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A tub-to-shower conversion in Dallas typically costs between $3,500 and $10,000, with most standard conversions landing in the $5,000 to $7,500 range. That covers removing the existing tub, installing a walk-in shower pan, waterproofing, new plumbing fixtures, tile or acrylic wall surrounds, and a glass door. High-end conversions with custom tile, bench seating, and premium glass run toward the upper end; basic acrylic surround jobs sit near the bottom.
Dallas homes built before 1990 present a specific wrinkle worth knowing before you budget: many of them have cast-iron tubs that require demolition cutting, and the drain placement often needs reconfiguring from tub-drain to shower-drain code. That alone can add $400 to $900 over what a newer slab-on-grade house would cost.
We’ve been converting tubs to showers across Dallas since 2004, and the pricing below reflects what we actually see in neighborhoods like Lakewood, Richardson, Mesquite, Garland, and the M Streets in 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Typical Dallas range: $3,500 to $10,000, with most projects at $5,000 to $7,500.
- Biggest cost drivers: shower size, tile vs. acrylic, glass door type, and whether plumbing needs to be moved.
- Timeline: Most conversions take 3 to 5 working days, not weeks.
- Permit: Dallas requires a plumbing permit for tub-to-shower conversions, typically $75 to $150 depending on scope.
- Written pricing: Mason Remodeling Co Dallas puts your price in writing before any work starts. No verbal estimates that grow later.
- Who’s coming: You’ll get the technician’s name and photo before we arrive, and they’ll show a photo ID badge at the door.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion Cost Breakdown (2026)
Here’s how a typical Dallas tub-to-shower conversion breaks down line by line. These are real working numbers for the DFW market, not national averages that blur the picture.
| Line Item | Typical Dallas Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Demolition and tub removal | $400 – $900 |
| Shower pan (acrylic or fiberglass) | $300 – $1,200 |
| Wall surround (acrylic/laminate) | $600 – $1,800 |
| Tile walls (ceramic or porcelain) | $1,200 – $3,500 |
| Waterproofing membrane (Schluter or equal) | $300 – $800 |
| Shower valve and trim (Kohler, Moen, Delta) | $250 – $900 |
| Showerhead and arm | $80 – $400 |
| Glass shower door (framed vs. frameless) | $500 – $2,000 |
| Grab bar installation (ADA-style) | $75 – $250 per bar |
| Plumbing reconfiguration | $400 – $1,500 |
| Permits and inspection | $75 – $150 |
| Finishing: caulk, trim, paint touch-up | $150 – $500 |
What moves you toward the bottom or top of that $3,500 to $10,000 range? At the low end, you’re looking at a standard 60-inch tub footprint using a pre-formed acrylic surround, basic chrome fixtures, and a framed glass door or shower curtain rod. You’re not moving any plumbing. At the high end, you’re adding custom tile work, a frameless glass enclosure, a built-in bench, niche shelving, and possibly reconfiguring the drain from the tub’s end-position to a center shower drain. In an older Dallas home with a cast-iron tub on a post-tension slab, demolition alone can push $900.
One thing that doesn’t change the price: our overhead isn’t padded into the line items above. Mason Remodeling Co Dallas delivers a written price before any work starts, every time. If the number changes, you hear about it before a tool is unpacked, not after the invoice lands.
What Affects Tub-to-Shower Conversion Pricing in Dallas
- Slab vs. pier-and-beam foundation. Dallas splits pretty evenly between slab homes (newer builds, much of North Dallas and the suburbs) and pier-and-beam (older East Dallas, Lakewood, the M Streets). On a pier-and-beam house, moving a drain is straightforward and cheap. On a slab, it means cutting concrete. That’s $400 to $1,200 right there.
- Cast-iron tubs from pre-1990 builds. Homes in neighborhoods like Casa Linda, Forest Hills, and White Rock frequently have cast-iron tubs. They’re heavy (300 to 500 pounds), require cutting for removal, and cost more in demo labor and disposal fees than the fiberglass tubs in 2000s-era homes.
- Shower size beyond the 60-inch tub footprint. If you’re widening the shower, you’re adding framing, waterproofing, tile, and glass. Every extra foot of width adds roughly $1,000 to $2,000 in materials and labor.
- Waterproofing method. A single-piece acrylic surround costs less than a tiled shower because there’s less labor and no membrane work. But tile holds up longer and looks better if the house will eventually be sold. We use Schluter membrane systems on tiled showers because they seal the joint between wall and floor, the exact place Dallas’s clay-soil foundation shifts tend to create hairline cracks.
- Glass enclosure type. Frameless glass costs $1,200 to $2,000 installed. Framed or semi-frameless runs $500 to $1,000. A shower curtain is $0. If you’re in a guest bath that gets used twice a year, the curtain is the rational choice.
- Valve and trim finishes. Chrome is the cheapest finish and works in most Dallas homes. Brushed nickel, matte black, or brass trims from Kohler, Moen, or Toto add $200 to $600 to the fixture line. If you’re already paying for the rough-in labor, this is where spending a little more usually pays off in daily satisfaction.
How Much Does a Tub-to-Shower Conversion Cost by Neighborhood in Dallas?
Labor rates across the Dallas metro are fairly flat, but there are neighborhood-specific factors that shift realistic budgets. Here’s what we see from actual jobs:
- Lakewood and the M Streets: Homes built between 1920 and 1960. Cast-iron tubs are standard, and many bathrooms have original plaster walls that need more careful demo. Expect the plumbing reconfiguration line item to hit the high end. Plan $5,500 to $10,000 for a complete conversion with tile.
- North Dallas and Far North Dallas: Ranches from the 1970s-80s. Fiberglass tubs in standard 60-inch alcoves. These convert cleanly and quickly. Plan $4,500 to $7,000 for a tile surround conversion with glass door.
- Garland, Mesquite, Richardson: Mix of slab and pier-and-beam, mostly 1970s-1990s construction. Standard alcove tubs. Plan $4,000 to $6,500 for an acrylic surround job, $5,500 to $8,000 if you want tile.
- Plano, Frisco, McKinney: Newer homes, often with pre-fab one-piece tub-shower units. Those come out easily but the surrounding drywall needs repair where the old unit terminated. Plan $3,500 to $6,000 depending on tile choice.
- Oak Cliff and South Dallas: Older housing stock mixed with newer builds. If the house is pre-1950, you may be dealing with lead plumbing lines and cast-iron drains that need a plumber’s inspection before conversion starts. Plan $5,000 to $9,000.
Is a Tub-to-Shower Conversion Worth It in Dallas?
For most Dallas homeowners, yes. Here’s the math the way we’ve watched it play out since 2004.
Dallas summers run long and hot, and older adults especially tell us the tub was a safety liability long before they called. A walk-in shower with a low-threshold pan and a grab bar is the single most effective aging-in-place modification you can make to a bathroom. Bathers in the house? A built-in bench with a handheld showerhead handles that without the climb-over-the-tub-wall risk.
Resale is the other reason. Appraisers and agents across Dallas consistently tell us that bathrooms drive showings more than any other room. A clean, modern walk-in shower with frameless glass reads as updated in a way a 1990s tub-shower combo does not. You’ll rarely recover the full cost of a luxury conversion in immediate equity, but you’ll improve how the home moves when it’s time to sell.
What you lose is a tub for soaking and bathing kids. In a home with one full bathroom and a child under five, we’ll say this plainly: keep the tub. In a primary suite, convert it. In a guest bath that rarely gets used, convert it if the budget allows. If you’re unsure, call and we’ll walk through the tradeoffs with you over the phone. No pressure, no sales script.
How Our Pricing Works: Written Price Before Work Begins
Mason Remodeling Co Dallas runs on a rule that’s been in place since we opened as part of the Threshold Group family in 2004: a written price before any work starts. Not after the demo, not after we “find something,” not after the tile is already on the wall. Before. On every project, every time. That’s not a promotion and it’s never waived.
Here’s what that looks like in practice. When you call (432) 302-8761, a live person answers, day or night. We schedule the visit. Before the visit, you get the name and photo of the technician who’ll be at your door. That’s the Threshold Standard, a named, verified process: every technician is background-checked and identity-verified, arrives in a clean marked uniform, and shows a photo ID badge at the door. You’ll recognize them before they even knock.
After the site visit, you get a written quote covering the full scope of work, line by line. If you approve, that’s the number. If something changes mid-project, we bring it to you in writing before we proceed. That’s it. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to the completed work: if something isn’t right within 365 days of completion, we fix it at no cost. And every project includes a free second visit if a repair or installation fails. No charge, no dispute process, no conditions.
This is why homeowners who open the door to strangers as a genuine safety decision hire us. Parents with young kids. People who are often home alone. Older adults who’ve had a bad experience with a contractor before. They want to know exactly who’s coming and exactly what it costs. We prove both every time.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion vs. Bathroom Remodel Cost in Dallas
A tub-to-shower conversion is a scoped project. A bathroom remodel is the whole room. Here’s the comparison:
| Project Type | Typical Dallas Cost | What’s Included |
|---|---|---|
| Tub-to-shower conversion (acrylic surround) | $3,500 – $6,000 | Remove tub, install shower pan, acrylic walls, fixtures, glass door or rod |
| Tub-to-shower conversion (tile) | $5,000 – $10,000 | Above plus tile walls, waterproofing membrane, niche, upgraded glass |
| Walk-in shower installation (new construction) | $4,500 – $12,000 | Framed shower, pan, waterproofing, tile, glass enclosure |
| Shower replacement (existing shower) | $3,000 – $8,500 | Demo existing shower, new pan, walls, fixtures, glass |
| Small bathroom remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 | Shower or tub swap, vanity, flooring, paint, fixtures |
| Full bathroom remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 | Everything in the room: layout, plumbing, tile, vanity, lighting |
If you’re converting the tub and the vanity is falling apart and the floor is 30 years old, you’re closer to a small bathroom remodel than a scoped conversion. Worth saying before you call: we’ll tell you straight what fits your budget and what doesn’t. We’d rather do a smaller job well than a bigger job badly.
Once the shower is in, the rest of the home often becomes the next question. We do kitchens, whole-home remodels, and general contracting across Dallas, so if you’re looking at the shower and thinking the primary bath needs a full refresh, we can scope that in the same visit. For more on what a conversion involves, see our detailed Tub-to-Shower Conversion in Dallas service page.
What Does a Tub-to-Shower Conversion Include?
A complete conversion, as we scope it, includes:
- Removal and disposal of the existing tub and surrounding wall materials.
- Shower pan installation with a low threshold for easy entry. We pitch the pan correctly so water drains the way it should in a slab-on-grade Dallas home.
- Wall waterproofing and surfacing, either tile with a Schluter membrane (the orange matting that seals water out at the wall-floor joint) or a pre-formed acrylic surround.
- New shower valve, trim, and showerhead. We install Kohler, Moen, Delta, and Toto fixtures. You pick the finish.
- Glass door or curtain rod, depending on your preference and budget.
- Finishing work including caulk, trim, drywall repair where the old tub surround ended, and paint touch-up.
- Permit and inspection. Dallas plumbing permits for this scope run $75 to $150. We pull the permit and schedule inspection.
Optional add-ons we’ll quote separately: built-in bench, shampoo niches, grab bars, handheld showerhead with slide bar, and safety flooring.
How to Save on Tub-to-Shower Conversion in Dallas
Practical ways to keep the number in the lower half of that $3,500 to $10,000 range:
- Choose an acrylic surround over tile. Saving $1,000 to $2,500. Acrylic is easier to clean, never needs grout sealing, and installs in a single day.
- Keep the 60-inch tub footprint. Not enlarging the shower means no framing changes, no slab cutting, no extra tile, no extra glass. It’s the single biggest line-item saver.
- Stick with chrome fixtures. Chrome is the cheapest finish and holds up fine with Dallas’s hard water. Upgrade the finish when you upgrade the house.
- Use a framed glass door instead of frameless. Saves $700 to $1,300. Framed doors have a visible metal frame but work exactly the same.
- Skip the bench and grab bars if no one needs them now. You can add grab bars later. A bench is harder to retrofit but not impossible.
- Schedule during our slower season. January and February in Dallas see lighter remodeling volume than spring and fall. Labor availability is better.
One saving worth avoiding: don’t skip the waterproofing membrane on a tiled shower. A tiled shower without proper waterproofing will leak eventually, and in a pier-and-beam Dallas house, that water sits under the house and invites mold. The repair costs more than the membrane ever would have.
Call (432) 302-8761 for a free, written estimate. You’ll know the full price before any work is scheduled.
FAQs – Tub-to-Shower Conversion Cost in Dallas
How much does it cost to convert a tub to a shower in Dallas?
In Dallas, a tub-to-shower conversion typically costs between $3,500 and $10,000, with most standard alcove conversions running $5,000 to $7,500. The final number depends on tile vs. acrylic, plumbing changes, and glass door type. Call (432) 302-8761 for a free written estimate specific to your bathroom.
How long does a tub-to-shower conversion take?
Most tub-to-shower conversions in Dallas take 3 to 5 working days from demolition to inspection. An acrylic surround with no plumbing changes can be done in 2 to 3 days. A full tiled shower with a frameless glass door and a moved drain takes 5 to 7 days. We’ll give you a start and end date in writing before work begins.
Is a tub-to-shower conversion cheaper than a full bathroom remodel?
Yes. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000, while a full bathroom remodel in Dallas runs $9,000 to $28,000. The conversion scopes the project to the shower footprint only; a remodel includes the vanity, flooring, lighting, and often layout changes.
Can I convert a tub to a shower in one day?
An acrylic surround conversion on a standard 60-inch tub can be completed in one to two days if the plumbing is already in place and the tub comes out without complications. A tiled shower takes longer because tile setting and grout curing require time. We do one-day acrylic installs regularly in Plano, Richardson, and Garland homes built after 1990. Call (432) 302-8761 and we’ll tell you whether your bathroom qualifies.
Does a tub-to-shower conversion require a permit in Dallas?
Yes. The City of Dallas requires a plumbing permit for any tub-to-shower conversion involving drain or water line changes. The permit typically costs $75 to $150 for this scope, and we pull it and schedule the inspection as part of the project. We do not do unpermitted plumbing work, and you shouldn’t hire anyone who offers to skip the permit.
Who will be doing the work in my home?
Mason Remodeling Co Dallas follows the Threshold Standard. Before your appointment, you’ll receive the name and photo of the technician assigned to your project. On arrival, they’ll be in a clean marked uniform and will show a photo ID badge at the door. Every technician is background-checked and identity-verified before they’re dispatched. No exceptions.
Why Dallas Homeowners Choose Mason Remodeling Co Dallas
Since 2004, we’ve been doing bathroom work in Dallas as part of the Threshold Group family of home-service companies. The pricing on this page is not aspirational. It’s what we’ve charged across hundreds of conversions in the metro. Isaac Pruett leads the team, and he’s the one who set the rules we still follow: written price first, verified technician at the door, and a 365-day guarantee on completed work.
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every tub-to-shower conversion. If the work isn’t right within a year of the completion date, we make it right at no cost to you. Every project also includes a free second visit if a repair or installation fails. No charge, no conditions, no argument.
The person who calls us is often someone who’s had a contractor fail them before. Maybe the price changed mid-project. Maybe a stranger showed up with no ID and no introduction. Maybe the work failed and no one came back. We built the process around those failures. Name and photo first. Price in writing first. Guarantee in writing last.
Get Your Free Written Estimate
If you’re ready to convert a tub to a shower in Dallas, the next step is a phone call. You’ll speak to a live person, not a phone tree, any hour of the day or night, any day of the year. We’ll schedule a site visit, send you the technician’s name and photo before we arrive, and deliver a written price before any work starts. Call (432) 302-8761 now.
Pricing reflects the Dallas market as of 2026. Mason Remodeling Co Dallas offers free estimates – call (432) 302-8761.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner at Mason Remodeling Co Dallas, serving Dallas since 2004.
What Our Customers Say
"Written scope, fixed price, and weekly updates. No change orders we hadn't agreed to."
- Carlos H."Bathroom gut job. Replaced the old tub with a walk-in shower and added a niche. Waterproofing was done properly with a flood test before tile."
- Greg L."Basement refinish with egress window. Drywall finish is smooth and the electrician was tidy."
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