Residential
Water is patient, and it is looking for the one detail somebody skipped
There are two kinds of tile work. One kind lasts twenty years. The other kind photographs beautifully.
From the doorway they are indistinguishable. The difference lives entirely behind the tile, in the waterproofing membrane, the slope of the pan, the way the corners were treated, and whether the person doing the work believed anyone would ever check.
Almost nobody ever checks. That is precisely why it goes wrong so often. A shower that was waterproofed carelessly does not fail on the first day, or in the first year. It fails in year four, into the framing, and the repair bill arrives with a demolition bill attached to it.
A bathroom remodel is a waterproofing project wearing a decorating project as a disguise. We treat it that way, which is less romantic and considerably cheaper over the life of the room.
Our standards
- Full waterproofing system installed per manufacturer specification
- Shower pan slope verified before tile — and we will show you
- Exhaust fan ducted to the exterior with a functioning damper
- Blocking installed for current or future grab bars
- Permitted plumbing and electrical inspected and closed
- Photographic documentation of every stage before it is covered
- Written workmanship warranty on the shower assembly
What it costs
A guest or hall bathroom typically runs $12,000 to $24,000. A primary bathroom with a custom tile shower generally lands between $22,000 and $48,000. Relocating the toilet or shower drain in slab-on-grade construction means cutting concrete, which is real money — we quote it separately and openly rather than folding it into a lump sum you cannot interrogate.
How we do it
The parts that decide whether this goes well
- 01
Waterproofing as a system, not a product
A properly sloped pan, a continuous membrane, correctly treated corners and penetrations, and the right substrate behind the tile. Every element has to work with the others. A premium membrane installed over an out-of-slope pan is still a failed shower — it simply fails with better paperwork.
- 02
Ventilation sized for the room it is in
Bathroom moisture has to leave the building, not relocate into the attic. Correct fan capacity for the volume of the room, ducted to the exterior with a real damper, on a timer or humidity sensor. Undersized and misrouted fans quietly cause more damage in Valley homes than leaks do.
- 03
Layout that fits a body, not just a floor plan
Door swing that does not fight the vanity. Toilet clearance that meets code and human dimensions. Niches at a height where a bottle actually stands. A shower door that does not dump water on the floor every single time it opens. Small dimensions, permanent consequences.
- 04
Accessibility built in before it is needed
Blocking behind the walls for future grab bars, curbless entries, comfort-height fixtures, and slip-resistant floors. Adding these during a remodel costs very little. Adding them later means demolishing the bathroom you just paid for.
The self-perform difference
The one room where you cannot inspect what you paid for
In every other part of a house, poor work eventually becomes visible. In a shower it becomes invisible — sealed behind tile the same day it is done. That makes the bathroom the single scope most dependent on the integrity of whoever performed it, and the single worst candidate for a subcontracted crew you will never meet again. When we waterproof a shower, the company that stands behind the warranty is the company that troweled the membrane. There is nobody to point at. That is the whole reason we work this way.
Scope
Bathroom Remodeling we handle
- Full bathroom remodels — primary, guest and hall baths
- Tub-to-shower conversions
- Curbless and roll-in shower construction
- Custom tile showers with waterproof membrane systems
- Shower pan construction, sloping and drain installation
- Vanity, countertop and undermount sink installation
- Toilet replacement and relocation
- Tile flooring, wall tile and decorative accent work
- Exhaust fan installation, upsizing and exterior ducting
- Vanity lighting, sconces and switching
- Plumbing valve, supply and drain replacement
- Half bath and powder room construction
- Grab bar blocking and aging-in-place modifications
- Water damage repair and subfloor replacement
Questions
Bathroom Remodeling questions we get asked
Two to four weeks for a standard bathroom, three to six for a primary suite with custom tile. A meaningful portion of that is waiting — mortar, membrane and grout each need real cure time, and a crew that skips those windows to look fast is building you a failure with a delivery date.
Where we do this work
Bathroom Remodeling across the Valley
Related services
All services
Next step
Ask us how we waterproof a shower.
It is the most revealing question you can ask any bathroom contractor, and we will answer it in detail. Then we will walk your bathroom, price it line by line, and give you a schedule you can hold us to.
- Veteran owned and operated
- Written line-item estimate
- A schedule you can hold us to
- Licensed, bonded and insured
No pressure, no financing pitch, no three-hour presentation.
A walk-through takes about forty minutes. You get honest opinions, including which upgrades we think are not worth your money.
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