless option | Limited to molded low-threshold bases | Yes, with a recessed pan |
| Look | Clean, uniform panels | Any tile, any pattern |
Three ways we convert a tub in Dallas
Acrylic Surround Conversion
An acrylic base and a three-piece wall kit fill the old alcove in two to five days. The base is set in mortar so it does not flex, the wall panels lap over the base flange and are sealed, and a Delta or Moen valve goes in with new trim. No grout to maintain, and the cost sits at the bottom of the range. The trade-off is fixed sizing: 60 by 30 or 60 by 32 bases, with benches and niches only as molded options.
Planning range, tub to shower conversion in Dallas (acrylic kit): about $1,994 to $3,989 including materials and labor.
Tiled Shower Conversion
A tiled conversion starts with a pan built to the alcove, either a Schluter foam pan or a mortar bed over a liner, sloped to a center or linear drain and flood-tested for 24 hours. Cement board and a waterproofing membrane cover the walls, then tile in any format, with a bench, niches and a handheld on a slide bar wherever you want them. About a week, more money than acrylic, and the only route to a truly custom result.
Planning range, tub to shower conversion: $1,200 to $8,000, national average about $3,000; tiled conversions $3,500 to $15,000.
Curbless Conversion
A curbless entry means the shower floor sits level with the bathroom floor. On a Dallas slab that means recessing the pan into the concrete, which we cut and chip out before setting a foam pan with a linear drain against the back wall so water runs away from the door. The whole bathroom floor near the shower gets the same membrane. It is the most accessible option and the most labor; price it against a 2-inch curb before deciding.
Planning range, shower installation in Dallas: $6,490 to $12,365, average about $8,923; prefab as low as $500, large luxury builds up to $16,000.
What moves the price of a conversion
Conversions have the tightest price band in the trade; six items explain the spread.
Planning range, tub to shower conversion: $1,200 to $8,000, national average about $3,000; tiled conversions $3,500 to $15,000. Market data, not a quote.
Acrylic or tile
Acrylic kits sit at the low end; tile over a built pan roughly doubles the labor.
Drain relocation
Centering the drain or running a linear drain means rerouting the trap arm.
Curb or curbless
Recessing a pan into the slab is a full extra day of cutting and finishing.
Glass
A shower door adds about 600 to 1,350 dollars over a curtain rod.
What is behind the tub
Corroded galvanized lines or a soft subfloor add line items.
Valve and trim
A basic Delta set and a thermostatic Moen with a handheld are far apart.
The tubs we pull in Dallas, and what is under them
Older Dallas housing hands us two things on most conversions. In the Craftsman houses of Oak Cliff and the ranch homes of Lake Highlands the supply lines behind the tub are often corroded galvanized, so we replace them to the valve while the wall is open. And on Blackland clay the floor around a tub drain is often soft or cracked, which is why a Dallas conversion often carries a 300 to 800 dollar subfloor line before the pan goes in.
Want a straight answer on this job? Call (214) 646-2836, any hour.
Call nowHow a conversion runs
- 1
Call and measure
Alcove size, tub type, acrylic, tile or curbless.
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Selections
Base or pan, walls, valve, trim and glass chosen before demo.
- 3
Tub removal
Tub out, wall surface stripped to studs, supply lines inspected.
- 4
Drain and valve
Trap arm rerouted, valve set at the new height, lines replaced if needed.
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Pan and walls
Base set in mortar, or pan built and flood-tested; walls boarded and waterproofed.
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Surface
Acrylic panels sealed, or tile set and grouted.
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Glass and trim
Door hung, trim installed, everything run with you.
Pulling a tub yourself versus having us do the whole job
| Task | Doing it yourself | Having us do it |
|---|---|---|
| Removing the tub | Doable with a helper; cast iron is broken up in place | Out and hauled the same morning |
| Rerouting the drain | Cutting a slab drain without a plan floods below the trap | Trap arm rerouted and tested first |
| Pan and waterproofing | Where most DIY conversions fail; leaks show in a year | Flood-tested 24 hours |
| Valve height | Often left at tub height | Reset at shower height |
| Glass | Field-measured doors rarely fit | Measured off the finished walls |
Conversion questions we hear
Something else? Call and ask, any hour.
Less so if one tub stays in the house.
Two to five days for acrylic, about a week for tile, a few days more for curbless.
Market data: roughly 1,994 to 3,989 dollars for an acrylic kit installed, 3,500 to 15,000 for tile.
Not for a same-location swap; moving the drain or adding a circuit does.
Yes on tile; acrylic kits offer molded seats.
Yes, by recessing the pan into the concrete.
Tile grout needs periodic resealing; acrylic needs none.
More Showers & Tubs work we do in Dallas
Walk-In Shower Installation
Curbless and Zero-Threshold Entry and more, in Dallas.
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Failed Shower Pan or Liner and more, in Dallas.
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Retile on the Existing Pan and more, in Dallas.
Learn moreFrom our guides
Ready to lose the tub?
Call with the alcove size and whether you lean acrylic or tile. We will tell you what fits, what it runs, and how many days the room is out.
2353 Bryan St, Dallas, TX 75201