American Shower Company converts bathtubs into showers in Wausau, WI using Premium Samuel Mueller Systems and Signature BathWraps® Systems, professionally installed by our own employees, and most conversions are finished in one day, with over 350 installs completed so far in 2026. Every conversion is backed by our Lifetime Warranty and Workmanship Guarantee, and your free in home consultation ends with an exact price, accurate to the penny.
A conversion is priced by the tub coming out and the shower going in. A standard alcove tub is quicker to remove than an old whirlpool or cast iron tub, a lower entry takes more floor work, and full height walls, glass, a seat and grab bars each add a line. Premium Samuel Mueller Systems and Signature BathWraps® Systems give you a choice of look and budget. Our Wisconsin shower replacement cost guide explains how each factor moves a project.
Your free in home consultation gives you an exact, personal price, accurate to the penny, and the price American Shower Company writes down is the price you pay.
Planning a tub to shower conversion in Wausau, WI is mostly about fit: the footprint you have, the look you want and who will be using the bathroom in ten years. This page covers the local housing picture, the options worth comparing, and exactly how American Shower Company runs the work.
Wausau anchors our Central Wisconsin service area, and accessibility comes up in most consultations here. The typical call is a long time homeowner who wants to stay in an older house, which is the case for a low threshold walk in shower with a fold down seat and grab bars.
American Shower Company measures your project and gives you a clear written estimate at no cost.
We are a local shower and bath replacement company and we stand behind every job. You are not handed off to a subcontractor. Every job follows the same disciplined process:
Tracey F. said her conversion was "done on time and less than a day," and that a shower at a previous home had taken two weeks. That gap is the point of a one day conversion: the old tub comes out in the morning, the new base and walls go in, the plumbing is connected, and the room is cleaned before the crew leaves. An ultra low entry and grab bars make it easier to use for years.
American Shower Company works across the Wausau area, including:
Recent shower and bath installs our own employed installers completed near Wausau, listed nearest town first. The towns and months come straight from the crew's own job photos, so every line is a real home our team worked in.
You can pay in full or finance it, including interest free plans for those who qualify, with no dealer service fees or points.
It is a shower base with a very small lip, or none at all, at the opening. Samuel Mueller bases come in ultra low profiles and no threshold versions, and BathWraps® offers barrier free and Easy Step bases, which makes stepping in easier for anyone with limited mobility and works with a walker. Your designer measures the floor to confirm which profile fits.
Most can. When the shower goes into the footprint the tub occupied, our installers remove the tub, set the new base, hang the walls and connect the valve in one visit. Bigger jobs take longer: Becca K. wrote that her crew "put in a full 12 hour day" to replace "a whirlpool from the 80s" with a walk in shower.
Yes. A conversion starts with a bathtub, so the drain, the valve height and the wall coverage all change. Tub surrounds usually stop short of the ceiling, while a shower needs full height walls. Our installers handle that change as part of the job, so the finished space looks and works like it was always a shower.
It depends on the house. If a home has two bathrooms and both have tubs, converting one to a shower can make it more appealing to buyers, which is the advice on our own conversion page. If the tub is the only one in the home and young children live there, we will talk through keeping it.
The CDC estimated 234,094 nonfatal bathroom injuries among people 15 and older were treated in U.S. emergency departments in 2008, and 81.1 percent were caused by falls (MMWR, June 10, 2011). Bathing, showering and getting out of the tub or shower were the events behind 37.3 percent. Removing the tub wall and adding grab bars addresses that exact moment.
Yes, and many people do. Grab bars can be placed at the entry and the valve wall, a fold down seat can be added, and a handheld shower makes seated bathing easier. Samuel Mueller's textured floor adds grip. These are priced up front so there are no surprises.
Our own employees do every conversion, with no subcontractors involved. Your new shower is covered by our Lifetime Warranty and Workmanship Guarantee: the lifetime product warranty comes from the manufacturer, Samuel Mueller or BathWraps®, and American Shower Company backs its installation with its workmanship guarantee. If anything small comes up later, we send an installer back.
Wausau has many long time homeowners who want to keep living in their houses, and the bathroom is where that decision gets made. That is why low threshold walk in showers, grab bars and fold down seats come up in most Wausau consultations.
Yes, because it is indoor work. Wausau winters are the coldest of our markets, so appointments are planned around the forecast so the crew can reach the house, and the old fixtures leave through a protected path to the door.
Fairly soft for Wisconsin. Wausau Water Works pumps from municipal wells near the Wisconsin River, and Wisconsin DNR samples from January 2026 show total hardness of 64 mg/L, under 4 grains per gallon. Soft water is easier on fixtures, so in Wausau the bigger reasons to replace a shower are age, grout failure and safety.
Over 350 installs so far in 2026, from the Fox Valley to Milwaukee and Madison. Here are some of the bathrooms our crew photographed along the way. The map shows towns, not addresses.
Serving Wausau from our Appleton office.
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