Guides & advice

What we have learned selling shower kits.

No listicles, no affiliate links, no "top 10 showers of the year." These are the explanations we end up giving on the phone, written down properly so you can read them before you call.

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Buying

Seven expensive mistakes people make buying a shower kit

Ranked by what they cost to undo. The drain, the threshold, the grab bar walls, and the one-piece unit that will not turn the corner at the top of the stairs.

12 min · Sep 2026

Technical

How to get a curbless shower without tearing up your floor

Three routes to a low entry, what each one costs, and why the above-floor-rough option exists for slabs and second-floor bathrooms.

11 min · Sep 2026

Choosing

Walk-in shower or walk-in tub? An honest comparison

We sell both, so there is no thumb on the scale. Includes the fill-and-drain problem nobody mentions and a decision sequence that actually resolves.

10 min · Sep 2026

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These pages answer the questions that come before the guides.

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How we write these

Three rules, because most home improvement content follows none of them.

We name numbers. "Low threshold" is a marketing phrase. "One inch" is a specification. Where we cite outside data, we say where it came from so you can check it.

We say when a cheaper option is right. A flat-pack kit is the correct answer for a rental. A walk-in tub is the correct answer for some people. Saying so costs us occasional sales and buys us better conversations.

We do not invent customers. There are no fabricated testimonials on this site. Where we describe a situation, it is a type of job we quote regularly, described as such.

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