Tub To Shower Conversion In Anchorage, AK

This bathroom remodel was a conversion in a newer home from an alcove jetted tub to a walk-in shower. The shower walls had originally been allowing water to leak down into the garage ceiling below as the tub was a drop-in type and didn't have a tiling flange. Those are hard to waterproof properly and are meant more as a proprietary "drop-in" tub, not as a shower/tub combo. They are hard to use as a shower, too. So, I demoed everything only to find the subfloor rotted out from constant water penetration. Opening up the floor to replace the rotted section with new 3/4" plywood made it easier to plumb a new custom center-drain shower base. I used the "Schluter Shower System" which allows things to be fully customizable and completely waterproof. This project included two recessed shampoo niches, an adjustable handheld shower on a slider bar, a regular shower head controlled by a separate diverter valve, and a corner bench for sitting and soaking up the goodness. It also included appropriating the wiring that originally fed the jetted tub and using it to feed a new heated towel rack. Pretty cool.