If your shower is more than 10 years old, chances are it is in need of an update. The way showers were built in older homes leaves them prone to mold growth. Fortunately, modern shower systems are much improved.

Update Your Shower with Subway Tile Shower Panel with Black Grout

Believe it or not, the shower pictured above is done with Bath Planets Acrylic Subway Tile Panels. The seamless panels are embossed with a subway tile pattern and use our Reveal Grout Lines in black. The reveal grout has a matte texture that gives it a very realistic look but is still seamless and easy to clean.

3 Options To Update Your Shower

There are three options when it comes to updating your shower: A tiled shower, a fiberglass shower, or an acrylic shower system, like the ones we use at Bath Planet.

Tiled Showers

Tiled showers are very popular and there are a lot of color and style options to choose from. Choosing a tile to update your shower is also the more expensive option.

A tiled shower update will cost between $15,000 and $18,000 for a quality install and will take about two weeks to complete. This includes removing the existing tile and backer, waterproofing the shower with a modern system such as Schluter Systems, and tiling the new shower. It also would include new shower fixtures.

Fiberglass Showers

Fiberglass showers have also been popular for some time. They are less expensive than a tiled shower but come in limited colors and styles.

There are few varieties of fiberglass showers from the very cheap and poorly made options available at the big box stores to higher quality options sold by companies like Best Bath.

If you plan to update your shower using a fiberglass system expect the cost to range from $8000 to $12,000. Installation typically takes a few days.

There are a couple of downsides to fiberglass showers. The main one being that they can not be cut to fit or customized on-site. So they really only work with standard-sized showers.

Another downside is that color and style choices are limited, though that is slowly improving.

Update Your Shower with Bath Planet

Acrylic Panels

High-quality acrylic panels are relatively new to the market. They have been around for 10 years or so but only recently have they gained popularity thanks to companies like Bath Planet bringing more color and style options to market.

An acrylic shower system is similar in cost to a fiberglass system, between $8000 and $10,000 depending on options and accessories but unlike a fiberglass system, it can be cut to fit and customized on-site.