Recent Work
Walk-In Showers Projects
A look at recent walk-in showers work from DCB Construction in the Post Falls region.
Custom walk-in showers — frameless glass, bench seating, niche storage, and premium tile — built for Post Falls homes.
Walk-in showers have replaced the old tub-shower combo as the centerpiece of most modern bathroom remodels. They look better, they're easier to use as you get older, and they're a strong resale upgrade. DCB Construction LLC builds custom walk-in showers for Post Falls homeowners — frameless glass, low-curb or curbless entries, custom tile work, built-in benches, niche storage, and waterproof pan systems that actually last.
We work directly with you on the design — pan size and slope, tile selection, glass configuration, fixture choice — then we build it from the studs out. The mud-set pan and waterproofing layer are where most shower installations fail; we don't cut corners on either.
A look at recent walk-in showers work from DCB Construction in the Post Falls region.
Post Falls has grown faster than anywhere else in Kootenai County, and its housing reflects that — a large share of the homes we work in went up from the 1990s onward. For a shower conversion that is mostly good news. The framing is modern, the supply lines are copper or PEX rather than galvanized, and there is usually an accessible crawlspace underneath.
The typical Post Falls job is replacing what the builder originally put in. Production homes get a standard 60-inch alcove — either a one-piece fiberglass tub-shower or a fiberglass pan with a surround — specified for cost rather than longevity. They are watertight when new and they are the first thing in the bathroom to look dated. Because the framing and rough-in are already where they need to be, converting one to a properly built tiled walk-in is among the more predictable remodels we do, and it is easier to give you a firm number before demolition than it is in an older house.
Predictable is not the same as trivial. The problem we find most often is a builder-grade pan set without a proper pre-slope, or a surround installed over green board instead of a real waterproofing system. Neither is visible until it fails, and by then the damage is in the framing rather than the tile.
Curbless entry is usually workable here for the same reason the rest of the job is straightforward. With a crawlspace under the bathroom, recessing the pan into the joist bays is ordinary framing rather than a structural argument. The things that can complicate it are joist direction and any beam that happens to run beneath the bathroom, both of which we check on the walkthrough.
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Most land between $7,000 and $20,000 depending on size, tile and glass, with a standard 36x60 porcelain walk-in and a semi-frameless door around $9,000 to $12,000. Post Falls homes tend to price more tightly than older housing does, because the framing and rough-in are modern and there are fewer unknowns behind the wall. That means the estimate we give before demolition is usually the number you end up paying.
Yes. We file with the City of Post Falls Building Department on your behalf. Installs that relocate plumbing or remove structural elements typically require a permit and inspection, and we schedule the inspections around the build so the job keeps moving rather than sitting waiting.
Yes, and it is one of the most common things we do in Post Falls. A one-piece unit has to be cut out to be removed, which sounds dramatic but is routine. What goes back in is a proper waterproofed assembly: a sloped pan, a bonded waterproofing membrane rather than green board, and tile. The footprint usually stays the same, so plumbing rarely has to move, which keeps both the cost and the timeline down.
Plan on two to three weeks from demolition to the glass going in. The pan and waterproofing need 24 to 48 hours of cure time before anything else happens, tile setting and grouting is several days, and custom glass is typically ordered after the tile is set and takes 7 to 10 days to arrive. If it is your only bathroom, tell us at the walkthrough and we will sequence the work to shorten the unusable stretch.