Bathroom remodeling services

Full remodel. Demolition to finish, usually with plumbing and electrical permits pulled. Houzz reports 45% of renovating homeowners hire a general contractor and 20% hire a specialist bathroom remodeler. This is the route if you are changing the layout, replacing a tiled shower, or you suspect water damage.

Replacement work. New vanity, new toilet, new floor, refinished or replaced tub in the same spot. Faster, permit-light in many jurisdictions, and the best value if the bones are sound. Houzz found faucets (87%), lighting (82%), flooring (81%), and wall finishes (81%) are the most commonly upgraded items — most bathrooms get a suite of upgrades, not a rebuild.

One-day bath and tub-to-shower conversions. An acrylic or composite wall system installed over prepared substrate, usually in one to a few days. This sector runs on in-home sales appointments with same-day pricing pressure. The product itself can be perfectly good. The sales process is where people get hurt — see our guidance below and the Permits section on your right to cancel.

A word on scope creep in the other direction: if a company will only quote you a shower system and refuses to look at the subfloor or the exhaust fan, you are buying a cosmetic result over an unknown condition.

How to choose

Match the pro to the plumbing

If any fixture moves, you want a licensed general contractor with a plumbing sub, not a surface installer.

Never sign at the first appointment

In-home sales scripts are designed to close that night. Any legitimate price survives 48 hours. If it does not, the price was never real.

Ask what happens behind the panels

For a one-day system, ask in writing what they do if the wall behind the old tub is wet or rotten. Get the change-order price up front.

Verify the license yourself

Look the company up with your state licensing board rather than trusting a badge on a brochure. NASCLA's CSLID lists the regulator for every state.

Check who pulls the permit

If a contractor asks you to pull the owner's permit, you take on the liability. That is a red flag on a paid job.