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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Palmetto Bay
A bathroom remodel in Palmetto Bay, FL typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000 for a full gut-and-rebuild, with smaller projects like a tub-to-shower conversion landing in the $3,500 to $10,000 range. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve spent nearly three decades remodeling bathrooms throughout Miami-Dade, including Palmetto Bay’s 33158 ZIP. The two things that change your price and timeline more than anything else here are the village’s tree-preservation ordinance and the Miami oolitic limestone sitting six to eight inches below your slab. For a straight answer on your specific bathroom, call Tom Barrett and his sons at (877) 610-1318. We’ll give you a written line-item estimate, not a phone quote you’ll regret.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Palmetto Bay’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We’re an owner-operated company. Tom Barrett founded this business in 1998, and his sons run the crews. You won’t get a national outfit’s call center or a rotating cast of subcontractors who don’t know Palmetto Bay from Palmetto Estates. When we quote a bathroom in Palmetto Bay, we already know the village will want a tree survey before we touch a single root zone, and we know the excavator budget has to account for Miami rock, not sand. That’s not guesswork. That’s the difference between a quote that holds and one that explodes three weeks into rough-in.
Every job we take in Palmetto Bay gets permits pulled and inspections signed. Every scope change and every allowance goes on paper as a written change order before work happens. Tom publishes his name, address, and license number. Look him up. Then call the number and you’ll get a live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail box in another state.
Our reputation in Palmetto Bay is built on showing up when we say we will and standing behind the work. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract: if something isn’t right, one call brings Tom back. We live twenty minutes away. If something’s wrong in your bathroom, we want to know about it before your neighbors hear about it.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Palmetto Bay
These are the four services we do most often in Palmetto Bay. They cover the majority of what homeowners call us about, and they’re where our local knowledge of village rules and Miami rock matters most. For the full picture on what our crews handle, see our Bathroom Remodeling team page.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full bathroom remodel in Palmetto Bay usually means tearing out a 1960s-to-1980s CBS bathroom, replacing the cast-iron drains, moving or expanding the footprint, and rebuilding against Miami-Dade HVHZ wind-load standards. On many of these older Palmetto Bay homes, we find original drain lines set in limestone that was never meant to be moved. We scope the jackhammer time before we quote, so the number we hand you is the number on the final invoice. Finished full remodels in Palmetto Bay run $9,000 to $28,000 depending on size, layout changes, and finish level.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Converting an old tub surround or a dated stand-up shower into a curbless walk-in with frameless glass is one of the most common requests we get from Palmetto Bay homeowners in their 60s and 70s. The slab work is real, not decorative. Moving a shower drain even 14 inches on a CBS slab in Palmetto Bay often means cutting through solid Miami rock. When that drain line crosses into a protected tree’s root zone, the village tree-protection officer gets involved before inspection ever happens. We coordinate both sides and keep the job moving. Walk-in shower installations in Palmetto Bay run $4,500 to $12,000.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
This is the most budget-sensitive remodeling decision we handle, and for good reason. A tub-to-shower conversion in Palmetto Bay runs $3,500 to $10,000, but the spread depends almost entirely on what’s under your slab. If the existing tub drain can be adapted to a center-drain shower pan without relocating it, the job is straightforward. If the drain has to move toward a wall, and that wall sits over Miami rock with a high water table, you’re looking at dewatering pumps and jackhammer rentals. We walk every customer through that before they sign. No surprises, because the allowance is on paper.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Not every Palmetto Bay bathroom needs to be torn to the studs. We install replacements all the time: vanity swaps ($800 to $3,000), tile work, faucet and fixture upgrades, new toilets, new mirrors, new lighting. We carry premium brands like Grohe and Sterling so you can look up exactly what’s going into your home, and we don’t sell mystery off-the-van products. When your bathroom is in a Palmetto Bay house that’s never been updated, we’ll flag whether a simple vanity swap is safe or whether the shutoff valves and supply lines hiding behind that old cabinet need attention first.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Palmetto Bay
Barrett & Sons keeps depth in the brands homeowners around Palmetto Bay recognize and research. In bathrooms, that means Schluter waterproofing systems under our tile, Sterling tubs and shower bases, and Grohe fixtures when you want German engineering without the supply-chain guessing game. We don’t install brands you can’t look up. If we spec a product, we stand behind it, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation. For Palmetto Bay customers who want to swing by a showroom and touch a tile sample before committing, we’ll point you to local suppliers who carry the same product lines we install.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Palmetto Bay Homes
- Cast-iron drains set in solid Miami rock. Most Palmetto Bay homes built before 1980 have original cast-iron waste lines bedded directly in the limestone. Moving them is not a hand-shovel job. We’ve spent full days jackhammering just to relocate a single shower drain 14 inches.
- Village tree-protection stops the work. Palmetto Bay’s tree ordinance is one of the strictest in Miami-Dade. Even an interior bathroom remodel can trigger a required tree survey if the plumbing trench crosses a protected root zone. Skip that step and the village can halt your rough-in until the tree survey and replacement plan are approved.
- The water table floods the trench. Much of the 33158 ZIP sits over groundwater only three to six feet below grade. Any below-slab plumbing work, including a tub-to-shower drain move, can require active dewatering pumps. An out-of-area sub who bids the job without that line item either eats the cost or hits you with a surprise change order.
- HVHZ impact-glazing upgrades. Palmetto Bay sits in Miami-Dade’s high-velocity hurricane zone. If we’re replacing a bathroom window or enlarging a wall opening, code can require upgrading that entire opening to impact-rated glazing. That’s a cost that belongs in the estimate, not in a conversation after inspection day.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Palmetto Bay, FL
Here are real, market-level ranges for the bathroom work we do most in Palmetto Bay. These aren’t national averages; they reflect what it costs to work here, where Miami rock and village tree rules are part of every job. A small powder room refresh might come in under $5,000 if we’re only swapping a vanity and fixtures. A full master bath addition with new plumbing runs toward the top of the range.
| Service | Palmetto Bay Price Range |
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| Bathroom Remodel (full) | $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 number most in Palmetto Bay? Whether a drain has to move, and whether that drain sits over Miami rock or a protected root zone. We put those costs on paper before we start, and every price change after that arrives as a written change order. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate, and we’ll walk the bathroom with you before we hand over any number.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palmetto Bay
Our crews cover the unincorporated neighborhoods around Palmetto Bay, including Cutler, East Perrine, Palmetto Estates, and West Perrine. If you’re on the border, ask about the No Trip Charge Inside the County. For a closer look at how we work across the village and its edge neighborhoods, see what our customers say about Bathroom Remodeling in Palmetto Bay.
Serving Palmetto Bay, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palmetto Bay 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 Palmetto Bay
Usually yes. Palmetto Bay’s oolitic limestone, the “Miami rock” every local contractor knows, sits six to eight inches below the surface across most of the village. If your bathroom sits on a CBS slab from the 1960s through 1980s, the drain is likely bedded directly in that rock. A simple fixture swap that reuses the existing rough-in may breeze through, but relocating a toilet or shower drain even a foot requires a jackhammer day. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you honestly what your drain move will involve before we quote it.
It can. Palmetto Bay’s tree-preservation officer can require a tree survey and protective barriers to be in place before any construction permit is issued, including interior-only bathroom work, if the plumbing run crosses under a protected root zone. On a 1960s ranch near Old Cutler Road, a heritage live oak’s roots extended under the bathroom wall we were opening. The village wanted documentation that the trench wouldn’t cut roots, and we had to coordinate with the tree-protection officer before inspection sign-off. We handle that process on every eligible job, so you don’t get a stop-work order from a step you didn’t know existed. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact answer based on your lot.
Because Palmetto Bay sits in Miami-Dade’s high-velocity hurricane zone, and when a renovation opens a wall enough that the building department sees non-compliant window framing, they can require bringing the entire opening up to HVHZ impact-glazing and wind-load standards. That’s especially common on homes built before Hurricane Andrew’s 1992 code overhaul. It’s not a penalty; it’s the code. We budget for that in the original estimate, not after the inspector calls it out. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll review your windows before you sign anything.
We plan for dewatering pumps from the start. Much of Palmetto Bay’s 33158 ZIP sits over groundwater three to six feet below grade. Cut a trench for a new shower drain on a slab and it can fill with water before the inspector even arrives. We include active dewatering in the estimate when the job calls for it, and we schedule the inspection window around the pump cycle so the trench is dry when the inspector shows up. That’s what “scope in writing” means. For a free estimate on your specific slab, call (877) 610-1318.
If the enclosure is replacing glass within an existing shower opening and the supporting structure isn’t changing, you typically don’t need a new permit for the glass alone. But if the enclosure is part of a walk-in shower conversion that moves plumbing or changes the opening size, the permit is required, and the village will want to see the whole package before the glass goes in. We pull permits on every eligible job. Ask us about your specific frame situation when you call (877) 610-1318. The free estimate covers the answer either way.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Palmetto Bay and surrounding Miami-Dade communities with permits pulled and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every bathroom remodel.
Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free bathroom remodeling estimate in Palmetto Bay. We’ll walk the room, check the slab, check the trees, and hand you a written line-item quote that holds. And remember: we offer a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount, $40 off any repair over $200, and a free second opinion on any written estimate you already have.