Bathroom Remodeling in Converse - Fixed Price, Set Finish Date

Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Converse

If your Converse bathroom has a cracked 1990s tile surround, a shower valve that squeals when the kids get ready for school, or a vanity that’s starting to swell at the base, you’re not alone. Homes across Converse are hitting that twenty-to-thirty-year mark where original bathrooms give out all at once. A full bathroom remodel in Converse typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, depending on the size of the room and whether you’re moving any plumbing. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been walking these homes for long enough to know what hides behind the tile before the first hammer swings. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom or one of his sons will talk through what you’re seeing.

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

We’re not a franchise that flies a crew in from another city. Barrett & Sons is owner-operated, founded in 1998, and Tom Barrett’s name is on the truck and on every contract. When you call about Bathroom Remodeling in Converse, you reach a live person who knows what a 1980s brick-veneer slab home off Toepperwein Road looks like inside. Tom lives close enough that if something’s wrong after the job, he’s the one who comes back. That’s not a tagline. It’s in the written 90-Day Done Right Promise on every bathroom we remodel.

Converse homeowners tell us the same story over and over. The last contractor quoted one price over the phone, then hit them with a change order at the end that doubled the bill. That doesn’t happen here. Every allowance, every scope change, every price adjustment comes to you as a written change order before the work happens. Permits get pulled and inspections get signed on every eligible bathroom remodel in Converse. We publish our license number. You can look it up before you sign anything.

Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Converse

Most of the bathrooms we remodel in Converse fall into a few clear patterns. Older homes off FM 1516 and around Judson ISD often need a full gut, while newer subdivisions near the Randolph AFB side need partial updates and fixture replacements. Here’s what we handle most.

Full Bathroom Remodeling

A full bathroom remodel in Converse usually means taking the room down to the studs and starting fresh. We see a lot of 1990s fiberglass shower-tub combos that have cracked or separated from the wall, letting moisture sit behind the panel for years. We install new waterproofing, new tile, new vanities, and new fixtures, and we pull the permit so the inspector signs off. You get a bathroom that’s built correctly, not just covered up.

Walk-In Showers and Shower Remodeling

Walk-in showers are the most-requested feature in Converse right now, especially for homeowners planning to stay in their homes another fifteen or twenty years. A curb-less shower with a bench and a hand-held sprayer is easier to enter and safer when mobility changes. We build these with proper slope, waterproofing, and recessed niches in Converse homes from $4,500 to $12,000, depending on the tile and glass.

Tub-to-Shower Conversion

If you have one bathroom with a tub you never use, a tub-to-shower conversion opens the room without moving walls. This is one of the smartest remodels for Converse ranch-style and two-story homes from the 1980s and 1990s, where hall baths are often tight. A typical tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000 here, and we handle the demolition, plumbing, waterproofing, tile, and glass.

Vanities, Tile & Fixtures

Sometimes the problem isn’t the whole bathroom. Water-damaged cabinet bases, dated 4×4 tile, and original builder-grade faucets can make a bathroom feel finished long before the shower leaks. We install new vanities in Converse bathrooms from $800 to $3,000, and we work with your existing layout when the plumbing is already in the right place. New tile, new fixtures, new mirror, and the room feels clean again.

Frameless Glass Shower Enclosures

A frameless glass shower enclosure changes how the whole bathroom reads. When Converse homeowners ask us to help with Bathroom Remodeling projects, the glass often comes up as the pieces that makes the space feel larger than it is. We measure, order, and install proper tempered glass with smooth hinges and clean seals. No home-center shower door kits that wobble on the track six months later.

Bathtub Replacement

For Converse households with young kids or grandparents who still prefer a soak, we replace old cast-iron and fiberglass tubs with properly set replacements. Older tubs in Converse homes sometimes sit directly on the slab with little to no support around the edges, and that’s a source of silent leaks. We inspect the floor, level the tub, and tie the drain in correctly before the tile goes back up.

Trusted Brands We Service in Converse

We don’t install materials you can’t look up. For bathroom jobs in Converse, that means name brands from suppliers we’ve worked with for years, not mystery boxes off a van. Cambria for quartz countertops on vanities and tub decks. KraftMaid for vanities and storage. For hardscape and outdoor work in Converse we also lean on Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers. When it’s a bathroom, we write the brand names into your contract so you know exactly what’s going in before we start. If you need a warranty part or a replacement fixture down the road in Converse, we can actually get it. That matters more than people think.

Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Converse Homes

Converse has its own pattern of failures and fixes. Here are the four things we see most when we walk into a bathroom remodel here.

• Slab movement damage. Converse sits on Blackland Prairie expansive clay soils that shrink and swell with our drought-and-deluge weather cycle. In older slab-on-grade homes near FM 1516 and Toepperwein, that movement racks door frames, cracks tile grout lines, and sometimes shifts the floor under a tub. We check the slab before we build on it.
• Original fiberglass shower-tub combos from the 1990s. These were built to a price point for military-family housing near Randolph AFB, and thirty years later the flanges are cracked and the seams are wicking water into the wall cavity. We find hidden mold behind these more often than not.
• Builder-grade vanities with swollen bases. Original particle-board vanities in Converse homes swell when steam and splashed water sit at the toe kick. The doors stop closing, the drawers stick, and the base starts to decompose. We replace with plywood or solid-wood boxes that can handle the humidity.
• Ventilation problems compounding everything else. Many Converse homes built in the 1980s and 1990s have a single small exhaust fan that vents into the attic instead of outside. That pumps warm moist air into the joist bays and down the walls. We flag it on every bathroom remodel, as part of our standard Bathroom Remodeling scope.

Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Converse, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Converse

Barrett & Sons Construction works throughout the northeast San Antonio corridor. If you’re in Windcrest, Universal City, Kirby, or Live Oak, you’re within our regular service area for bathroom remodels. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our San Antonio office, and crews work locally in Converse every week. While we’re on your street, it’s worth knowing we also handle Roofing in Converse and Windows & Doors in Converse, so one call can cover multiple projects on the same house.

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