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A full bathroom remodel in Covina typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000, with smaller jobs like tub-to-shower conversions landing in the $3,500 to $10,000 range. Most projects we handle in the 91722, 91723, and 91724 zip codes are completed in two to five weeks, depending on whether the slab needs attention before rough-in starts. If you call us at (877) 610-1318, you’ll get Tom Barrett or one of his sons on the line, not a call center. Our crews work Covina neighborhoods every week, from the tree-lined streets north of Badillo to the ranch homes south of Cypress, and we know exactly what to look for when we open up a 1960s bathroom in this city.
That matters because Covina is not like the coastal towns west of the 605. The ground here moves. The clay under your slab swells in wet winters and shrinks in 100-degree summers, and houses built fifty or sixty years ago have been through that cycle hundreds of times. A Bathroom Remodeling crew that doesn’t understand that will sell you a pretty tile job and hand you cracked grout after the first rainy season. We don’t work that way.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Covina’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and still lives close enough to Covina that he can drive out and walk a job site before the crew starts swinging hammers. His sons run the crews. When you hire us for a bathroom remodel in Covina, the person who signed your contract is the same person you’ll see at the hardware store on Citrus Avenue on a Saturday morning. That’s not a marketing line. It’s how we’ve operated for 29 years.
Covina homeowners have a particular set of problems with older bathrooms, and we’ve seen most of them more than once. Diagonal cracks in the slab. Galvanized supply lines so corroded the water pressure drops when somebody flushes. Bathrooms that were never vented properly in the original build. We don’t guess at these things. We open the wall, we look, and we tell you what’s there before we spend your money. Every scope change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. No surprises at the final invoice. That’s been our rule since the day we started, and it’s the same rule on every Covina job.
We also pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible bathroom remodel. The inspector works for you, not for us, and we like it that way. If a contractor tells you permits are optional on a bathroom remodel in Covina, call somebody else.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Covina
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A complete bathroom remodel in Covina usually means gutting the room down to the studs and starting fresh. For the single-story ranch homes that fill the 91723 zip code, that often begins with addressing the slab before anything else. We check for cracks, evaluate the drain rough-in, and pour a reinforced patch where the clay has done its work over the decades. Then we rebuild: new subfloor, new waterproofing, new tile, new fixtures, new ventilation. The result is a bathroom that will hold up through Covina’s wet winters and dry summers without the grout failing in year two.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in showers are the most common request we get from Covina homeowners in the 50-to-70 age range who want to stay in their homes as they age. Curbless or low-curb shower pans, grab bars, wider door openings. But on a Covina slab, a curbless shower means we’re often cutting into concrete to recess the pan, and that’s where the clay consideration comes back in. We pad the drain area properly and use a full Schluter waterproofing system so the shower pan never shifts when the soil moves beneath it. This is standard practice for us, not an upgrade.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
The classic 1960s Covina bathroom has a cast-iron tub that’s rusting around the drain and impossible to step into safely. A tub-to-shower conversion in Covina runs between $3,500 and $10,000, and it transforms a cramped, dated room into something you’ll actually want to use every morning. We recently handled one on Lark Ellen Avenue in 91722. The slab had cracked along a shear line from decades of clay movement. Our crew opened the subfloor, confirmed the crack stopped short of the drain rough-in, and poured a reinforced patch before setting a new Kohler pan and waterproofing membrane. The project stayed on a three-week schedule and passed inspection on the first try.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Sometimes the bathroom doesn’t need a full gut. A new vanity, new tile, new fixtures, and a properly rerouted drain is enough to make the room feel right again. But even on a smaller job in Covina, we’re checking what’s behind the wall. If we find galvanized supply lines that are more scale than steel, we’ll tell you. Replacing them while the wall is open costs less than tearing out new tile later. That’s the kind of judgment call that only comes from working in these specific houses for years.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Covina
We install products from Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT across our window and door work, and we carry the same philosophy into every bathroom: name-brand materials you can look up, not mystery boxes off a van. For bathroom projects, that means Kohler pans, Schluter waterproofing systems, and fixtures from Delta and Moen. If you’re in Covina and you’ve picked out a specific brand before we start, we’ll work with it. If you haven’t, we’ll point you to what holds up in San Gabriel Valley heat and hard water. Either way, the price is in the written scope before we buy anything.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Covina Homes
- Slab cracks from expansive clay. Covina sits on montmorillonite clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. Over 50 to 70 years, that cycle has cracked a lot of original slab foundations in 91722 and 91723. If your bathroom remodel involves moving a drain or setting a shower pan, that crack matters before tile goes down.
- Seized galvanized supply lines. Most 1950s and 1960s Covina homes still have original galvanized pipe. It corrodes from the inside, and by the time you notice low water pressure, the pipes are often half-closed. Any bathroom remodel that opens a wall should include a hard look at whether replacement is warranted now rather than after the tile is set.
- Undersized or missing ventilation. Postwar ranch homes in Covina often had no exhaust fan in the bathroom, just a small window. Without proper ventilation, moisture from hot showers sits in the room and feeds mold inside walls. We add or upgrade exhaust fans on nearly every full remodel we do in this city.
- Tight-lot access problems. Many east-side Covina lots in 91722 have shared driveways and narrow side yards. Dumpster placement, material staging, and delivery routing have to be arranged before demo starts. We handle that coordination, and we confirm it with your neighbors so the job doesn’t stall on a delivery that can’t reach the house.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Covina, CA
Here’s what Covina homeowners can expect, based on the jobs we’ve completed across the city’s three zip codes:
| Service | Covina Price Range |
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| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves you within those ranges: whether the slab needs patching, whether galvanized lines have to go, the tile you choose, and whether we’re moving plumbing or leaving the layout as-is. When we give you a written quote, every allowance is on paper. If something changes, you get a written change order with the new number before we do anything. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come out, walk the bathroom, and hand you a real number, not a guess.
We Also Serve Cities Near Covina
While this page is for homeowners in Covina, our crews also cover Vincent, Charter Oak, Azusa, and Citrus. If you’re just outside the city line, give us a call. Chances are we’re already working a few streets over, and the same clay-soil and aging-foundation issues apply. The estimate is free either way.
Serving Covina, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Covina 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 - Bathroom Remodeling in Covina
No. A full geotechnical soils report is not required for a bathroom remodel that keeps all plumbing and walls in their current locations. What you do need is a contractor who knows how to read the slab itself. We check for existing cracks, especially the diagonal shear cracks common in Covina’s 1950s and 1960s ranch homes, before we set a shower pan or tile over the floor. If we see movement that warrants more investigation, we’ll tell you and bring in the right person. But most bathroom remodels don’t trigger a formal soils report. For an exact answer on your specific bathroom, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll take a look.
It adds cost in two ways: access and coordination. On narrow lots in 91722 with shared driveways, we often have to use smaller dumpsters, hand-carry debris, and pre-arrange delivery windows so a materials truck doesn’t block a neighbor’s access. That time has value, and it appears as a line item on the written estimate, not as a surprise later. On a typical small bathroom remodel in Covina, access constraints might add $400 to $900 compared with a home with a wide side yard and its own driveway. We’ll show you that number in writing before we start.
If your Covina home is a detached single-family house, no party-wall notice is required. Party-wall notices come into play with attached structures like duplexes or townhomes. What we do on every Covina job, regardless of structure type, is notify adjacent neighbors before we start demo, especially on tight lots where dust and noise travel fast. It’s not a legal requirement, but it keeps the job running smoothly. For detached homes, the main legal considerations are the building permit and the city’s noise and work-hour rules, which we handle. If your bathroom does share a wall with a neighbor’s unit, we’ll walk you through the notice process before demo begins.
Because Covina’s housing stock was largely built between 1945 and 1975, when galvanized steel pipe was standard. That pipe corrodes from the inside out, and after 50 to 70 years in the San Gabriel Valley’s hard water, most of it is severely narrowed or actively leaking. When we open a bathroom wall for a remodel and find galvanized lines, we recommend replacing them with PEX or copper while the wall is open. It adds to the cost in the moment, but it’s far cheaper than tearing out new tile to fix a pinhole leak a year later. The replacement cost gets its own line item in the written scope, so you’ll see it before you approve it.
Yes, in many cases. We’ve converted walk-in closets, oversized laundry rooms, and underused hallway spaces into small full or three-quarter bathrooms on Covina ranch homes without adding square footage. The challenges are the slab work for new drain lines and the existing plumbing stack’s capacity. In a 1960s ranch, the main drain line is often cast iron and may need section replacement to handle the added fixture. A small second-bathroom conversion in Covina typically runs between $12,000 and $28,000, depending on where the new fixtures sit relative to existing plumbing. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk the space and tell you what’s feasible before you spend a dime.
If you’re ready to talk about your Covina bathroom, call Tom Barrett and his sons at (877) 610-1318. We’ll come out, look at the slab, open the wall if needed, and give you a written estimate with every allowance on paper. The permit gets pulled, the inspector signs off, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the work when it’s done.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Covina and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley.