Shower Pan Replacement Cost Calculator
Estimate the cost to replace a cracked or leaking shower pan, including the repairs a leak can leave behind.
Estimates use typical installed prices and standard measurements. They are not a quote. An in-home consultation sets your exact price.
Signs your shower pan is failing
- A water stain or drip on the ceiling under an upstairs shower
- A floor that flexes, cracks or sounds hollow underfoot
- Loose or cracked floor tiles, or grout that keeps crumbling
- Damp, stained or swelling baseboards and flooring outside the shower
- A musty smell that comes back no matter how much you clean
- Water around the drain after the shower dries
Two kinds of shower pans
One-piece bases (fiberglass, acrylic or solid surface) are a single molded floor. They crack when not fully supported underneath, and older fiberglass bases flex and wear through. Tiled pans are built from a sloped mortar bed over a waterproof liner, with tile on top. The tile and grout aren't waterproof; the liner is. When it tears or its seal at the drain fails, water gets under the mortar bed and into the floor structure.
Repair or replace?
A pan leak can't be fixed from the surface. Regrouting or coating the tile might hide it for a while, but water still reaches the liner and subfloor. The fix is replacing the pan, which means removing the floor and usually the lowest row or two of wall tile, so the new liner can lap up the walls correctly.
That's why many Tulsa homeowners decide to replace the whole shower at this point. Once the lower wall tile has to come out, a complete acrylic shower system often costs only a little more and installs in a day or two. The calculator above shows both sides.
What pan replacement involves
- Remove the old base or tile floor and the lower wall tile.
- Inspect and replace any rotted subfloor or framing.
- Install a new base, or a pre-slope, liner and mortar bed for tile.
- Flood-test the pan before tile goes on (for tiled pans).
- Re-tile or finish the walls and floor, then seal.
Shower Pan Replacement across the Tulsa metro: Tulsa, Midtown Tulsa, South Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Jenks & Bixby, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Glenpool, Coweta.