Walk-In Showers for Marietta Homes

Half of Marietta's housing was built in 1987 or earlier, according to the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey. In a house that old, the original tub and shower is often the most worn-out part of the bathroom, and swapping it for a walk-in shower is a practical place to start.

TrueNorth Showers is a Marietta company, in the 30064 ZIP code. Robert, the owner, puts in every walk-in shower himself, using seamless Swanstone panels or NexTile panels that look like tile. Most installs take 1 to 3 days.

What’s behind the walls in an older Marietta house

The Census numbers go past the median, too. About one in three Marietta housing units was built before 1980, three in four before 2000, and roughly a quarter in the 1980s alone.

Bathrooms from those decades were usually built around a tub with a tile or fiberglass surround. Once that comes out, the floor and wall framing are open for the first time since the house was built. That’s when you deal with whatever has aged:

• a soft subfloor around the old tub, usually from years of slow leaks at the drain or along the tub edge
• old supply lines and shower valves in the wet wall
• framing with no wood blocking, which any future grab bar or fold-down seat needs behind it

It’s much easier to fix these while the wall is open than to tear into a finished shower later.

Choices to make before the estimate

Size comes first. A walk-in shower can stay inside the old stall’s footprint, or take over the tub alcove if you’d rather lose the tub. Then the entry: a low curb is a much smaller step than a tub wall. It’s also worth deciding now whether you’ll want a fold-down seat, a handheld shower head, or grab bars later on, because the wood blocking behind them goes in while the walls are open. Glass is the last call, usually a hinged door, a sliding door, or a fixed panel.

Walls: Swanstone or NexTile

Swanstone is a solid-surface panel that goes up in big seamless sheets, so there’s no grout to scrub or reseal. NexTile gives you the look of tile, also without the grout. Both come with manufacturer material warranties, and TrueNorth backs the installation with a 2-year workmanship guarantee.

Pricing

Every Marietta bathroom is different behind the walls, so the exact price comes from a free in-home estimate. If you’d like typical ranges first, the walk-in shower cost guide has them. You can also compare walk-in shower options, read the longer guide to walk-in showers in Marietta, or check whether a tub-to-shower conversion in Marietta makes more sense for your bathroom.