Bathroom Remodel

A bathroom remodel usually starts with a homeowner frustrated by cracked tile, a leaky shower pan, or a vanity that’s too small for the family’s toothbrushes. Maybe the floor feels spongy near the toilet, or the exhaust fan hasn’t worked in years. You’re not after a magazine cover—you want a room that dries out properly, cleans easily, and doesn’t waste water.

We start by isolating the water and power, then strip the room to studs and subfloor. New plumbing gets roughed in with PEX lines and a Schluter shower pan or a fiberglass base. We hang moisture-resistant drywall, tape the seams with mesh tape and setting-type compound, then lay porcelain tile over a decoupling membrane. Final trim includes a solid-surface vanity top, a Moen faucet, and a Panasonic vent fan ducted to the outside.

The biggest cost driver is the shower: a prefab insert runs less than a custom tile pan with a linear drain. Access matters—a third-floor walk-up with no staging area adds a day to material hauling. Wall condition shifts the schedule: if the studs are rotted behind the tub, we stop and sister them before tiling. Material choices like marble versus ceramic tile change the labor time for cutting and polishing.

On the morning of demo, we lay 6-mil poly over your hallway floors and tape a zipper door across the bathroom doorway. We haul debris out each afternoon and sweep the job site. Before we arrive, clear the room of toiletries, towels, and rugs. After we finish, you’ll need to wait 24 hours for thinset to cure before walking on tile, and 48 hours before caulking around the tub.