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This calculator vs. tracking it in a spreadsheet
A tile setter pricing an alcove tub-to-shower, a curbless walk-in, or a steam shower usually ends up with a spreadsheet: a tile line, a waterproofing line, a drain or curbless line if this job has one, a bench and glass line, and a new row whenever the job needs something it did not have last time. Every formula is ordinary arithmetic. Keeping it correct as the scope changes under you is the part that gets skipped when a homeowner needs a number today.
What each approach actually does
A spreadsheet can reproduce every line this calculator prices — wall and floor tile hours and material, tile waste, waterproofing, tub tear-out, a valve relocate, a linear drain, curbless slope, niches, a bench, glass, a steam unit, loaded wage, overhead, and target margin. Building it means writing a formula for each of those and remembering which ones to zero out or add back in when the next job is an alcove instead of a curbless walk-in, or has a steam unit this one did not.
This calculator keeps tile, waterproofing, tub tear-out, valve relocate, drain, curbless slope, niches, bench, and glass on one screen, already wired to the job you are pricing. Checking curbless or a linear drain adds their hours and material immediately — a field you have already hand-edited is left alone, but nothing else silently keeps yesterday's number from the last job. A saved bid that reopens on your next visit, a shareable bid link, and a printable customer proposal with a deposit split and a price-held date are each one click, not a second document to build.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| Does checking curbless, a valve relocate, or a linear drain price correctly the moment I check it? | This calculator's live totals — no formula to remember to add. |
| Is the price I'm about to quote still above my walk-away cost for this job? | This calculator's proposed-price margin check. |
| My job has a wrinkle this calculator doesn't model (a second wet area, a custom niche pattern). | A spreadsheet you build yourself — it can represent any line item you can describe. |
| I need to hand the homeowner a proposal with a deposit split and a price-held date. | This calculator's printable proposal, generated from the same figures — no second document. |
| I want to reopen this exact bid later, or send it to my crew. | This calculator's shareable bid link — a spreadsheet has to be saved and sent as a file. |
| Is my data uploaded anywhere? | No. Everything runs in your browser; your figures stay on this device. |
This page names no specific product — it compares against the generic method of tracking a bid in a spreadsheet.
Common questions
Can a spreadsheet price a walk-in shower instead?
Yes. Every line this calculator prices — wall and floor tile hours and material, tile waste, waterproofing, tub tear-out, a valve relocate, a linear drain, curbless slope, niches, a bench, glass, a steam unit, loaded wage, overhead, and target margin — is ordinary arithmetic you can put in a spreadsheet. Building it means setting up formulas for each of those and remembering to update every one of them whenever the scope changes, on a wet-area system where tile square footage alone does not predict the cost.
What does a spreadsheet not do that this calculator does?
Switch between an alcove tub-to-shower, a curbless walk-in, a steam shower, and a tile-only job without rebuilding a formula, so a linear drain or a valve relocate is priced the moment you check the box rather than after you remember to add a row for it. It also turns the same numbers into a printable customer proposal with a deposit split and a price-held date, and a shareable bid link that reopens the exact bid for you or your crew, neither of which a formula cell produces on its own.
Is a spreadsheet ever the better choice?
Yes, when the job has a wrinkle this calculator does not model — a second wet area, a custom niche pattern, or a rate structure this tool's fields cannot represent. A spreadsheet you build yourself can represent any line item you can describe. This calculator trades that flexibility for a form that already has the right fields for one tiled shower, wired together so switching scope does not mean rebuilding the sheet.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No account and no network requests — the calculator runs entirely in your browser. Your bid is saved in this browser's local storage between visits, and a bid link you copy carries those same numbers in the page's URL hash rather than sending anything to a server.
Open the Walk-In Shower Bid Calculator to price your own job, or read how much to charge to install a walk-in shower.