Where Can I Buy a Complete Walk-In Shower Kit Locally or Online?

Ella's Bubbles manufactures the pieces of a walk-in shower, the base, the wall panels and the accessories, and none of them sit on a store shelf or in a boxed kit. You put the shower together through your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850, one item at a time, and your contractor supplies the local part of the job. Where Can I Buy Walk-In Shower Wall Kits Locally? covers the wall side on its own; this page assembles the whole kit so you know what comes from Ella, what is bought locally, and in what order to decide.

What a Complete Ella Shower Is Made of

Ella's shower products are sold per item, so a complete shower is three separate lines on one order, and each line is a decision of its own.

• The base. Standard acrylic bases come in 30x60, 32x60 and 36x60 inches, each with a left or right drain. When none of those fits, Ella makes a rectangular acrylic base to your length and width, up to 44 inches wide by 80 inches long, with a left, right or center drain. A custom base typically has a threshold of about 3 inches, and zero threshold bases sit flush with the surrounding floor for a barrier free entry. Cultured marble bases come in three sizes, molded solid with a glossy gel coat finish and an ADA compliant slip resistant textured floor.
• The walls. Acrylic shower wall panels are manufactured 98 inches high, with side panels measuring 40 inches and a back wall measuring 60 inches, in plain white, a CNC routed design with light gray grout lines, or a digital print. Cultured marble travertine surrounds come as eight, six or four panel sets made from natural quartz and granite composite with a gel coat surface. Tongue-and-groove grout-free tiles are a third option for blending new walls into a tiled room.
• The accessories. Grab bars and a shower door are ordered as separate items sized to the base and walls you chose.

Your dealer or the team can show you samples, so settle on the finish before anything ships rather than after the base is on the floor.

Order the Base First, Then Size the Walls to It

Ella pans, standard or custom, are finished acrylic. They do not need to be tiled over, and the length, the width and the drain position are all fixed when the pan is made, so an odd space calls for a custom order rather than a saw. That makes the base the piece that sets every other measurement. Where Can I Buy a Shower Base for a Bathroom Remodel? covers the standard and custom sizes and the one shipping limit to know about. Measure the opening before you call, note which side the existing drain falls on, and tell your contractor which material you ordered, because the cultured marble bases are heavy and need at least two people to set while the acrylic pans do not.

The walls are the component trimmed on site. Cultured marble panels have factory finished edges for seamless joining that can be trimmed and cut for a custom fit, and they glue directly over drywall, plaster, painted walls, cement board or existing tile, so sound old walls stay in place. Acrylic panels are sized for a shower footprint and are usually ordered alongside an Ella base of the same size, which is why the two are best chosen together.

The Tiled Look Without Grout, and How the Edges Get Finished

Searches for a tiled walk-in shower kit usually land on two Ella products. The CNC routed acrylic design carries light gray grout lines cut into the panel, so the wall reads as tile with no grout to scrub. The tongue-and-groove grout-free tiles go around a walk-in tub or in a shower, and they are the piece to ask about when the room is already tiled and the new walls have to blend in.

The exposed edges are where the Ella kit meets local supply. Acrylic panels arrive with both outside vertical edges cut clean and finished, but not wrapped or rolled, and How Shower Wall Edges Are Finished: 2-Inch Bends on White CNC Walls and Trim Options explains the two ways to dress them:

• White CNC walls can be made with a 2-inch bend along the exposed edge. The bend is formed at the manufacturing facility, not in the warehouse, so it has to be requested when you order and cannot be added after the panels arrive. Bent panels ship lying flat rather than standing. The bend has no part number of its own, and What Do I Order for a Shower Panel Bend That Has No SKU? shows how it is written onto the order and why the left or right side matters.
• Printed design walls are not bent. A trim strip can be requested at order time and is confirmed per order, or, more commonly, your contractor fits a white J-molding from a local home improvement store and caulks it in place.

Sketch the alcove and mark which panel edges will be exposed before you order. Edges that die into a tiled wall or a corner need no trim at all.

What Is Bought Locally

Ella manufactures the base, the walls and the accessories and does not install them. The local part of the job is your contractor, the trim and the sealant. Every exposed panel edge is sealed with a quality silicone, trim strips run the full height of a panel and are awkward to ship on their own, and a licensed local tradesperson sets the base, glues or fastens the walls and makes the connections. If you are pricing the job, the Ella items are quoted by your dealer or the team and the labor and local materials are quoted by your contractor.

If You Mean a Shower over a Walk-In Tub

Some people searching for a walk-in shower kit want a shower on a walk-in tub rather than a separate stall. Ella's answer is the Shower Column Kit for tubs with deck mounted faucets, and the video on this page shows it in use. The kit connects to the Ella 2-piece or 5-piece Fast-Fill faucet set: the hand shower comes out of its deck receptacle, the column base goes into the vacant opening, and a diverter sends water either to a five-setting multi-function hand shower that tilts and swivels or to a large overhead rain shower. The rain head is height adjustable, with a maximum height of approximately 90 inches and 14 inches of adjustment to bring it down to approximately 76 inches, and it pivots for a standing or seated shower. Because the kit needs access to the back side of the tub, it is installed before the tub's final installation, so mention it when you order the tub rather than after it is set.

Watch: Walk-In Tub & Shower Combo with Shower Column Kit: for Convenient Bathing | Ella’s Bubbles with chapters and a full transcript.

Related Guides

• What Is an Acrylic Shower Base and How Does It Compare?
• Cultured Marble Shower Wall Panels: Stock Sizes, Cutting to Fit, and Finishing the Edges
• Ella Fast-Fill Faucets: 2-Piece vs 5-Piece, Finishes, and the Waterfall Option

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