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Custom Shower Design & Construction in Eagle, Idaho
Larger primary suites where the shower is the room's主 feature — and where oversized tub decks are the space we reclaim.
Short answer
Eagle shower work is rarely about finding space; it is about spending it well. Custom and semi-custom homes here commonly have a primary bathroom with a large jetted tub on a tiled deck and a shower that is smaller than the room deserves. The typical Eagle project reclaims the tub deck for a wide curbless shower with a floating bench, dual controls and a full-height glass panel, and rebuilds the lighting and ventilation that a tall-ceilinged room needs.
Housing stock in Eagle and the showers it produces
- 1990s and 2000s custom and semi-custom homes with generous primary bathrooms built around a jetted tub deck.
- North Eagle foothills properties where ceiling height, window placement and view lines shape where the shower can go.
- Established neighbourhoods near the river and along State Street with a wider mix of ages and smaller original bathrooms.
- Recent luxury construction where the shower is already large but the waterproofing was value-engineered.
What we build in Eagle
- Removing a jetted tub deck typically yields a shower eight to ten feet wide. That width is what makes twin shower heads, a full bench and a genuinely open curbless entry realistic here rather than aspirational.
- Large-format porcelain and stone-look slab panels suit these rooms, but they demand a substrate flat enough to control lippage across a long run — a real amount of preparation work that we quote explicitly.
- Tall ceilings need the exhaust sized and positioned for the actual volume of the room. An undersized fan in a big Eagle bathroom is why the glass never dries.
- Foothills homes often want the shower to hold a window. That is achievable, but the window opening has to be waterproofed as a wet-area penetration and the sill sloped, which is not how a standard window is installed.
Permits and jurisdiction
Permit thresholds, inspection sequences and contractor-registration requirements are set locally and change over time. We confirm current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before work starts, and you should expect any shower contractor to tell you which office that is. In Eagle that is the City of Eagle building department.
Most Eagle primary suites are on the main floor of wood-framed homes over crawlspaces, which is the friendliest possible condition for a recessed curbless shower. Where the suite sits over a finished basement or a garage, we check joist depth and the ceiling below before committing to a flush entry.
Eagle is on groundwater and the hardness is comparable to the rest of the valley. In large showers with a lot of glass this shows quickly, so we push clients toward factory-treated glass and a low-sheen tile finish rather than high-polish surfaces that display every water spot.
Our guide on what to ask a shower contractor covers the permit, scope and waterproofing questions worth asking before you sign anything.
Areas we cover in and around Eagle
- Downtown Eagle and the State Street corridor
- North Eagle and the foothills
- Eagle Island and the river neighbourhoods
- Banbury and Legacy area developments
Services available in Eagle
Preparing for the build
Before the first day, clear the bathroom and the route to it, take anything off the walls that shares framing with the shower, and tell us which bathroom stays in use and where the crew can park. We bring floor protection, door containment and dust control, isolate the water supply at a point we show you, and clean the work area at the end of each day.
- Selections — tile, grout, valve trim, drain and glass — are confirmed before demolition so a lead time cannot stall the build.
- In a single-bathroom home we sequence the work so the shower is out of service for the shortest possible stretch, and we say up front how long that is.
- Pets and children are kept clear of the work area; there are open drains, power tools and wet membrane in there for days.
Timeline and site conditions
Most single-shower projects in Eagle run roughly two to three weeks on site once materials are on hand: protection and demolition, framing corrections and blocking, plumbing and electrical rough-in, the complete waterproofing system with its cure and flood test, tile setting, grout, then glass. Glass is templated after tile is set, so the panel often arrives a week or two after the shower already looks finished. Your written scope carries the schedule for your specific shower rather than a stock number.
Conditions found after demolition change that schedule more often than anything else — rot at the base of a wall, a drain that is not where it should be, framing out of plane, or an older pan with no membrane behind it. We photograph what we find, price it, and get your agreement before we carry on.
What drives the price of a shower in eagle
Estimates are written after we have seen and measured the shower. We do not publish prices, because a shower quoted sight-unseen is a guess. These are the factors that move the number most, in roughly the order they matter:
- Size of the wet area and how high the tile runs — square footage of tile and membrane is the base of the estimate.
- Whether the drain and valve stay where they are. Moving either means opening the floor or the wall and coordinating a licensed plumber.
- Floor structure. A joisted floor lets a curbless pan be recessed; a slab often means either a ramped approach or cutting concrete.
- Tile choice. Large-format panels, mosaics, natural stone and any pattern that needs mitred or mapped joints all add setting time.
- Waterproofing system specified, and whether a linear drain, bench, niche or steam enclosure has to be integrated into it.
- Glass — a fixed panel, a door, low-iron glass or a custom radius each price differently.
- Conditions behind the old shower, which is why nothing is quoted before we have seen it.
Written scope, exclusions and change orders
Every project is built from a written scope that names the waterproofing system by manufacturer, the drain type, the tile and its layout, the glass, the schedule and the price. It also lists what is excluded, because that is where disputes come from.
Typically included
- Protection, containment, demolition and disposal
- Framing corrections and blocking for benches, niches and grab bars
- Plumbing and electrical rough-in for the valve, drain and any light or fan in the wet area
- The complete waterproofing system, flood test and pan slope verification
- Tile setting, grout, sealing where the material requires it
- Glass templating and installation, final clean and a punch-list walkthrough
Typically excluded and stated as such
- Work outside the shower: vanities, mirrors, bathroom flooring, paint beyond patching
- Hidden rot, mould remediation or structural repair discovered after demolition
- Moving walls, windows or the room's ventilation route
- Whole-house water treatment, though we will tell you when hard water is the real problem
- Owner-supplied materials, which we install but do not warrant
Anything that changes the scope becomes a written change order with its price and schedule effect, agreed before the work is done. Nothing is carried out on a verbal instruction.
Permits and inspections
A like-for-like tile shower replacement often needs no permit, while relocating a drain, altering supply plumbing, changing framing or adding electrical usually does. Jurisdiction follows your address, and the Treasure Valley has several — Boise, Meridian, Eagle and Star each issue their own permits, and county addresses go through the county. We identify permit-triggering work in the written scope and confirm the requirement with the authority for your address before work starts, rather than assuming.
Warranty and aftercare
Our craftsmanship is covered by a 1-year warranty, alongside the manufacturer warranties that come with the waterproofing system and materials specified in your scope.
Idaho contractor registration RCE-57919. Bonded and insured, with the current certificate of insurance provided in writing with every estimate. At handover you get the product documentation for the waterproofing system and tile, plus written cleaning guidance suited to the surfaces we installed and to Treasure Valley water. If something is not right, tell us and we will come back. Request an estimate or call (208) 891-1890.
Shower questions from Eagle homeowners
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