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A full bathroom remodel in Plano typically runs $9,000-$28,000, and a small bathroom or tub-to-shower conversion lands between $3,500 and $12,000 depending on scope and whether the job touches the slab. Most of our Plano work is in 75074 and 75075, where houses from the 1970s through 1990s are hitting the age where original baths need real work, not touch-ups. We schedule quickly, stage on cramped 1980s cul-de-sac lots without blocking a neighbor’s driveway, and walk every job with a written scope before a single tile comes up. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come look at your bathroom, your slab, and your access, then hand you a number that holds up.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Plano’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and put his name on the truck. His sons run crews across Plano daily, which means the person you talk to at the estimate is connected by blood to the person swinging the hammer. We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers from three counties over. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. It’s published, along with Tom’s name and address. That’s how we’ve operated for 29 years.
Plano homeowners tell us the same story: a national outfit quoted one number on the phone, then handed them a different invoice after the drywall was open. We don’t work that way. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. If a drain move turns out to require GPR scanning and a core drill, you’ll see that cost on paper before we cut concrete. Not after.
Our Plano customers call about cramped guest baths in 75075, 1980s primary suites in 75074, and aging tub surrounds in 75086. We know those homes. We know the post-tension slabs under them. And we back every completed bathroom with the written 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Plano
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full gut remodel in Plano usually means opening walls in a house built between 1975 and 1995, dealing with cast-iron drain lines, and often relocating at least one fixture on a post-tension slab. We plan around that from the first walkthrough. You’ll get a line-item scope, a start date, and a finish date, and you’ll know what brand of tile, valve, and vanity you’re paying for before we start.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in shower remodels are the most common request we get in Plano’s 75074 and 75075 zip codes. Owners want to remove a fiberglass insert that’s yellowed and cracked and replace it with a tiled, curbless shower. If the drain needs to move, we map the post-tension tendons first. That step is not optional here, and we don’t skip it.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
A tub-to-shower conversion in Plano typically runs $3,500-$10,000. The range depends mostly on whether we can reuse the existing drain location or need to saw-cut the slab to move it. We’ve done enough of these in Plano’s 1980s subdivisions to know what the slab looks like before we open it, and we’ll tell you honestly what the drain relocation adds to the quote.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Sometimes the bones are fine and the bathroom just needs a new vanity, floor tile, and fixtures. That work in Plano starts around $800 for a vanity install and climbs with your tile selection. We carry premium-brand lines and can order what your design calls for, but we’ll also tell you if a mid-range porcelain tile will hold up as well as the imported stuff in a guest bath nobody uses.
Small Bathroom Remodels
Plano’s 1970s and 1980s tract homes often have powder rooms and hall baths under 40 square feet. A small bathroom remodel here runs $5,000-$12,000. The challenge is almost never the finishes; it’s fitting a modern vanity, a code-compliant toilet, and proper ventilation into a space designed before anybody cared about those things. We’ve solved that layout puzzle in dozens of Plano homes.
If you’re considering a larger renovation beyond the bath, our Bathroom Remodeling team handles the full scope, and we regularly coordinate with owners planning a kitchen or addition at the same time. For a closer look at the areas we serve around Plano, see our Bathroom Remodeling in Plano page for local project examples and neighborhoods.
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 Plano
We install materials you can look up, not mystery brands off a van. In Plano bathrooms, that means plumbing fixtures from Delta and Moen, tile from manufacturers with real warranties, and engineered stone from Cambria when the vanity calls for it. We don’t push one brand on every job. We spec what fits your budget and the wear your household will put on the room, and we put every brand name in writing before you sign.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Plano Homes
- Post-tension slab surprises. Plano sits on Blackland Prairie clay that shrinks and heaves through drought and rain, so nearly every single-family home is built on a post-tension concrete slab. Move a drain without locating the tendons first, and you can sever a cable and trigger a slab failure plus a City of Plano stop-work order. We GPR-scan before every core drill or saw cut in a bathroom.
- Original cast-iron drain lines. Homes built in Plano’s growth decades from the 1970s through the 1990s often still have cast-iron waste lines under the slab. They rust from the inside, and by the time the bathroom shows it, the pipe may need replacement, not patching. We inspect the line before we promise a finish date.
- Tight lots and touchy HOA rules. Plano subdivisions were built dense. A dumpster that blocks a neighbor’s driveway or a material pile that spills onto a shared easement will land you a complaint and possibly an HOA fine. We plan staging around your specific lot and put hours in writing so crews aren’t running loud tools before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
- Winter Storm Uri damage still showing up. The February 2021 freeze froze supply lines and waste traps in thousands of Plano bathrooms. We’re still finding slow leaks and rotted subflooring in homes that looked fine from the outside. If your bathroom smells musty or the tile feels soft near the tub, it’s worth a look.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Plano, TX
Here’s what we quote in Plano, based on the homes we actually work in here. These are real ranges from our written estimates, not internet averages.
| Service | Typical Plano Range |
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| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000-$28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000-$12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500-$10,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500-$12,000 |
What moves the number on a Plano bathroom is almost always the slab and the drain location. A tub-to-shower conversion where the drain stays put is on the low end. The same visual result where the drain moves two feet means GPR scanning, core drilling, and slab repair, and it pushes toward the high end. We’ll walk you through that math before you commit. Free estimates for Plano homeowners. Call (877) 610-1318.
We Also Serve Cities Near Plano
Crews serve Plano and the surrounding communities, including Lucas, Allen, Murphy, and Sachse. Many of those homes sit on the same Blackland Prairie clay and post-tension slabs we work with daily in Plano, so the prep work and the pricing logic carry over. If you’re a few minutes outside the city line, we’ll come take a look and quote it the same way.
Serving Plano, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Plano 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 Plano
Yes. Moving a drain in a post-tension slab requires a City of Plano permit, and the work will be inspected. We pull the permit on every eligible job, and we won’t touch the slab until the tendon locations are mapped. Call (877) 610-1318 if you’re unsure whether your project triggers a permit; we’ll tell you straight.
Plano’s setback rules depend on your zoning and subdivision plat, but many 1980s tracts have side-yard setbacks of 5 to 10 feet, and enlarging a bathroom outward usually means staying inside those lines or filing for a variance. We check your plat before we design the addition so you’re not paying for a plan that gets rejected. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free look at your lot.
If the bathroom shares a wall with an adjacent unit or a neighboring home, yes, party-wall notice is the neighborly and often legally required step before demolition starts. In Plano’s denser subdivisions, we post notice and talk to the neighbor before saws run. It keeps the job moving and the block quiet. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.
Plano’s noise ordinance generally restricts loud construction work to daytime hours, and we schedule noisy demo and rough-in between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., often narrower on weekends depending on the subdivision. We put work hours in your written scope up front. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk the schedule with you.
Because working on a post-tension slab safely requires GPR scanning to locate the tendons before any concrete is cut, plus careful core drilling and slab repair afterward. That’s a real cost that contractors from outside Plano sometimes omit, then add back as a surprise. We show it as a line item from the first written estimate. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote, free.
How Plano’s Slab and Tight Lots Shape Every Bathroom We Quote
If there’s one thing that separates a Plano bathroom estimate from a bathroom estimate in a city built on sandy soil, it’s what’s under the floor. Plano sits squarely on the Blackland Prairie, where expansive clay shrinks in summer drought and swells in spring rain. The result is that virtually every single-family home in this city is on a post-tension concrete slab, and that slab is not something you casually cut into. In Plano’s 1980s subdivisions, the tendon layout drawings were often never filed or have been lost entirely, so city-savvy contractors bring in a GPR scanner before any core drill or saw cut. Skipping that step has produced severed tendons, slab failures, and City of Plano stop-work orders. We scan first, every time. It adds a line item to the estimate, and it saves you from a failed foundation and a halted job.
The second thing that defines Plano work is lot size. These are dense suburban tracts from the 1970s through the 1990s: tight side yards, narrow access, HOA covenants, and neighbors close enough to hear a tile saw from two houses down. A bathroom remodel here isn’t just about the room. It’s about where the dumpster goes, how materials get from the truck to the house without crossing a neighbor’s flower bed, and whether the rough-in crew starts at 6:30 or 7:00. We stage on your driveway and tarp the walk path. We keep the job clean because the neighbor watching through the fence is the same neighbor who’ll complain if the site looks abandoned, and the same neighbor who might refer you to us next spring.
On a 1980s-era home in the 75074 zip, we converted a tub to a walk-in shower, which meant moving the drain line and saw-cutting the post-tension slab. Before any concrete work, our crew brought in a GPR scanner to map the tendons, then core-drilled safely, keeping the slab intact. With the bathroom on a shared wall, we also posted party-wall notices and scheduled noisy rough-in work within Plano’s permitted hours, so the neighbors stayed cooperative through inspection sign-off. That’s not a special service. That’s just how we do every bathroom in Plano.
Get a Free Plano Bathroom Remodeling Estimate
Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll schedule a walkthrough at your Plano home. We’ll check the slab, the drain layout, the access, and the neighbors. Then we’ll hand you a written scope with real numbers and the brands spelled out. Estimates are free, and the Senior & Veteran 10% discount applies automatically to qualifying homeowners. A live person answers, 24/7, not an out-of-state call center.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Plano since 1998.