Eagle, Ada County
Shower Waterproofing in Eagle, Idaho
The membrane, pan and detailing work that decides whether a shower lasts five years or thirty.
Short answer
Eagle showers fail less often from age and more often from ambition — large wet areas, curbless entries, benches and niches all add details, and details are where waterproofing systems get broken by whoever installed them.
- Idaho contractor registration RCE-57919
- $5,000,000 liability insurance
- 1 year workmanship warranty
- 26 customer reviews
What shower waterproofing includes in Eagle
- Tear-out to framing so the assembly can be seen and documented
- Moisture readings before rebuild, and drying time if the framing is wet
- Replacement of damaged subfloor, plates and studs
- Bonding-flange drain matched to the membrane system
- Continuous membrane across pan, curb, corners, seams and walls
- Flood test before tile — the only stage where a pan can be proven
What we find in Eagle homes
- The most common failure point we find in larger Eagle showers is the bench-to-wall junction and the niche sill, not the field of the pan.
- Curbless thresholds installed without carrying the membrane well past the wet zone are a recurring issue in homes where a previous contractor treated it as a tile detail rather than a waterproofing one.
- Well water on properties outside city supply is often harder, which accelerates the cosmetic wear people mistake for a leak.
What moves the price
Waterproofing work is priced by what the demolition exposes. A pan rebuild with sound framing is predictable; wet plates, a rotted subfloor or a drain that has to be replaced are the variables.
- The number of details — benches, niches, curbless thresholds and seats each add waterproofing work
- Whether the existing substrate can be reused or has to come out entirely
- Large-format tile reinstatement, which requires a flatter substrate than the original may have had
Systems and materials we use
- Bonded sheet membrane systems with banded seams and corners
- Liquid-applied membranes with reinforcing fabric
- Waterproof foam board wall and curb systems
- Bonding-flange drains, never a clamping-ring assembly under a bonded system
How the project runs
- 1Walkthrough and measurement in your bathroom, not over the phone
- 2Written estimate with scope, materials and the assumptions behind it
- 3Material selection — tile, pan, valve, glass and trim
- 4Permits confirmed with the local building authority where the scope requires them
- 5Scheduling, protection and dust control
- 6Demolition and inspection of what is behind the old shower
- 7Framing, plumbing and substrate corrections
- 8Waterproofing, with a flood test on the pan before tile
- 9Tile, grout and trim
- 10Glass templated to the finished walls, then installed
- 11Final silicone, cleanup, walkthrough and a written care summary
Permits in Eagle
City of Eagle Building Department
Permit and inspection requirements for shower work are set by the local building authority and change over time. Plumbing changes, drain relocation and electrical work commonly require a permit; a like-for-like surface replacement often does not. We confirm current requirements with the jurisdiction before scheduling, and we pull the permits our scope requires. For Eagle addresses, that is the City of Eagle Building Department.
Shower Waterproofing projects in and near Eagle
Large-Format Tile Shower — Eagle, Idaho
A master shower finished in 24x48 marble-look porcelain — few joints, a full-height niche column and a linear drain that let the floor pitch in one direction.
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Leaking Shower Pan Rebuild — Nampa, Idaho
A stain on the ceiling below the bathroom traced to a mortar-bed pan with no usable membrane. The wet area was stripped to framing and rebuilt as a fully bonded system.
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Guides worth reading first
- Seven signs your shower is leaking behind the tileHow to tell whether a shower is leaking behind the tile: hollow tile, recurring grout cracks, efflorescence, ceiling stains and musty smells.
- Shower waterproofing systems, explained plainlyBonded sheet membranes, liquid-applied membranes and foam board systems compared, plus pan slope, corners and pre-tile flood testing.
- What a curbless shower actually requiresWhat it takes to build a curbless shower: recessed subfloor, slope, linear drains, wet-zone sizing and containment without a curb.
- What changes the cost of a tub-to-shower conversionThe specific items that move the price of a tub-to-shower conversion: drain relocation, framing at the old tub deck, waterproofing height, door versus panel.
Other shower work we do in Eagle
- Shower Remodeling in EagleReplacing a tired, leaking or dated shower with a new wet area built on a complete waterproofing system.
- Tub-to-Shower Conversions in EagleRemoving a tub nobody uses and rebuilding the space as a full-size, properly drained shower.
- Walk-In Showers in EagleLow-curb and curbless showers with the slope, drainage and blocking planned for long-term use.
- Shower Tile Installation in EagleLayout, setting and detailing — the part of the shower you look at every day.
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Shower Waterproofing in Eagle — questions
- Is a bench a leak risk?
- Only when it is built as a tile detail instead of a waterproofed structure. Built as part of the same continuous membrane, it is no more risk than the wall behind it.
- Can you assess a shower without demolition?
- We can read the symptoms, take moisture readings and inspect from below where there is access. Anything beyond that is a guess until the tile comes off, and we say so rather than pretending otherwise.
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