Anonymous
Post 02/24/2024 07:47     Subject: How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:Just got quoted this:
1) master with moving toilet and shower, breaking down a wall and installing a waking shower and double vanity, all new tile/fixtures, 6 x 7 but will become 7 x 9:
$26K before materials

2) second bath moving doorway, moving toilet 3 feet, moving vanity 3 feet, moving location of tub/shower, all new fixtures/finishes, 6 x 8
$20K before materials.


Recommend your contractor? We want to do less than that and have two quotes over $40K.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2024 07:44     Subject: Re:How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:So sounds like if you’re not moving anything you can get it done for 10-15, but any walls/movement you’re at 20?


Sure.

It really depends on who you get to do the work. A knowledgeable handyman vs a reno company vs yourself (if everything is staying put).

It also depends if you’re just replacing old fixtures for low to average brand new fixtures or if you’re going with high end.

It depends.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2024 07:32     Subject: How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
Has anyone had to replumb? Our house is early 1940s and I can see some of the pipes were redone (like the kitchen supply) but everything else appears to be the old style. We want to redo the kitchen and the small small bath. Thinking we should replumb while we are doing this. Have not talked to companies yet and these figures are scary!!
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2024 06:11     Subject: How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Price shouldn’t matter as much as method of installation which I believe most homeowners don’t know anything about as the focus is often on price or visible materials.

Does the quote say TCNA standards will be followed? Does a homeowner know what that is or how to check? Who verifies thinset coverage? Or even that then proper thinset was used? Who verifies the preslope is better than good and the vinyl corners are constructed or sealed properly? Are they improperly mixing a schluter pan or shower seat with durock walls? Did they lay floor tile directly on plywood? If they used hardie was there a Thinset bed between the subfloor and hardie, screwed down to spec?

Inspectors don’t, in my experience.


This is my concern as I need to renovate my master and hall bath on second floor (including moving plumbing and other structural work). Even GCs have sort of generic proposals. Who would you recommend for bathroom remodel? Are there specific kitchen and bath contractors?


NP but rey Metropolitan Bath and Tile- the only do bathrooms. They have showrooms various places in the DMV.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2024 03:57     Subject: How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got quoted this:
1) master with moving toilet and shower, breaking down a wall and installing a waking shower and double vanity, all new tile/fixtures, 6 x 7 but will become 7 x 9:
$26K before materials

2) second bath moving doorway, moving toilet 3 feet, moving vanity 3 feet, moving location of tub/shower, all new fixtures/finishes, 6 x 8
$20K before materials.


PP mind sharing your contractor's info? Licensed and insured? Much cheaper than quotes I'm getting right now.


Yes licensed and insured. I’m in PA not the DCA. Markups there are absurd.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2024 22:11     Subject: Re:How much did it cost you to renovate a small bathroom?
So sounds like if you’re not moving anything you can get it done for 10-15, but any walls/movement you’re at 20?