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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Miramar
A full bathroom remodel in Miramar typically runs $9,000-$28,000, with smaller refreshes and tub-to-shower conversions starting around $3,500-$10,000 depending on what your walls reveal once we open them. We’ve worked in enough 1950s and 1960s CBS ranch homes along Utopia Drive, Miramar Parkway, and the neighborhoods off Douglas Road to know that the real cost driver isn’t the tile or fixtures. It’s what’s behind the drywall and under the slab: missing hurricane straps, aging cast-iron drains, and a water table that sits just a few feet below grade. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk the project with you before any numbers go on paper.
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 on a simple rule: every price change in writing, every permit pulled, every job done right or he comes back. We serve Miramar customers from our South Florida metro office, and the crew that shows up is the crew that does the work. No strangers, no surprises.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Miramar’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Miramar homeowners call us for one reason more than any other: they’ve been burned before. They hired a company that quoted one number on the phone, then handed them a bill with a different number at the door. That doesn’t happen with us because it can’t. Every scope, every allowance, every single change order comes in writing before a hammer swings. If a Miramar inspector flags something after we open a wall, we stop, document it, price it, and bring it to you on paper. You see the number before we do the work.
Tom’s sons run our crews, and Tom himself shows up on job sites in Miramar. Ask anyone on your street about the last contractor they hired; then look up Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number before you sign anything with us. We want you to. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, and that’s exactly why we like having him on the job.
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers from out of state. We answer our own phone, 24 hours a day, with a live person. No voicemail box, no call center. When you call (877) 610-1318, someone who knows Miramar picks up.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Miramar
Every city has its own rhythm for how remodels go. In Miramar’s older 33023 ZIP, that rhythm includes a heavier dose of structural reality than most homeowners expect. These are the services our Miramar customers ask us about most, and how we handle them here.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
This is the most popular bathroom job we do in Miramar, and it’s also the one most likely to uncover structural surprises. Older CBS ranch homes here were built before Hurricane Andrew forced Florida’s 1994 code overhaul. When we open a wall to convert a tub to a walk-in shower, we often find no hurricane clips connecting roof trusses to the concrete block. Under Broward County permit review, that triggers a tie-down retrofit before we can close the wall. In Miramar, a tub-to-shower conversion typically runs $3,500-$10,000, and the difference between the low and high end usually comes down to whether that retrofit is required and how much plumbing rough-in must move.
Walk-In Shower Installation
Walk-in shower installation in Miramar runs $4,500-$12,000. The pre-Andrew housing stock plays a big role in the final number. A curbless shower, for example, requires recessing the shower pan into the floor, and with Miramar’s water table sitting 2-4 feet below grade, that means careful under-slab work and often a new drain line. We’re comfortable with that work because we’ve done it in enough homes along the 33023 corridor to know exactly what the county will want to see.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A complete bathroom remodel in Miramar runs $9,000-$28,000. That’s a wide range, and here’s why: moving a toilet or shower drain in an older slab-on-grade CBS home is a different animal than swapping fixtures in place. The slab is thick, the water table is high, and the existing cast-iron drains from the 1960s are often at the end of their service life. A full remodel that relocates plumbing will land at the higher end. One that keeps the footprint and upgrades everything in place will land lower. Either way, every Miramar job starts with a written scope and a line-item quote, not a ballpark guess.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
We install bathroom vanities in Miramar for $800-$3,000, and we’re happy to source the brands you want rather than whatever is sitting on our shelf. Tile and fixture work is where most “budget” remodelers in Miramar cut corners: they use thinset that isn’t rated for South Florida humidity, or they skip waterproofing behind the shower wall. We use premium materials by name. You can look them up. If you’re doing a Bathroom Remodeling project and you care about what’s behind the tile as much as what’s on top of it, you’re our kind of customer.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Miramar
We don’t install mystery brands off the back of a van. For bathroom work in Miramar, we work with materials you can research before we ever write a contract. Kohler and Moen for fixtures, Schluter for waterproofing systems, and Oldcastle and Quikrete products where concrete and underlayment matter. When you’re dealing with Miramar’s humidity, a 60-year-old slab, and a county inspector who wants to see load paths and waterproofing details, the product names matter. We’ll put every brand name in writing before work starts.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Miramar Homes
We’ve lost count of how many Miramar bathrooms we’ve opened, but we can tell you exactly what we keep finding:
- Missing hurricane straps on trusses: In the older CBS blocks of 33023, it’s common to open a bathroom wall during a remodel and find zero hurricane clips or straps connecting the roof to the block. This is a pre-Andrew construction norm that now fails Broward permit review, which means a cosmetic job instantly becomes a structural retrofit. We plan for this in the initial quote, so the change order doesn’t blindside you later.
- Aging cast-iron drain lines under the slab: Homes from the 1950s-1970s in Miramar frequently still have original cast-iron drain lines, and many are rusting through. We’ve seen lines collapse the moment we pull a toilet flange. If a full remodel is in the cards, we’ll scope a camera inspection so you know what’s under the slab before we commit to a number.
- Water table conflicts with curbless showers: Miramar sits on South Florida’s limestone shelf, and the water table can rise within 2-4 feet of grade. Trying to sink a curbless shower pan without accounting for that is a recipe for a flooded bathroom. We handle the under-slab plumbing and drainage correctly the first time, because redoing it costs triple.
- Federal Pacific and Zinsco electrical panels: A surprising number of older Miramar homes still have these aging panels. A bathroom remodel that adds a dedicated circuit for a heated floor or a steam shower often reveals a panel that can’t safely support the new load. We’ll flag it, and we’ll quote the panel upgrade in writing before we touch the bathroom wiring.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Miramar, FL
Here’s what you can expect to pay for bathroom work in Miramar, based on the jobs we’ve scoped and completed in the 33023 ZIP:
| Service | Typical Price Range in Miramar |
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| Full 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 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800-$3,000 |
The single biggest swing factor in a Miramar bathroom remodel is whether the walls hide pre-Andrew structural gaps. If your home has never had a hurricane-strap retrofit, and we open a wall to find the trusses sitting loose on the block, that’s a required upgrade under Broward permit review. It adds cost, but it’s not optional, and any contractor who skips it is leaving you with a bathroom that won’t stand up to the next storm. Our quotes account for this from day one, not as a surprise at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate with line items, not a range thrown across the table.
We also honor a permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount on every Miramar bathroom remodel. You earned it, and we don’t make you ask twice.
We Also Serve Cities Near Miramar
While this page is focused on Bathroom Remodeling in Miramar, our crews regularly work in the neighboring communities of Andover, West Park, Hollywood, and West Hollywood. Each area has its own housing stock and code quirks, and we know them all. If you’re just outside the Miramar line, give us a call and we’ll tell you straight whether we can help.
Serving Miramar, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miramar 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 Miramar
Because Miramar’s older 33023 homes were built before Hurricane Andrew, and many have no hurricane straps connecting roof trusses to concrete block walls. When we open a wall for a tub-to-shower conversion, Broward County requires that structural gap to be corrected before we can close it up. That retrofit adds labor and materials that a homeowner in a newer city wouldn’t face. We quote for the possibility up front so you’re never surprised. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact number on your home.
Yes. In Miramar’s 33023 ZIP, any relocation of a toilet or shower drain requires a permit, and the inspector will verify the structural integrity of the walls we opened to do the plumbing. We pull permits on every eligible job without exception. The last contractor most Miramar homeowners used told them permits were optional; we’ll show you the signed permit before we start work.
In most cases, yes, but it depends on the floor structure. The 1950s-1970s CBS slab homes in Miramar typically need a reinforced floor area to support a filled freestanding tub, and that means concrete work above the water table constraints we deal with on every under-slab job here. We’ll scope it, tell you if your slab can take it, and give you a number in writing before you buy the tub. Estimates are free at (877) 610-1318.
The inspector will require a tie-down retrofit before the permit is signed off, and that work becomes part of your bathroom remodel scope. We’ve handled this on too many Miramar jobs to count: we pause rough-in, add the required straps, schedule the inspection, and finish the bathroom after the inspector signs. We scope this possibility into the quote from the start. If a contractor tells you straps aren’t required, walk away and call us instead.
We plan the under-slab drain work around Miramar’s 2-4 foot water table from the first site visit. That means proper slope, a correctly placed drain line, and waterproofing that’s rated for South Florida’s humidity and groundwater pressure. Skipping any of that turns a curbless shower into a flood risk inside a year. We’ve done this in enough Miramar slabs to know what works; we’ll show you the plan before we cut concrete. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Miramar, FL and communities across South Florida since 1998.