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How to get a Quote on a Shower Remodeling Project … and Make Sure You DO NOT get Ripped Off!

By Mike Foti on June 16, 2025. Leave a Comment

If planning a shower remodeling project is blowing your mind, you’re not alone. While FOMO (the Fear Of Missing Out) on a new bathroom can push you forward, FOSU (the Fear Of Screwing Up) can hold you back. The question becomes how can you get the remodeled shower of your dreams AND be confident (through... Continue reading

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Frequently Asked Questions About Offset Shower Pans (and Why You Should Care)

By Mike Foti on April 21, 2025. Leave a Comment

Perhaps you want to do a tub to shower conversion to age in place BUT you also need to keep costs under control. Or you’ve got a tiny corner shower today you want to expand WITHOUT breaking the bank. Or you want a roomier (and/or high privacy) shower, but you know one side wall has to be shallower... Continue reading

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How to Add Shower Storage Which is Efficient, Effective, and (maybe even) elegant

By Mike Foti on April 7, 2025. Leave a Comment

Shower storage is usually sorely lacking. Perhaps you have a ‘builders-grade’ fiberglass shower with those pathetic ‘ledges’ for storage. And as you know with the slightest nudge of your elbow your shampoo bottle ‘plops’ on the shower pan, or on your foot (and doesn’t that feel lovely – sarcasm intended). Or... Continue reading

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How to design a stylish age in place shower (with 10 secret tips from a guy old enough to need one!)

By Mike Foti on January 11, 2025. Leave a Comment

Ok, I’m going to admit it right up front. Although I joke about being a ‘dyslexic 46 year old who will continue jogging until his ‘wheels’ (‘er legs) fall off (and yes, I still run an hour a day) in actuality I’m not dyslexic. However, I am 64 years old and also a person who is a ‘prime candidate’... Continue reading

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Who can (and Should) Design, Supply, and Install your Accessible, Age in Place, or ADA Shower?

By Mike Foti on December 2, 2024. Leave a Comment

Whether you can hear (evil) father time knocking (or banging) on your door, or you (or a family member) have a debilitating disease, health, or developmental challenge – you know a ‘standard’ shower (and bathroom) can be something you despise and worry if it’ll be safe. So, you’ve might to come to... Continue reading

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What is the least expensive way to redo a shower (and NOT end up with a pile of junk a couple of years later)?

By Mike Foti on October 7, 2024. Leave a Comment

So, nobody’s EVER called you a ‘robber baron’ or a ‘titan of industry!’ And if the terms affluent, wealthy, well to do, or well-heeled (and no, I’m NOT talking about the heel attached to your foot) have never been used to describe you, you’re like most Americans. Money IS NOT falling off trees onto... Continue reading

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The Pros and Cons of Click Together Shower Wall Panels vs. Full Sheets

By Mike Foti on September 9, 2024. 2 Comments

Unlike algebra, geometry, or trigonometry class (and for you math haters, I’m sorry to bring these evil words up), there’s no one right answer between what’s better – ‘click together shower wall panels’ or ‘full sheet shower panels.’ And because of this fact – my business which has been wholesaling... Continue reading

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Grout free shower pans and shower surround panels DO NOT need to be BORING!

By Mike Foti on August 30, 2024. Leave a Comment

Who wants cheap, ugly, white, plasticky shower wall panels or shower pans? ‘Er that’d be NO ONE! And, on the other hand, who wants an expensive, intricate, tile shower surround or shower pan which USED TO look wonderful, but today is brown, moldy, and disgusting to clean? Once again, that’d be NO... Continue reading

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10 Secrets Nobody Tells You about Factory Built Shower Pans

By Mike Foti on August 6, 2024. 6 Comments

I’ll bet when you started researching a tub to shower conversion for your elderly parents, or when you were thinking about materials for a shower for your new home, the first product you looked into WAS NOT the shower pan! And while the ‘structure’ of your shower is the shower base (or shower pan... Continue reading

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How to Choose the Best Shower Wall Panels – 11 Questions You Need to Ask

By Mike Foti on July 29, 2024. Leave a Comment

My business has been wholesaling and installing shower wall panels for a looooong time. And I wish I could tell you it’s easier choosing grout free shower panels today than it was when we got into this market 20 years ago, but if I did, I’d be lying! And while it’s not simpler to make the best choice,... Continue reading

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