A walk in shower in Lafayette, LA typically runs about $14,000 to $25,000 installed, with a standard low step acrylic walk in shower landing near $15,000 to $19,000 and larger or curbless showers costing more. Tubbs by Grubbs builds your low step, easy clean walk in shower with our own trained installers, often in as little as one day, backed by a lifetime workmanship warranty.
Pricing walk in showers work in Lafayette, LA starts with three things: the scope you want, the materials you pick, and the shape of what is there today. Here is what local homeowners typically pay, what pushes a price up or down, and how the job runs from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
Lafayette began in 1821 as the town of Vermilionville on the banks of the Vermilion River, home today to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and was renamed for the Marquis de Lafayette in 1884 when it became the seat of Lafayette Parish. Sitting at the center of Acadiana, the region settled by Acadian, or Cajun, families who arrived in south Louisiana starting in the 1760s, Lafayette runs its own Mardi Gras celebration and the fall Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, distinct from the parade traditions further south and east in New Orleans. Housing here is the newest of any market we cover, with a median year built of 1981 and a median home value of 251,300 dollars, both the highest figures on this site, alongside 55 percent owner occupancy. Lafayette is also our farthest market: West Monroe is the closer of our two offices, about 160 miles away by straight line distance, compared with roughly 187 miles from Bossier City.
Per American Community Survey data the median home in Lafayette was built around 1981, which makes the typical house about 45 years old. The market covers about 58,905 homes, and the median value sits near $251,300. That makes Lafayette largely late century construction, typically engineered sheathing with venting close to current practice. These homes are now reaching the end of their first or second round of exterior work, which is the normal time for it rather than a sign that anything was done wrong. A large share of occupied homes here are rented, so scheduling and approvals often run through an owner or a property manager rather than the person who answers the door. We are used to that, and we keep both parties on the same email so nothing stalls. By housing count Lafayette is one of the larger markets we cover, with enough variation street to street that two homes a mile apart can need genuinely different work, which is why we measure rather than quote from a map. It is the kind of local detail that changes how a walk in showers project should be planned. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates.
These are typical installed ranges in Lafayette, LA. Your exact price depends on the size, wall system, and glass, and comes from a free in home estimate.
| Walk in shower option | Typical installed range |
|---|---|
| Low step acrylic walk in shower | $14,000 to $19,000 |
| Curbless or zero threshold shower | $18,000 to $26,000 |
| Walk in shower with glass enclosure | $17,000 to $24,000 |
| Larger or custom walk in shower | $19,000 to $27,000 |
Figures are typical ranges and vary by project. Your free estimate is exact.
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We are a local bath remodeler and we stand behind every job. You are not handed off to a subcontractor. Every job follows the same disciplined process:
A walk in shower opens up a Lafayette, LA bathroom, makes daily use easier, and wipes clean in seconds when the walls are seamless acrylic with no grout to scrub. A low step or curbless entry is easier and safer to use than climbing over a tub wall, and an open glass design makes even a small bathroom feel larger and brighter. Tubbs by Grubbs removes the old tub or shower and installs the new walk in shower with our own team, usually in one to two days, and backs it with a lifetime workmanship warranty.
Tubbs by Grubbs works across the Lafayette area, including:
Yes. Tubbs by Grubbs offers financing so you can add a walk in shower now and pay over time. Ask about current plans during your free estimate.
Usually yes. Removing a bulky tub and using an open glass or low profile design opens up sight lines and floor space, so even a small Lafayette, LA bathroom feels larger and brighter. Tubbs by Grubbs plans the layout during your free design visit.
Reach out to Tubbs by Grubbs and we schedule a free in home visit in Lafayette, LA, measure the space, review base, wall, and glass options, and hand you a clear written price with no obligation.
A walk in shower in Lafayette, LA usually runs about $14,000 to $25,000 installed. A standard low step acrylic shower lands near $15,000 to $19,000, and curbless or larger showers with frameless glass cost more. Tubbs by Grubbs gives you a free in home estimate with an exact price.
Most walk in showers are installed in one to two days when the new shower keeps the old footprint. Tubbs by Grubbs removes the old tub or shower, installs the new base and walls, and cleans up fully.
A tub to shower conversion replaces an existing bathtub with a walk in shower, while a walk in shower can also replace an old shower or reshape the space. Both give you a low step, easy clean shower. Tubbs by Grubbs recommends the right path during a free visit.
Yes. We build a low curb for an easy step over, or a curbless design that is flush with the floor for the easiest and safest entry. Tubbs by Grubbs sets the base and drain for proper drainage on a curbless shower.
Yes. Acrylic and solid surface walls have no grout lines, so they resist mold and mildew and wipe clean in seconds, unlike tile that needs sealing and scrubbing. Tubbs by Grubbs installs durable low maintenance surrounds.
Yes. Tubbs by Grubbs is a local, fully licensed and insured bath remodeler. Every walk in shower is installed by our own trained team and backed by a lifetime workmanship warranty on the products we install.
The median Lafayette home was built around 1981 per Census American Community Survey data, so a large share of the housing stock is 45 or more years old. That is the age where kitchens, baths, and major systems come due for a real update, and it is the work Tubbs by Grubbs plans and coordinates every week.
Lafayette began in 1821 as the town of Vermilionville on the banks of the Vermilion River, home today to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and was renamed for the Marquis de Lafayette in 1884 when it became the seat of Lafayette Parish. Tubbs by Grubbs plans around those specifics from the first visit.
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