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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Taylor
A full bathroom remodel in Taylor typically runs $9,000 – $28,000, with smaller baths landing closer to $5,000 – $12,000 and walk-in shower installs sitting between $4,500 and $12,000. The number shifts with what’s behind your walls, not just what’s on top of them. In Taylor’s older homes, that’s where the real work lives. Our crews know the difference between a cosmetic refresh on a 2005 slab floor and a gut remodel on a 1920s pier-and-beam bathroom off Main Street. Call (325) 225-5429 and we’ll give you a written price before a single tile comes up.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Austin Is Taylor’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Taylor homeowners call us because we put the number in writing first. Not a range, not a ballpark, not a “we’ll see once we open it up.” A written price. Then we show up in the window we gave, with background-checked uniformed crews, and we leave the place cleaner than we found it. That’s been the standard since 2004 under The Kingswell Way, and it’s how Trevor Nash runs every Bathroom Remodeling job from the first walkthrough to the final walkthrough.
We schedule from our Austin office and send crews to Taylor every week, so we don’t treat your job like a far-flung afterthought. Homeowners in the historic district and the new subdivisions east of the high school both get the same thing: a real arrival window, a written guarantee, and a phone number where a live person actually answers. That 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every project. If something fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it. Free.
Styles & brands we work with
Tub to Shower Conversion in Taylor
A tub to shower conversion in Taylor runs $3,500 – $10,000 and is one of the most common jobs we do in older homes where the cast-iron tub has lost its finish or the homeowner simply wants a step in instead of a step over. We pull the tub, open the walls enough to rework the plumbing rough-in, then rebuild with cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile) and a curb or curbless shower pan depending on your floor framing.
What Gets Replaced Behind the Wall
On a pier-and-beam home, we inspect the joists under the tub before anything else. Decades of slow drips rot sill plates and subfloor edges. If we find damage, it goes into a written change order, priced and approved by you before we touch it. The valve, the drain, and the supply lines all get replaced at the same time. We use Moen and Delta fixtures on most conversions, which carry their own manufacturer warranties alongside our 365-day promise.
Why Homeowners Make the Switch
The most common reasons we hear in Taylor are aging-in-place comfort and a worn tub that costs more to refinish than to replace. A walk-in shower with a bench and a handheld sprayer gives you a bathroom that works for the next twenty years, not the last eighty. We’ll spec a frameless glass enclosure if your layout allows it, and we’ll quote it as a line item so you see exactly where the money goes.
One Day Bath Remodel in Taylor
A one day bath remodel in Taylor is a contained, cosmetic overhaul: new tub or shower surround, new fixtures, new vanity top, and a fresh trim package, usually completed in a single day for $3,000 – $8,500 depending on the materials. It’s not a gut remodel. If the walls behind your existing surround are sound and the plumbing is in good shape, we can resurface, swap, and reset without opening the framing.
Where a One Day Bath Makes Sense
Rental owners and sellers in Taylor use this service often. A 1950s bathroom with serviceable plumbing but a tired tub surround and dated vanity can look brand new by evening. We use solid-surface surrounds and stock vanity lines where speed matters, and we run the same written-price and written-guarantee system on a one-day job that we do on a six-week remodel.
When It Doesn’t
If we see signs of movement under the floor, cracked tile at the base of the tub, or moisture staining on the ceiling below, we’ll stop and flag it. A one-day bath over a failing subfloor is a wasted paycheck. Better to know now, with an inspection and a written assessment, than to find out in six months when the new tile starts cracking.
Trusted Brands We Service in Taylor
We install Cambria and Silestone quartz countertops, Kohler and Moen fixtures, and Delta and Toto toilets on bathroom jobs throughout Taylor. When we’re resurfacing or replacing a tub or shower surround, we stock compatible trim and valve parts locally so turnaround is fast, even in the middle of a busy construction season. We don’t push one brand across every job. We spec the product that fits your budget and your plumbing, then cover the installation with our 365-Day Done Right Promise so the materials and the labor carry the same written guarantee.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Taylor Homes
- Knob-and-tube wiring behind the walls. Homes built before 1940 in Taylor’s older neighborhoods often still have live knob-and-tube circuits feeding bathroom lights and outlets. Once we open the wall, the city requires that wiring to be addressed, and that’s a code-driven cost we plan for with an electrical allowance in your written contract.
- Rotted subfloor and sill plates under the tub. Exposed crawl spaces in Taylor’s hot, humid summers let moisture rise under pier-and-beam homes. We regularly find the floor framing under a tub that looks fine from above has been quietly softening for years.
- Cast-iron drain lines at the end of their useful life. Older Taylor homes often have original cast-iron stacks with rust scale and pinholes. If the drain is compromised, a cosmetic remodel won’t fix the slow drain or the smell. We scope what we can and write a repipe into the plan when it’s necessary.
- Expansive clay soil causing tile and grout cracks. Taylor sits on Blackland Prairie clay that expands and contracts with moisture. Even in newer slab homes, a poorly compacted fill layer under the slab or a missing expansion joint can lead to cracked tile and failing waterproofing. We check for movement before we set anything.
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AfterPricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Taylor, TX
| Service | Typical Range in Taylor |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 – $8,500 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
The biggest cost driver in Taylor isn’t the tile you pick. It’s what we find when the walls open. A 1940s bathroom with original wiring and a failing cast-iron drain will cost more than a 2008 bathroom with modern rough-in. We handle that with an inspection before we quote, allowances written into the contract for known unknowns, and a written change order for any surprise we couldn’t see. You approve the number before we spend a dollar. Call (325) 225-5429 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Taylor
Our crews run Bathroom Remodeling in Taylor and the surrounding area every week. That includes Georgetown, Elgin, Cedar Park, and Austin. If you’re in one of those nearby cities and need a written price and a written guarantee on a bathroom remodel, call the same number: (325) 225-5429.
Serving Taylor, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Taylor area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Bathroom Remodeling in Taylor
Yes, if your bathroom has an exterior wall and you’re changing the window size, adding a vent, or altering the exterior in any way, Taylor’s historic district review can apply. Interior remodels that don’t touch the exterior or structural walls typically don’t trigger historic review, but we coordinate with the city on your permit package so you know before work starts whether a Certificate of Appropriateness applies to your project. Call (325) 225-5429 and we’ll look up your specific address.
It’s usually structural. Sagging floors in Taylor’s older pier-and-beam homes typically mean rotted joists, weakened sill plates, or undersized framing that’s been carrying load for nearly a century. We inspect the crawl space and subfloor before quoting anything. If the framing is compromised, we write the repair into your contract as a priced line item and complete it before any finish work goes in.
A permit means the work has to meet current code, not 1940s code. So if your bathroom has knob-and-tube wiring, ungrounded outlets, undersized supply lines, or an improper vent stack, those items get flagged and corrected during the remodel. We pull permits, schedule inspections, and pass them. It adds honest cost to the job and protects the value of your home. All of it is written into your price before we start.
We inspect first, then we quote, then we write allowances into the contract for the things we know are common in Taylor homes: galvanized supply lines, cast-iron drains, and subfloor rot. If we open the wall and find something we couldn’t see from the crawl space or the attic, we stop, document it, and bring you a written change order with a price. Nothing gets approved, purchased, or installed until you say yes.
It can. Taylor’s expansive clay soil shrinks and swells with seasonal moisture changes, and even a slab-on-grade foundation can move enough to crack tile if the builder skipped proper fill compaction or we install tile without the right underlayment. We check for slab movement and subfloor deflection before tile goes down. When we need to, we spec an uncoupling membrane that lets the tile move independently from the substrate. Call (325) 225-5429 to schedule a free assessment.
Bathroom Remodeling in Taylor: What Opening the Walls Actually Triggers
Here’s the part nobody tells you when you’re standing in a showroom picking tile. In Taylor’s historic district, bathroom remodels frequently expose “Taylor brick,” a soft, locally made brick from the town’s early brickyards that requires special mortar and careful handling, unlike the harder modern brick used in newer subdivisions. If your bathroom shares a wall with an original brick chimney or an exterior brick wall, using standard modern mortar on it causes spalling and crumbling. The soft historic brick needs a compatible lime-based mix. That’s not something a weekend contractor from out of town knows to check.
On a 1920s pier-and-beam home off Davis Street, our crew opened a bathroom wall and found knob-and-tube wiring, rotted sill plates from decades of moisture, and a load-bearing stud notched to nothing for an old vent stack. We stopped, documented everything, and wrote a change order for the electrical rough-in and framing repair before touching anything else. A third-party inspector signed off on the new wiring and pressure-treated sill before the walls closed. That’s how we work. No mystery pricing, no “we’ll figure it out later.” The wall tells us what it needs, and we tell you what it costs.
This is what separates a Taylor bathroom remodel done right from one that looks fine for a year and fails in two. We write the price before the work. We show up in the window we gave. We pull the permits, pass the inspections, and leave you with a written 365-Day Done Right Promise. If something fails inside that year, we come back and make it right at no charge. No service call, no re-inspection fee. The number we give you on day one is the number on the invoice.
Call (325) 225-5429 to schedule your free estimate. Ask for a written proposal. You’ll get one.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Austin, serving Taylor since the Kingswell standard began in 2004.
