Bathroom Remodeling
Hall and guest bathroom remodels in Lancaster and Chester County, PA
The hall bath is the hardest-working room in the house and usually the smallest. We rebuild them with a tub and a tiled surround for the kids or a walk-in shower for guests, a vanity with real storage, a floor that takes wet feet for twenty years, an exhaust fan that works, and light you can see in. Simple rooms, built well.
What a Hall Bath Remodel Includes
- Demolition to the studs where the walls are tired, or to the surfaces where they are sound.
- A tub with a tiled surround and a niche, or a walk-in shower with a glass door where a tub is not needed.
- Plumbing: a new valve and trim, new supply lines, a new drain if the old one is cast iron and failing.
- Electrical: a fan vented outside, lighting over the mirror and in the shower, GFCI outlets.
- A tile or luxury vinyl floor, a vanity with drawers, a mirror or medicine cabinet, a toilet, a door and trim, and paint.
Tub or Shower
A house needs one tub if there are small children or if you plan to sell to a family. Beyond that, a walk-in shower is the more useful room, and in a small bath a glass door makes the room feel twice the size. A tub-to-shower conversion is one of the most common jobs we do, and it has its own page.
Small Rooms, Careful Choices
In a five-by-eight bath every inch is a decision: a pocket door to free the wall, a vanity with drawers instead of doors, a recessed medicine cabinet, a niche in the shower instead of a caddy, large-format tile with few grout lines, a light bar over the mirror rather than one dim fixture in the ceiling. We have done enough of these to know what works in the space.
Two at a Time
Many of our bathroom jobs are two bathrooms in one house, done together so the plumbing is opened once and the crew is there once. The Downingtown and Malvern pairs below are examples: a primary and a hall bath each, rebuilt in the same project.
Projects
Hall and Guest Baths We Have Finished
Questions
Questions We Get
Do we need to go down to the studs?
If the walls behind the tile are wet, moldy, or crumbling, yes, and old tub surrounds often hide that. If the framing is dry and the plan is not changing, we can work to the surfaces. We find out on demolition day and tell you.
Can two bathrooms be done at once?
Yes, and it is efficient. We stage them so one toilet is always usable, and the plumbing and tile crews move from one room to the other.
Is a pocket door a good idea in a small bath?
Usually. It frees the wall a swinging door blocks and makes a small room usable. The wall has to be clear of plumbing and wiring for the pocket, which we check first.
Process
How We Work
- We visit, measure, and talk through the scope before anything is priced.
- You get a written proposal, and we build to it.
- Where the work needs a permit, we walk you through it every step: the application, the drawings the township asks for, and the inspections.
- We are on site from the first day to the last, and the house stays clean while we work.
- We walk the finished job with you, fix anything on the list, and clean up.
Bathroom Remodeling
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Service area
Where We Work
Based in Christiana, we work across Lancaster County and Chester County.
Lancaster County
- Christiana
- Gap
- Quarryville
- Strasburg
- Lancaster
Chester County
- Parkesburg
- Coatesville
- West Chester
- Kennett Square
- Downingtown
- Malvern
- Chester Springs
- Frazer
Dalton remodeled our primary bathroom and did a wonderful job. All work was performed neatly and professionally.
— Julie EvansPrimary bathroom remodel5 stars on Google
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