Senior homeowners can extend the time they can stay living in their own homes by replacing a bathtub with an accessible shower. Custom tiling will give you a stylish bathroom to enjoy safely. Tile showers can be created with a variety of products that save time and money and provide a safe, attractive bathing area.

The first decision to make is if you want a custom tiled shower floor or a pre-molded product. The cost of materials used in a pre-fab base is about the same as the cost of a pre-molded shower pan. Unless you do the work yourself, you will incur labor costs for about two days of work. The most important aspect of creating a tiled shower is making sure the floor and walls are waterproofed properly. Poorly installed shower pans will leak, and the only way to fix a faulty installation is to rip out the base and also the shower walls.

A wide range of Shower pan options

Pre-fabricated base

Freedom Shower pans are pre-fabricated with a slope towards the drain. Available in many color options including a granite style solid surface, these are popular for their easy installation. Once this pan is installed customers can tile their shower walls to suit their style preferences. This is the easiest and quickest option for creating a mostly tiled shower.

The pre-fabricated pans are easy to clean and won’t have any grout lines to worry about. Available with a roll in threshold so wheelchairs can roll into the shower without having to navigate a curb, or a curbed shower pans with a 3- or 4-inch lip make stepping into the shower safe and easy for people who find climbing into a bathtub difficult, dangerous, or impossible.

Pre-molded tile over shower pans

Tile over shower pans are pre-molded with a slope towards the drain and are completely water-proof. The pan needs a mortor bed, but it’s still relatively easy to set into place. Our Tile Ready pans come with an apoxy to be used to adhere tiles to the surface. After installing the pan, you can completely tile the entire shower with your choice of tiles to suit your preference. Tile over pans are still much easier than forming the sloped shower base manually. There are many sizes and configurations available in this category, including pans with a trench style drain for an ultra modern choice.

Level Entry Shower Kit

For the most eye-appealing decorator touch, you can create a “wet room” shower with a level entry shower kit. This product requires more skilled labor as you need to recess this into the existing sub-floor in order to create a flush shower floor and of course the custom tiling. However the end result is a beautiful, magazine worthy bathroom. Customers often finish these custom tile showers with a glass wall. Use the level entry kit to create any size or shape shower that you want. It comes with all the materials you need include a pre-sloped shower pan and the water-proofing needed.

Safety first

Safety should be the top consideration, but it is possible to find stylish tiles that are best for…