Serving West Valley City, UT
Showers in West Valley City, UT
Walk-in showers, pans, niches, and benches, waterproofed before the tile goes on.
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West Valley City covers a wider span of building years than anywhere else in the valley, and a shower tells the installer which era it came from almost immediately. A Granger or Chesterfield bathroom from the post-war years usually hides a mortar bed and a shallow alcove, so the old pan and the wet wall come out before anything gets set. Out toward 5600 and 6400 West the framing is newer and squarer, and the work moves to drain placement and slope. Waterproofing goes behind the tile in both cases.
What this covers
- Full walk-in shower, walls and pan
- Shower walls over an existing pan or base
- Mosaic shower pans in hex, penny, or pebble
- Niches, benches, and corner shelves
- Waterproofing membrane and backer board
- Curbless and low-curb entries
What affects the scope
Every tile job is different, and the independent installer who does the work sets their own price. These are the things they will usually need to know before they can estimate:
- The size of the shower and how much of it is tile rather than glass
- Whether the old shower has to come out first, and what is found behind it
- The tile itself: large format, mosaic, and natural stone are not the same job
- Whether the pan is built on site or set as a preformed base
- Niches, benches, and curbless entries, each of which changes the waterproofing detail
- Whether a plumber has to move a drain or valve before tile work can start
Worth asking any installer directly: are you licensed and insured for this work, what waterproofing system do you use, what is your estimate and what does it include, when could you start, and what happens if something is not right afterwards? Related reading: What does tile installation actually cost?
Scope and licensing: Moving a drain, a valve, or a supply line is licensed plumbing work in Utah and is not part of a tile installer's scope. If your shower needs it, that is a separate licensed trade, and it usually has to happen before the tile work begins. Related reading: Does a tile installer need a license in Utah?
Showers across West Valley City
Requests come from across Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and the neighborhoods around Valley Fair Mall and the Maverik Center, along with the newer streets running west toward 5600 and 6400 West.
Questions
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How much does a tile shower cost in West Valley City?
Scope here depends mostly on what is behind the old shower. A post-war alcove with a mortar bed, a rusted pan, and greenboard is a different job from a newer alcove that needs only backer board and membrane, and tile format, a niche or bench, and whether the drain stays where it is all change the work. Taylorsville Tile Co. does not set prices. If an independent local installer is available for your job, that installer gives you their own estimate and you agree it directly with them before any work starts.
Does an older West Valley City shower have to come out to the studs?
On the wet walls, usually yes. Greenboard, old mastic, and a mortar pan from the Granger and Hunter era cannot be counted on as a substrate for new tile, and nothing waterproof can be added on top of them. The installer strips those walls back to framing, checks for rot at the bottom plate, then rebuilds with backer board and a membrane. Walls outside the spray zone can often stay.
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