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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Oakland Park
A full bathroom remodel in Oakland Park typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, depending on whether you’re doing a cosmetic refresh or gutting a 1960s CBS ranch bathroom down to the block. Small bathrooms in the 33334 zip code usually land between $5,000 and $12,000. Most Oakland Park jobs take three to six weeks once permits clear. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a written line-item quote before any hammer swings.
We know Oakland Park homes because we’ve opened enough of them up. The original cast-iron drains, the jalousie windows that leaked for thirty years, the slab floors with no room to move a toilet six inches without saw-cutting. We’re not learning on your house. We’ve been serving Oakland Park homeowners long enough to know what a bathroom on NW 44th Street is hiding versus one along the Dixie Highway corridor.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Oakland Park’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett founded Barrett & Sons in 1998, and his sons still run the crews that show up in Oakland Park. That’s not marketing. When you call (877) 610-1318, a live person answers, and the person who signs your estimate is the same one who walks your bathroom before we start. No franchise dispatcher, no out-of-state call center.
Oakland Park homeowners call us for two reasons. First, we put every price change in writing before work proceeds. If we open your wall and find rotted framing, you get a change order with a number on it. You approve it, or we don’t do it. There is no end-of-job invoice surprise. Second, we pull permits on every eligible job and we like the inspector showing up. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
Every Oakland Park bathroom remodel we finish is backed by our 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on the contract. If something isn’t done right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call. We also offer a permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Oakland Park
Full Bathroom Remodeling
We gut it, rebuild it, and pull the permits. On Oakland Park’s slab-on-grade CBS homes, that usually means saw-cutting the floor for a new shower drain, updating the vent stack, and bringing the electrical up to current Florida code. Expect the full job to run $9,000 to $28,000 depending on size and finish level. We’ll walk you through material allowances for tile, vanity, and fixtures before we start, so the allowance is on paper from day one.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in shower installation in Oakland Park runs $4,500 to $12,000. If your current shower sits on a concrete slab, we’ll cut the floor to move or size the drain, then build the waterproof pan correctly. We use pitched mud beds or solid-surface pans, never a caulked-together fiberglass insert that leaks in two years. On second-floor bathrooms in the few two-story homes off Andrews Avenue, we check joist condition before we commit to a tile bed.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
A tub-to-shower conversion in Oakland Park runs $3,500 to $10,000. Most of the 1950s and 1960s ranch bathrooms we see have a tub-shower combo that eats square footage. Swapping it for a curbless or low-curb shower opens the room visually, and for homeowners in their 60s and 70s, it removes a trip hazard. We handle the drain relocation, the valve upgrade, and the waterproofing so the inspector signs off the first time.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Vanity installation alone runs $800 to $3,000 in Oakland Park, including plumbing hookup and disposal of the old unit. Tile work is priced by the square foot and the substrate. Here’s the thing about these older CBS homes: the walls are often out of square by half an inch or more. We float and true the walls before tile goes up, because a six-inch subway tile will show every wave. Fixture replacement, from fill valves to full rough-in valve swaps, gets quoted the same way everything else does. In writing.
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 Oakland Park
We install and service fixtures and materials you can look up, not mystery brands off a van. We regularly work with Moen, Delta, and Kohler plumbing fixtures, Schluter and Wedi waterproofing systems, and premium tile from Daltile and Emser. If you’re doing a vanity upgrade, we can order cabinet-depth units built for small Florida bathrooms. Because we live nearby, we can get replacement parts for Oakland Park homes without driving across three counties.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Oakland Park Homes
- Rotted subfloor under wet walls. Decades of jalousie-window leaks and unventilated bathrooms leave the framing around old tubs soft. By the time you smell it, the bottom plate is gone.
- Slab-on-grade plumbing constraints. Oakland Park’s CBS homes sit on monolithic slabs with drains cast in place. Moving a toilet or shower drain means saw-cutting concrete, and that changes the quote. We scope it before we start, not after.
- Cloth-wrapped wiring. Original 1950s and 1960s electrical with no ground is common in the 33334 zip. Once walls are open, the inspector will require it upgraded. We write that allowance into the contract on day one.
- No roof-to-wall hurricane strapping. If your remodel crosses Broward County’s substantial improvement threshold, the entire structure can be required to meet current wind-mitigation code. We run that check before you spend a dime on demo.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Oakland Park, FL
Here’s where most Oakland Park homeowners get burned by other contractors: they get a lowball phone number, then a series of change orders once the old bathroom is opened up. We do it backward. We walk the bathroom first, check the slab, check the wiring, check the flood zone flag on the property, and then we put a real number on paper.
Actual line-item pricing for Oakland Park:
| Service | Oakland Park Price Range |
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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 |
What moves the price: square footage, whether we’re saw-cutting slab, the condition of the framing hidden in the walls, and whether the job pulls a substantial-improvement trigger. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you an exact line-item quote for your specific Oakland Park home. Estimates are free, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
The Oakland Park Substantial Improvement Flip No One Warns You About
Before we scope any bathroom remodel in Oakland Park, we run a flood-zone and substantial-improvement check on the parcel. Here’s why it matters, and it’s the thing most contractors here won’t mention until you’re mid-demo.
Oakland Park’s residential core is dominated by 1950s to 1970s concrete block ranch homes built decades before the post-Hurricane Andrew 1992 Florida Building Code overhaul. That means no roof-to-wall hurricane strapping, no impact-rated openings, and in many cases, original flat or low-slope built-up roofs. Now take a modest $12,000 bathroom remodel. If the assessed structure value on your Oakland Park home is, say, $90,000, and the total cost of work including that remodel crosses 50% of the structure’s assessed value, Broward County now treats the project as a substantial improvement. Suddenly your four-week bathroom job becomes a full Florida Building Code compliance project: wind-mitigation retrofits, impact-rated window replacement, flood vents, possibly more.
We saw this on a 1960s CBS ranch off NW 44th Street. We opened the bathroom wall to find original cloth-wrapped wiring, rotted subfloor from years of jalousie-window leaks, and no roof-to-wall hurricane strapping. Our general contractor wrote a change order for the rewire and the framing repairs, added an allowance for impact-rated window replacement, and got inspection sign-off on the rough-in before closing anything up. Punch list done in six weeks. The bill was what the change orders said it would be. That’s how we handle it: inspection first, allowances written into the contract, and any surprise priced and approved in writing before we touch it.
The alternative is the contractor who ignores the substantial-improvement trigger, starts demo, and then abandons the job when the city halts the permit. We won’t put you there. We run the check first. If your small bathroom remodel in Oakland Park stays under the threshold, good. If it doesn’t, you’ll know on day one, not day twenty.
We Also Serve Cities Near Oakland Park
Our crews run throughout Broward County, so if you’re next door in North Andrews Gardens, Wilton Manors, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, or Sunrise, we’re already in your neighborhood. Same live-person phone, same written change-order policy. If you’re specifically looking for Bathroom Remodeling help, or want to know more about what we do in Oakland Park, call us at (877) 610-1318.
Serving Oakland Park, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Oakland Park 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 Oakland Park
It can, and you need to know before you start. Oakland Park’s older CBS homes often have low assessed structure values, so even a $12,000 to $15,000 bathroom remodel can push total work past the 50% threshold that triggers full Florida Building Code wind-mitigation and flood-vent compliance. We run the flood-zone and substantial-improvement check before we scope anything. If the trigger is in play, we tell you what it means in dollars before demo starts. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll run your address.
The three we see most are rotted framing from decades of jalousie-window leaks, cloth-wrapped wiring with no ground, and slab-on-grade drain locations that make moving a toilet or shower expensive. On CBS homes off Dixie Highway and Andrews Avenue, the wall plates are often punky at the tub line. We inspect for these before quoting, and the quote includes allowances for what we expect to find. If we find more, you get a written change order, not a surprise invoice.
We write a change order. Every time, no exceptions. The change order lists exactly what was found, what it costs, and what it adds to the timeline. You sign it, it goes on the contract, and then the work proceeds. If you don’t sign it, we don’t do the work. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. That’s not how we work in Oakland Park or anywhere else.
Yes, for nearly any bathroom remodel that involves plumbing, electrical, structural changes, or waterproofing. Oakland Park and Broward County both enforce permit requirements, and a licensed contractor who tells you permits are optional is doing you a disservice. We pull permits on every eligible job and we like the inspector showing up. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
Usually not. Jalousie windows in Oakland Park’s older homes were the original bathroom ventilation, and most no longer meet current building code for impact resistance or energy efficiency. If your bathroom remodel involves opening walls or changes to exterior openings, the inspector will flag the jalousies. We include an allowance for impact-rated window replacement in the contract so it’s priced from the start. Call (877) 610-1318 for a quote on your specific bathroom.
Get Your Oakland Park Bathroom Remodeling Estimate
We’re not the cheapest bid in Oakland Park and we won’t pretend to be. We’re the one that stands behind the number on the paper. Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number are published and verifiable. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. Then call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your bathroom with you, run the checks, and write you a real scope. Free estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a 10% Senior & Veteran discount on the top.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Oakland Park and Broward County since 1998.