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Kohler Choreograph Shower and Tub Wall Panels Discontinued – What Alternatives Do You Have Now?

By Mike Foti on September 1, 2020. 12 Comments

I was mildly surprised to read a letter sent to me by one of my dealers. The letter from Kohler Company announced they were stopping manufacturing Choreograph shower and tub wall panels effective immediately. The reason cited was COVID 19 and unexpectedly higher demand for another of their wall panel... Continue reading

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11 Dumb Mistakes You Can Avoid Buying Your Next Glass Shower Enclosure

By Mike Foti on August 18, 2020. 16 Comments

If your existing glass shower door and enclosure is downright scary, raise your hand. Does your ‘shower system’ (and yes, I’m using the term ‘system’ lightly here) cause these problems? The door bangs into the toilet or vanity. Cleaning the bottom track of the door isn’t a task you’d wish on your... Continue reading

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10 Common DIY Shower Remodeling Mistakes (and practical strategies to avoid them)

By Mike Foti on August 4, 2020. 6 Comments

The road to a problem-filled DIY shower remodeling project is ALWAYS paved with good intentions. You plan to save money. You plan to design a shower which stands the test of time (and any twists and turns in your family’s lives). You plan to add style and get rid of the nastiness which IS your shower... Continue reading

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How to Compare a Custom Tile Shower Pan to a Solid Surface Pan

By Mike Foti on July 21, 2020. 6 Comments

While few people would argue a shower pan isn’t the sexiest part of a bathroom remodel, even fewer would argue (especially if they’ve dealt with a leak or hate, hate, hate grout maintenance) it isn’t important or doesn’t impact how much they like (or don’t like) their bathroom. A shower pan is the... Continue reading

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How to Get a Bathroom Remodel Which is Built Around You

By Mike Foti on July 7, 2020. 2 Comments

Have you ever had a vision of a fabulous bathroom remodel inspired by binge-clicking through Pinterest and Houzz? Then you invited potential contractors into your home. You were so excited. Then they proceeded to throw cold water on your vision with statements like these: Statement #1 – Lady, we’re... Continue reading

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5 Best DIY Shower Wall Panel Systems You Can Buy Under $1,750

By Mike Foti on June 23, 2020. 20 Comments

So, you’re living with a cheap fiberglass tub/shower surround the original home builder slapped in YEARS AGO. It’s tired. It’s stained. You’re worried it’ll crack any day now. You can’t clean the scum from the bottom no matter what ‘potion’ you’ve tried. You know you need to replace it. However, you... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower Pan and Bases

How much do custom and standard-sized cultured marble and granite shower pans cost?

By Mike Foti on June 9, 2020. 6 Comments

So, you’re sick and tired of regrouting your tile shower pan or worried your dingy fiberglass pan is ready to crack any day now. You’re looking for a better alternative. You want one with these benefits: You KNOW it won’t crack. You KNOW it won’t ‘bring you to your knees’ (literally) to clean tile... Continue reading

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9 Truly Remarkable Things about Laminate Shower & Tub Wall Panels (and 3 things which could be better)

By Mike Foti on May 19, 2020. 60 Comments

Updated December 26, 2021 Do your ugly, cheap, and yellowed ‘builders-grade’ fiberglass shower wall surrounds make you want to SCREAM! OR does your moldy, bacteria-filled tub or shower tile walls look DISGUSTING? And it doesn’t take a genius to know you hate using your tile scrub brush to try to clean... Continue reading

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The Pros and Cons of Acrylic Shower Wall Surrounds and Tub Liners

By Mike Foti on May 12, 2020. 34 Comments

I’ll tell you right off the bat my company started in the shower and tub wall surround business 15 years ago selling acrylic wall surrounds and tub liners. However today we sell them once in a blue moon (OK – I’ve got to admit I’ve never actually seen a blue moon – but if I had to guess if you see... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

10 of Your Biggest Worries Buying Shower Wall Panels (and information you need to know to NOT make a decision you’ll regret)

By Mike Foti on April 28, 2020. 4 Comments

While I’m no philosopher, I get a chuckle from this quote from 15th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne who said… “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” You’ve heard the age-old saying 90% of what you worry about never comes true. However, this still... Continue reading