Bathroom Remodeling in Port Isabel - Fixed Price, Set Finish Date

Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Port Isabel

A full bathroom remodel in Port Isabel typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 depending on size, fixtures, and what’s hiding behind the walls. Most projects take two to four weeks once we start, and every job begins with a written scope and a pulled permit. If you’re planning a bathroom remodel in Port Isabel, call us at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk the space with you before quoting a single number. We’ve been opening up bayside bathrooms long enough to know the salt air writes its own punch list.

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Tom Barrett started Barrett & Sons Construction in 1998, and the framing crews you’ll see on a Port Isabel job are his sons and their teams – not strangers dispatched from an out-of-state office. We coordinate scheduling from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but when a crew shows up in 78578, they answer to the Barrett name. That’s why every price change lands in writing before a nail moves, and why the permit inspector signs off before we ever call a job done.

Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Port Isabel’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company

Port Isabel homeowners have spent decades watching national outfits quote one price on the phone and hand over a different invoice at the door. We don’t work that way. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number – look any of it up before you sign. A live person answers our phone around the clock, not a voicemail box. When you call about a bathroom remodel in Port Isabel, you talk to someone who can actually answer your question, not a call center reading a script.

Our Bathroom Remodeling crews know what the Laguna Madre does to a house. That’s not marketing chatter. It’s the difference between a contractor who knows to spec stainless hardware from day one and one who learns about salt corrosion when the inspector fails the rough-in. Our customers in Port Isabel come from referrals up and down South Garcia Street, along State Highway 100, and through the older neighborhoods west of the lighthouse. They stay because we document everything and stand behind the work with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call.

Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Port Isabel

Full Bathroom Remodeling

A full gut-and-rebuild in Port Isabel means we’re working inside homes built anywhere from the 1950s to last year, and the two require very different approaches. Older cottages near the waterfront often have framing that predates modern wind-load codes, corroded connectors, and waterproofing that was old when the current homeowner bought the place. We scope it all: demo, rough-in, waterproofing with coastal-rated materials, tile, fixtures, and trim. You get one written quote that covers the whole job, plus allowances in writing for the materials you haven’t picked yet.

Walk-In Shower Installation

Walk-in showers are the most requested upgrade in Port Isabel bathrooms, and for good reason. They’re easier to enter, easier to clean, and when framed and waterproofed correctly, they hold up to the humidity and salt exposure better than a tub surround ever will. We install curbless and low-curb showers with proper slope, membrane waterproofing, and stainless fasteners throughout. A walk-in shower installation in Port Isabel runs $4,500 to $12,000, and we handle the pan, drain, valves, and tile as one written scope.

Tub-to-Shower Conversion

Taking out a tub and putting in a shower changes the footprint, the drain slope, and often the venting – and in an older Port Isabel cottage, it almost always reveals framing that needs attention before tile goes up. Our tub-to-shower conversions run $3,500 to $10,000 and include moving the drain line if needed, re-framing the valve wall, and waterproofing the entire surround before a single tile is set. We pull the permit, we handle the inspection, and any change to the scope arrives as a written change order first.

Vanities, Tile & Fixtures

Not every Port Isabel bathroom needs a full gut. Sometimes you need a new vanity, vessel sink, tile floor, and a shower valve that doesn’t scream when you turn it. We install vanities from $800 to $3,000, and we carry premium brand lines you can look up before we cut a check – not mystery brands off a van. Tile, mirrors, lighting, grab bars, and trim all go in with the same permits-pulled, written-scope approach as our full remodels. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, so every fixture and finish gets priced in writing before we order it.

Trusted Brands We Service in Port Isabel

We install windows and doors from Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT – the coastal-rated brands that hold up to Cameron County wind requirements and the salt air rolling off the Laguna Madre. For a bathroom remodel, that often means a PGT impact-rated window that’s been sized and flashed correctly for a wall that sees driven rain during hurricane season. We stock local parts for Port Isabel customers and don’t ask you to wait on a shipment from across the country when a common valve or fixture fails mid-job. If we’re already in your home, we’re not going to hold the project up over a part we could have ordered last week.

Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Port Isabel Homes

• Corroded galvanized framing and connectors. The Laguna Madre’s hypersaline air chews through standard galvanized steel in as little as 10 to 15 years. Opening an older bathroom wall often means finding ties and straps that are rusted to dust, and code-savvy remodels replace them with stainless hardware throughout.
• Undersized framing that predates wind-load codes. Many 1950s-1970s Port Isabel cottages were framed for a different era of building code. When we open a wall or floor for plumbing, we regularly find joists that aren’t sized for today’s wind and load requirements. That’s a permit trigger, not a cosmetic issue.
• Failed waterproofing behind old tile. Decades of shower steam in a salt-air environment destroys standard drywall and thin-set that wasn’t meant for coastal humidity. We tear out failed waterproofing and rebuild with membrane systems and backer board rated for continuous moisture exposure.
• Flood-zone complications when moving fixtures. Relocating a bathroom to a lower level in a FEMA AE or VE zone can trigger elevation and floodplain review that the previous contractor never mentioned. We pull the permit and run the inspection before any walls close, so you’re not stuck with a finished room that won’t pass.

Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Port Isabel, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Port Isabel

Our crews serve Port Isabel and the surrounding communities along the Laguna Madre, including Los Fresnos, Cameron Park, Cameron Park Colonia, and Brownsville. The coastal conditions are a little different fifteen miles inland, but the approach doesn’t change: permits pulled, allowances in writing, stainless hardware where salt air demands it, and the Barrett name on every job.

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