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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across North Hills
A full bathroom remodel in North Hills typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, with tub-to-shower conversions starting around $3,500 and walk-in shower installations ranging from $4,500 to $12,000. The final price depends mostly on what we find when we open the walls, and that’s the honest truth. Tom Barrett and his sons work North Hills neighborhoods every week, and they answer the phone themselves at (877) 610-1318 when you’re ready for a free estimate.
We know the houses here because we’ve been inside hundreds of them. Post-WWII tract homes on slab foundations, 1960s apartment complexes along the commercial corridors, and the occasional mid-century split-level. Each one hides something different behind the tile, and we’ll tell you what it is before we touch it.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is North Hills’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Barrett & Sons Construction has been owner-operated since 1998. Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number so you can look it up before you sign anything. His sons run the crews that show up in North Hills, which means the people quoting your job are the same people swinging the hammers. No mystery subcontractors, no out-of-state call center, no franchise dispatch.
Every price change on a North Hills job arrives as a written change order before any work happens. If a wall gets opened and there’s a surprise behind it, you approve the number in writing before we spend a dollar of your money. That’s the Barrett way, and it’s the reason our customers in the 91343 and 91393 ZIPs keep calling us back for their next project. Call (877) 610-1318 and a live person picks up, 24/7. Not a voicemail box. Not an automated tree. A person.
We carry the Bathroom Remodeling expertise that matters here: what a 1960s slab-on-grade foundation does to a new shower pan, why original cast-iron tubs rot the subfloor underneath, and what City of Los Angeles inspectors now require once walls are open in a seismic zone. Every eligible job gets permits pulled and inspections signed, because the permit inspector works for you, not for us. That’s why we like him.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in North Hills
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A gut-and-rebuild bathroom in North Hills usually lands between $9,000 and $28,000. We demo down to the studs, correct whatever’s hiding in the framing, then rebuild with new waterproofing, fixtures, tile, and trim. On older North Hills homes, this is where we most often find the earthquake cosmetic patches we’ll talk about further down. You’ll know the full scope before demo starts, because we write the allowances into the contract.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in shower installations in North Hills run $4,500 to $12,000 depending on glass, tile, and what the existing drain and framing look like. We install Schluter waterproofing systems and frameless glass enclosures that hold up to the Valley’s heat swings. No flex, no wicking, no cracks in a year. If the shower sits on an exterior wall of a 1940s or 1950s tract home, we check the sill plate before we set a single tile.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Most North Hills homeowners over 60 want the tub gone and a low-threshold shower in its place. Tub-to-shower conversion here costs $3,500 to $10,000. On 1960s slab homes, we probe for displaced anchor bolts and cracked mudsills before we rough in the new pan, because the last contractor who skipped that step left you a shower that leaks within a year. We won’t.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Vanity installation runs $800 to $3,000 in North Hills, with tile work priced by the square foot based on your layout and material. We stock and install brands you can look up, including Grohe fixtures and Sterling tubs, so you’re never getting a mystery off a van. If you want Cambria or KraftMaid in the bath, we can order it, and you’ll see the line item price before we do.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in North Hills
We install and stand behind materials from Schluter, Grohe, and Sterling because they’re named, warrantied, and tested for the way the San Fernando Valley treats a bathroom. Heat, hard water, and a house that’s moved through more than a few seismic events. When a Grohe valve or a Schluter drain needs warranty attention, we handle the claim for our North Hills customers and get parts fast because we maintain local inventory relationships in the Valley. You won’t wait three weeks for a cartridge while your shower sits dead.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in North Hills Homes
- Earthquake cosmetic patches behind tile. Wall opened, surprise revealed. A stucco patch over a sheared cripple wall from the 1994 Northridge quake, painted to match and forgotten. Untreated, your new tile shower cracks and leaks within a year. We know exactly what to look for in 91343 and 91393 homes.
- Rotted subfloor under original cast-iron tubs. Those 1940s and 1950s tract homes in North Hills were built with cast iron tubs set into wood framing. Fifty or sixty years of slow, invisible tub flange leaks destroy the subfloor. We pull the tub and show you the damage, then price the repair in writing before we continue.
- Displaced anchor bolts and cracked mudsills on slab foundations. North Hills sits less than two miles from the Northridge epicenter. Even homes that look fine have shifted. When we open a bathroom wall and find a cracked mudsill or a bolt that pulled loose in 1994, we stop, show you, and bring in the city inspector’s guidance on the fix. Permit pulled. Work done right.
- Tuck-under parking soft-story complications. North Hills has a dense corridor of 1960s and 1970s apartment buildings along its commercial streets, many with tuck-under parking. If you’re remodeling a bathroom on an upper unit, LA’s soft-story retrofit ordinance can bite. We check the building’s retrofit status before we pull a permit, so you don’t get a stop-work order mid-rough-in.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in North Hills, CA
Here’s the straight answer on North Hills bathroom remodel pricing. A full remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. A small bathroom remodel lands between $5,000 and $12,000. Tub-to-shower conversion is $3,500 to $10,000. Walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 to $12,000. These are honest ranges based on what we’ve actually bid and built in this neighborhood, not a national average pulled off a spreadsheet.
| Service | Typical Range in North Hills |
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| 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 |
What moves the number is what’s behind the walls. Older North Hills homes carry a real chance of hidden framing damage, and we write an allowance into every contract for exactly that. If we find it, you approve the change order in writing before we spend anything. If we don’t, that allowance money stays in your pocket. You’ll also see the permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount applied to your line items, and the Free Second Opinion on any written estimate if another contractor quoted you first. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate at your North Hills home.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Hills
Beyond North Hills, our crews work Northridge, Van Nuys, Valley Glen, and San Fernando on bathroom remodels every month. Same owner-operated crews, same written-change-order guarantee, same 90-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re a few blocks past the city line, you’re still in our service area. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you when we can be out.
Serving North Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Hills 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 North Hills
Opening a single bathroom wall for a remodel will not by itself trigger a mandatory soft-story or non-ductile concrete retrofit on a private single-family home, but it can expose existing structural damage that a city inspector will flag and require you to correct before sign-off. If you’re in a tuck-under-parking apartment building, the building itself may already be on the City of LA’s retrofit list, which is a separate issue. We walk you through what applies before demo starts. Call (877) 610-1318 for a straight answer on your specific property.
We write a structural allowance into every North Hills bathroom contract before work begins, specifically anticipating that opening a 1960s slab-on-grade wall may reveal a cracked mudsill, a sheared cripple wall, or displaced anchor bolts from the 1994 earthquake. When we find it, we stop work, show you the damage, price the correction with input from the city inspector, and get your written approval on a change order before we touch the framing. Nothing moves without your signature. It’s exactly what happened on a recent 1960s tract home near Sepulveda Basin: we opened the wall for a tub-to-shower conversion, found a stucco patch hiding a sheared cripple wall, wrote the allowance, got the change order approved, and reinforced the framing before continuing the rough-in.
Yes. Many 1960s and 1970s tuck-under-parking apartment buildings in North Hills fall under the City of Los Angeles’s mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit ordinance, with phased deadlines based on building specs. If you own a unit in one of these buildings and you want to remodel a bathroom, we check the building’s retrofit status and the permit path before we start, so you don’t end up with a stop-work order partway through. This is one of the reasons we insist on pulling permits on every eligible job here. Get the facts on your building by calling (877) 610-1318.
Yes, a plumbing and building permit is required when you replace a tub with a walk-in shower in North Hills, because you’re altering the drainage, the water supply, and the wall assembly. We pull permits on every eligible job and the inspector signs off before we call it done. It’s not optional, and any contractor who tells you otherwise is setting you up for a problem later. The inspector works for you, not for us. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through what your specific project will need.
Every Barrett & Sons bathroom remodel contract includes a written allowance for structural surprises, because in North Hills two miles from the Northridge epicenter, opening a wall means there’s a real chance of finding a 30-year-old secret. The allowance is priced and written before we start. If we find damage, you approve the exact cost in writing before we do the work. If we find nothing, you pay nothing for that allowance. Every price change arrives as a written change order, before a single nail moves. That’s the guarantee, and it’s written on the contract, not buried in fine print. For a free estimate on your North Hills bathroom, call (877) 610-1318.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction. Serving North Hills and the surrounding San Fernando Valley since 1998.