Walk-In Showers for Kennesaw Homes

Kennesaw's housing is about a decade younger than Marietta's. The median Kennesaw home was built in 1998, compared with 1987 in Marietta, and six in ten went up between 1990 and 2009, according to the Census Bureau. If your bathroom still has the shower or tub unit the builder put in, it's now somewhere between 15 and 35 years old.

TrueNorth Showers is nearby in Marietta. Robert, the owner, installs every walk-in shower himself, replacing worn builder units with seamless Swanstone or tile-look NexTile walls. Most installs take 1 to 3 days.

Built in the 1990s and 2000s

Census figures put roughly 30 percent of Kennesaw’s housing in the 1990s and another 31 percent in the 2000s. Only about one home in nine is older than 1980.

Houses from those years were commonly finished with one-piece fiberglass or acrylic tub-shower units and molded shower stalls. They went in fast and looked fine when new. After two or three decades, they tend to show the same signs:

• hairline cracks, or a soft spot in the base that flexes
• dull or yellowed surfaces that don’t come clean anymore
• mildew in the molded corners and along the caulk line
• a single-handle valve that drips or can’t hold a steady temperature

What replacing a builder unit involves

One-piece units were often set in place before the drywall went up, so a lot of them are too big to carry out whole. Cutting one out in sections is normal, and it exposes the floor and the framing behind it. That’s the time to check for water damage under the old base and to add wood blocking where grab bars or a seat might go later. Then the new base is set level and fully supported, the walls go up in seamless Swanstone or tile-look NexTile panels, and the glass and trim finish the job.

If your house is newer

Roughly one Kennesaw home in seven went up in 2010 or later. In a house that new, the shower usually still works, so the reasons to replace it are different: a cramped stall, a tub and shower combo you’d rather walk straight into, or a bathroom you want ready for later, with a low curb, a seat, and blocking in the walls for grab bars. The work follows the same steps. There’s just less likely to be damage waiting under the base.

Getting a price for your Kennesaw shower

The exact price comes from a free in-home estimate. For typical ranges, see the walk-in shower cost guide. You can also look through walk-in shower options, read the longer Kennesaw shower installation guide, or consider a tub-to-shower conversion in Kennesaw if the unit you’re replacing includes a tub.