A bathtub to shower conversion makes sense in the home, hospital or hotel for many reasons. Public places must be wheelchair accessible, and a tub to shower conversion can help to make public bathrooms much easier to navigate with wheelchairs and other appliances. For those who utilize wheelchairs in the home, a shower conversion may be a necessity for obtaining full use of the bathroom. And frankly, there are many who want an elegant bathroom remodel and when they convert tub to shower they can open up the bathing area considerably, making it a more attractive room in the home.

Before the shower conversion can begin, you will need to consider the various components that will need to be put into play in order to get your bathing area to function in the way you want. Although it might seem pretty basic, the type of floor drain that you use when you convert tub to shower will have ramifications on the shower pan you select, as well as the flooring materials that you can use, so it pays to do a little research first before embarking on the bathtub to shower conversion.

Many designers and contractors choose a channel drain for a shower conversion project. A channel drain fits into a trench that goes below the level of the finished floor, and upon which spacers are used to place the shower drain cover so that it is at exactly the same level as the finished floor in the shower.

These remarkable drains come with several benefits to your shower conversion. You can place this type of linear drain at the doorway to the shower, for example, or along any of the perimeter walls of the shower, unlike when a round floor drain is used to convert tub to shower, which necessitates placement in the center of the shower pan. This makes it possible for a wheelchair to enter the doorway unhindered by shower pan edges or curbs, turning the shower into one that is easily accessible by all users. A linear drain used in a bathtub to shower conversion will also give you more design flexibility when it comes to flooring materials. Round floor drains can only accommodate small sizes of tiles, but linear drains, because the floor is sloped in only one direction, allow for the use of larger pieces of tile and stone. Because no edges are needed in the shower pan when a tub to shower conversion uses a linear drain, you can also run the shower doors all the way from floor to ceiling, or eliminate them entirely, because the linear drain will keep the water in the areas of the room you select, creating the popular wet room look so in vogue today.

For hospitals, hotels and homes, these shower components give you the options that you want for creating showers that are completely useful and beautiful for family and guests to use.