Can my bathtub be replaced with a floor-level shower, with no step?

A walk-in showerWalk-in showerA shower with no tray and no step, level with the rest of the bathroom floor. The water drains through a floor drain or a linear channel drain. has no tray and no step. The water lands on the same floor as the rest of the bathroom and runs away through a floor drainFloor drainThe outlet in a floor where water drains away on roofs, balconies and in bathrooms, with a grate on top and usually a trap below. or a long, narrow channel. To make that work, the floor is rebuilt from scratch with a slopeFalls (drainage slope)The gentle slope built into flat roofs, balconies and bathroom floors so water runs to the drain or gutter instead of pooling. towards the drain.

In this bathroom the tub and the tiles came out, a spot was opened in the floor for the new drain, and the new floor was sloped towards a channel under the window. A glass panel keeps the water inside, with no doors and no step. The same was done in the bathroom with the green bathtub.

The key question is whether there is enough depth in the floor for the drain and the slope, and where the main soil pipe runs. In an apartment you don't dig into the slab below, so everything has to fit within the thickness of the floor. That is judged on site, and sometimes only once the old floor is up.

When there isn't enough depth, one option is a low built-up shower baseBuilt-up shower baseA low, built shower floor sloping to the drain and finished with tiles. An option when the floor isn't deep enough for a level shower.. In a small bathroom, a shower base was built where the bathtub used to be.

Keep in mind: without a tray, water spreads across the floor if the slope isn't right. The slope, the drain and waterproofingWaterproofingThe work and materials that stop water getting through on flat roofs, balconies, bathrooms, basements, planters and tanks. the shower area under the tiles are what make the difference, and they are hard to fix once the tiles are down.