Serving Midvale, UT
Tub surrounds in Midvale, UT
Trading a fiberglass surround for tile, or retiling one that has gone tired.
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Old Midvale bathrooms near Main Street were often built with a window right in the tub wall, because that is how houses were ventilated then. A fiberglass surround was later cut around it, sealed with caulk, and left to leak quietly for years. When that unit comes out, the framing under the sill is where the damage usually is. The newer homes at Bingham Junction carry none of that history, and the job there is a clean substrate swap rather than a repair.
What this covers
- Fiberglass or acrylic surround removed and replaced with tile
- Retiling an existing tile surround
- Tile up to the ceiling or to a standard height
- Niches and soap shelves set into the surround
- Waterproofing and backer board behind the tile
- Tiling around a window in the tub wall
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:
- Whether the existing surround is fiberglass, acrylic, or tile, which changes the demo
- How high the tile goes, since ceiling height is more tile and more cuts
- The tile format, because a mosaic and a large-format tile are different labor
- Whether there is a window in the wet wall that needs waterproofing detail
- What condition the framing and substrate are in once the old surround is off
- Whether the tub itself is staying or being replaced first
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: Swapping the tub, moving the drain, or changing the valve is licensed plumbing work in Utah, separate from tile. If the tub is being replaced, that generally happens before tile work starts. Related reading: Does a tile installer need a license in Utah?
Tub surrounds across Midvale
Requests come from the older neighborhoods around Main Street and Midvale City Park, the streets along the State Street and 7200 South corridors, and the newer residential at Bingham Junction and Jordan Bluffs.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much does a tile tub surround cost in Midvale?
In an older bathroom here the window in the wet wall and the framing under it usually decide the scope, along with how much rot shows up once the surround is off. Newer homes at Bingham Junction generally come down to tile choice, height, and niche layout. 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.
There is a window in the tub wall of this old Midvale house. What happens to it?
It gets treated as part of the wet wall, not as an exception. The sill is rebuilt with a slope so water runs back into the tub, the membrane is wrapped into the opening and onto the jambs, and the tile returns into the reveal with a hard edge rather than a bead of caulk doing the work. Rotted framing under the sill is replaced before any of that. Some owners choose a smaller obscure glass unit instead, or close the opening and vent the room mechanically, which is a decision to make before demolition rather than during it.
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