The densest room in the house
Square foot for square foot, a bathroom carries more systems than any other room in a home. Supply lines, drain and vent piping, electrical circuits, exhaust ventilation, a waterproof assembly that has to stay watertight for twenty years, and finish surfaces that get inspected at close range every single day. A kitchen is larger and more expensive; a bathroom is more concentrated, and it punishes shortcuts faster.
That concentration is why bathroom projects go wrong in a specific, predictable way. Almost nothing fails because someone picked the wrong tile. Things fail because a shower pan was sloped toward the wrong corner, because a niche was cut into a wall without waterproofing the cut, because a vanity drain was forced into alignment with a flexible fitting that was never meant to be permanent. None of that is visible when the job is handed over. All of it surfaces in year three.
We build the other way round. The parts nobody will ever see get the most attention, and the finish work is treated as the reward for having done the substrate correctly.
What we handle
Complete Bathroom Remodels
Full gut renovations — demolition, rough-in, waterproofing, tile, fixtures and finish carpentry, sequenced by one crew.
Bathtub to Shower Conversion
Replacing an unused tub with a proper walk-in shower, including the drain relocation and waterproofing that the job actually requires.
Bathroom Tile Installation
Floors, walls, showers and niches set over a substrate built to stay flat, dry and crack-free underneath the finished surface.
Vanity & Sink Installation
Vanity replacement, countertop and sink pairing, faucet and drain work, and the wall blocking a floating vanity needs to stay put.
Accessible & Walk-In Baths
Curbless showers, reinforced grab bar blocking, widened clearances and comfort-height fixtures for aging in place.
Not sure what you need?
Describe the room, its age and what bothers you about it. Most conversations narrow the scope in ten minutes and cost nothing.
Where the money actually goes
Homeowners tend to budget for the things they can see in a showroom and get surprised by the things they cannot. The proportions below hold reasonably steady across a full gut renovation, regardless of price tier — a luxury bath and a mid-range bath spend differently in absolute dollars but distribute the work in similar ratios.
| Phase | What it covers | Why it costs what it does |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition and disposal | Removing fixtures, tile, substrate and sometimes the subfloor, plus hauling the debris. | Cheap in labor, unpredictable in outcome. This is the phase that reveals whether the budget survives contact with reality. |
| Plumbing rough-in | Supply lines, drain and vent, valve bodies, shower pan drain, toilet flange. | Priced by whether fixtures stay put or move. A drain that moves three feet is a different job from a drain that stays. |
| Electrical and ventilation | GFCI circuits, lighting layout, heated floor feed, exhaust fan and duct to the exterior. | Older homes frequently have a single undersized circuit and a fan venting into the attic instead of outdoors. Both get corrected. |
| Substrate and waterproofing | Cement board or foam panels, sloped mortar bed or pre-formed pan, liquid or sheet membrane, seam and corner treatment. | The invisible half of the job and the one that decides whether the bathroom lasts. Never the place to economize. |
| Tile and stone | Floor, walls, shower surround, niches, curbs, thresholds, grout and sealing. | The largest labor line on most projects. Format and pattern drive it more than the price per square foot of the tile itself. |
| Fixtures and finish | Vanity, countertop, sink, toilet, shower glass, trim, mirrors, hardware and paint. | The most visible spend and the easiest to adjust up or down without touching the structural quality of the job. |
How a project is sequenced
The order matters more than most people expect. Trades that arrive out of sequence either wait or work around each other, and working around each other is where quality quietly degrades. A remodel that runs cleanly looks like this:
- Scope and selections first. Tile, fixtures, vanity and glass are chosen and confirmed in stock before anyone swings a hammer. A project that starts demolition with selections still open is a project that will stall halfway through.
- Demolition, then reassessment. Once the room is open we look at the joists, the subfloor and the existing rough plumbing and confirm the plan still fits what is actually there. Any change to price or schedule is put in writing at this point, not at the end.
- Rough-in. Plumbing and electrical go in together, get inspected where required, and get photographed before the walls close.
- Substrate and waterproofing. Backer board, pan slope, membrane, seams and corners. On shower assemblies this stage gets a flood test before tile goes anywhere near it.
- Tile and stone. Floors and walls set, cured, grouted and sealed.
- Fixtures, glass and finish. Vanity, toilet, trim, paint, then shower glass last, because glass is measured against the finished tile rather than the framing.
- Walkthrough and punch list. We walk it with you, write down every item, and the job is not closed until that list is empty.
Why property owners keep our number
- The estimate is a document, not a number. It lists materials, quantities, what is included and what is explicitly excluded. You can lay it beside a competitor's and compare line for line, which is exactly the point.
- Change orders in writing, in advance. When demolition finds rot, you get the photograph, the cost and the schedule impact before we proceed — never a surprise line on the final invoice.
- Photographs before the walls close. Every project leaves you with images of the rough plumbing, wiring and waterproofing. That record is worth having when you sell the house.
- One crew, one point of contact. The person who scoped the job runs the job. Nothing gets lost in a handoff between a salesperson and a production manager who never saw the room.
The one decision that moves the budget most: whether the toilet, sink and shower drains stay in their existing locations. Keeping the layout and changing everything else gives you a completely different-looking bathroom at a fraction of the cost of relocating drain lines through a floor structure. It is worth deciding this consciously rather than by default — call (346) 680-0829 and we will tell you what your particular layout would take.