Bathroom Remodeling in Elgin - Fixed Price, Set Finish Date

Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Elgin

A full bathroom remodel in Elgin typically runs $9,000-$28,000 depending on scope, footprint, and whether you’re updating fixtures or tearing out to the studs. Most projects we handle in the 78621 ZIP code land between $12,000 and $19,000 for a mid-range master or hall bath. If you’re planning a remodel and want a written line-item quote instead of a phone estimate that drifts, call Tom Barrett’s team at (877) 610-1318.

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We know Elgin’s houses because we’ve worked on them. The older downtown homes off Main Street and the newer subdivisions around FM 1704 throw different problems at you, and a bathroom that hasn’t been touched since the 1980s needs a different plan than one that’s barely ten years old. If you want someone who will show up, look at what’s behind the tile, and tell you straight what it’ll take, you’re calling the right crew.

Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Elgin’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company

Barrett & Sons has been owner-operated since 1998, and Tom Barrett’s sons are the ones on-site most days in Elgin. That’s not a franchise dispatching strangers. It’s a family that’s built a reputation in Central Texas by answering the phone with a live person, putting every price change on paper before it happens, and coming back if something isn’t right. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract. One call brings Tom back, and that’s a promise he’s kept across hundreds of jobs.

Elgin homeowners tell us the same story: a national company quoted one number, then the bill didn’t match. We don’t work that way. Scope in writing, allowances in writing, change orders in writing. Before a single nail moves, you’ll see the number. And the permit inspector works for you, not for me, which is why we pull permits on every eligible job and get the final inspection signed. Look up the license number yourself. Tom publishes it.

Response time to Elgin matters. We coordinate scheduling from our Austin metro office, but crews serve Elgin directly, and a live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail box. No out-of-state call center. If you call (877) 610-1318 at 9 p.m. with a question about your bathroom quote, you’ll talk to a person who can actually do something about it.

Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Elgin

Our Bathroom Remodeling team handles everything from a half-bath refresh near Elgin Memorial Park to a full primary suite teardown on the east side of town. Here’s what Elgin homeowners call us for most.

Full Bathroom Remodeling

We take the room down to the studs when needed, move plumbing if the layout fights you, re-level subfloors that have settled, and rebuild it with materials you can look up by name. In Elgin’s older brick and wood-frame homes, we regularly find subfloor rot around tubs and vanities, and that gets addressed before we lay the first row of tile. You’ll see a written scope before we start, and any discovery work comes as a written change order, not a surprise.

Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling

Walk-in shower installation in Elgin typically runs $4,500-$12,000 depending on size, glass, and whether we’re waterproofing a standard alcove or building a curbless, barrier-free floor. We use Schluter waterproofing systems on most shower builds, and we put down a flood test before tile goes in. The clay-heavy soil under western Elgin shrinks and swells with the seasons, which means any shower pan has to be dimensionally stable from day one or you’ll be chasing grout cracks in five years.

Tub-to-Shower Conversion

A tub-to-shower conversion in Elgin runs $3,500-$10,000. That’s one of the most common projects we do for homeowners over 50 who want a low-threshold entry and a bench, not a high tub wall to climb over. In the post-2015 tract homes around SH 95, we see a lot of fiberglass tub surrounds that flex and pull caulk loose within a few years. We replace those with a properly waterproofed Schluter base and tile that stays put.

Vanities, Tile & Fixtures

Whether it’s a vanity swap, a full tile package, or new fixtures in an existing layout, we quote line by line. Vanity installation runs $800-$3,000. Tile work depends on square footage and material, but we’ll hand you item numbers, not vague allowances. Around Elgin, homeowners tend to ask for Grohe fixtures and easy-clean surfaces because the Central Texas water can be hard on cheap brass. We’d rather install a brand you can Google and a finish that’ll hold up.

Trusted Brands We Service in Elgin

You shouldn’t have to guess what material went into your bathroom. We carry and install premium brands like Schluter for waterproofing, Sterling for tubs and shower bases, and Grohe for fixtures, because a name you can verify matters more than a mystery product off the back of a van. When you’re in the 78621 and need a specific replacement part or a finish match, we can track it down faster than someone driving in from outside the county with whatever’s in the truck. You get brand names, item numbers, and a written list of what’s going in your house.

Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Elgin Homes

• Expansive clay soil stress on slabs and plumbing. Elgin’s western half sits on Blackland Prairie Vertisols, clay that heaves in wet winters and shrinks in drought. We’ve seen supply lines for toilets and vanities shift and leak at the slab penetration after a dry summer. That’s why we inspect the mechanical rough-in before we close any wall.
• Failed waterproofing in showers built without a proper system. Older Elgin homes, especially the downtown early-1900s stock and the first wave of 1990s additions, often have cement-board showers with no surface membrane. We open those walls and find stud rot behind the tile. We tear it out and start with a Schluter system, not another layer of mastic.
• Ventilation problems that turn bathrooms into mold boxes. A lot of Elgin homes, both old and new, have undersized exhaust fans or none at all. In a Central Texas summer, a shower that doesn’t vent properly will peel paint and grow mildew in six months. We spec fan CFM for the actual room volume and vent to the exterior, not into the attic.
• Tract-home fiberglass surrounds that flex and fail. In the subdivisions off FM 1704 and SH 95, we see the same builder-grade tub surrounds cracking at the corners within a few years. The acrylic flexes, the caulk joint tears, and water gets behind the wall. It’s not a caulk problem. It’s a material problem, and replacing it with a rigid waterproofed surround fixes it permanently.

Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Elgin, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Elgin

Barrett & Sons crews work throughout eastern Travis and Bastrop counties. Along with Elgin, we serve Manor, Hornsby Bend, Pflugerville, and Taylor, and the same written-quote rules apply everywhere. If your home needs Roofing in Elgin or Windows & Doors in Elgin before or after the bathroom work, we handle those trades too with the same permit and paperwork standards.

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