Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Corte Madera
Bathroom remodeling in Corte Madera typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 for a full renovation, and most projects take three to six weeks once permits clear. We know Corte Madera’s housing stock the way only a local crew can. The bay-fill ranch homes east of the freeway and the hillside builds along Corte Madera Ridge each come with their own set of engineering realities, and we have worked through most of them. Call (877) 610-1318 and you will get Tom Barrett or one of his sons on the line, not a call center.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Corte Madera’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998 and stayed owner-operated on purpose. His sons run the crews, his name is on the truck, and his license number is printed where anyone can look it up. When a homeowner in the Chapman Park area of Corte Madera calls us about a tub-to-shower conversion, the person answering the phone has probably already driven past their house on the way to another job in town. That is the whole point. We are not a franchise dispatching strangers.
What Corte Madera homeowners tell us they value most is the way we handle the unknowns before they become surprises. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, as Tom likes to say. Every eligible Corte Madera bathroom remodel gets permits pulled and inspections signed. Every allowance is on paper. Every price change becomes a written change order before the work happens. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and our customers in the 94925 and 94976 zip codes have had enough surprises from national outfits that quoted one number on the phone and showed up with a different bill at the door.
Our standing offers apply everywhere we work, including Corte Madera: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount. A live person answers the phone 24/7. That matters at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday when a supply line lets go behind a Corte Madera vanity.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Corte Madera
This is what we do most often in Corte Madera. Every scope described below includes a written line-item quote before you sign anything.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full bathroom remodel in a Corte Madera ranch home usually means reworking a five-by-eight-foot space that has not been touched since the 1970s. We replace the subfloor where bay-mud settlement has cracked it, re-frame the wet walls, and bring the rough plumbing up to current Marin County code. For hillside homes near Corte Madera Ridge, we often add blocking for grab rails and rework the venting to handle the higher interior humidity that comes with the coastal fog channel.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in shower installation in Corte Madera runs $4,500 to $12,000 depending on whether we are pulling out a fiberglass surround or rebuilding a curbless shower with a linear drain on a slab floor. On the bay-fill side, curbless designs need careful slope work because the existing slab often pitches toward the wrong corner after decades of settlement. We laser-check the floor before we order the pan, because guessing on a settling slab is how you end up with water pooling against the baseboard.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Converting a tub to a shower in Corte Madera costs $3,500 to $10,000 and is the most common request we get from homeowners in the 94925 zip code. Many of the post-war ranch homes on the bay side have low showerheads mounted for shorter owners, and a tub that no one uses anymore is taking up the only available square footage in a three-quarter bath. We handle the drain relocation, the valve replacement, and the finish tile work. Frameless glass shower enclosures are usually part of the same job.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
We install vanities that fit the modest footprints found in Corte Madera’s smaller bathrooms without forcing you to open a wall. Bathroom vanity installation runs $800 to $3,000, and we are happy to work with your chosen materials or bring in named brands you can look up yourself, including KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz tops. Tile work is quoted per square foot with the substrate and waterproofing broken out separately, not buried in a lump sum.
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 Corte Madera
We use materials and hardware from manufacturers that put their own names on the line, including KraftMaid and Cambria. When a Corte Madera customer wants a specific finish or a faucet model the big-box stores carry, we just order it. We do not substitute mystery brands off the van. If a fixture arrives defective or a shower door panel is out of square, the name on the box matters when it comes to getting a replacement quickly. That is why we prefer brands with strong warranties and local distribution.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Corte Madera Homes
Here is what we end up fixing most often when we open the walls in Corte Madera:
- Rot and fungal staining from the coastal fog channel. Corte Madera sits in the moisture path between the Marin hills and the bay, with persistently high relative humidity. Older framing and fasteners in bathrooms rust and decay faster here than in the drier inland towns, and once the tile comes off, the extent of the rot usually changes the scope. That change arrives as a written change order before we touch another stud.
- Cracked slabs and settled floors on bay-mud lots. The flat, eastern side of Corte Madera is built on historic bay fill that is still consolidating. We routinely find slab cracks and out-of-level floors in bathrooms on these lots. Leveling the floor sometimes requires grinding, floating, or selective slab repair, and we quote that separately so you can see exactly where the money goes.
- Groundwater in crawl spaces on low-lying parcels. On the bay-fill side of town, contractors regularly hit standing groundwater within two to three feet of grade even in the dry season. If a bathroom remodel touches the floor framing or a footing, dewatering is often required. That is a real cost and a real delay, and it is one of the reasons a Corte Madera quote can look different from a quote your sister got in a hillside town like Mill Valley.
- WUI fire-code constraints on hillside bathroom remodels. Homes on the western slope rising toward Corte Madera Ridge fall under Marin County’s strict wildland-urban interface code. Even a bathroom remodel can trigger requirements for fire-resistant assemblies or ember-resistant vents when we open an exterior wall. We pull the permits, bring the inspector out, and make sure the final sign-off happens before you call the job done.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Corte Madera, CA
In Corte Madera’s market, a full bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. Walk-in shower installation lands between $4,500 and $12,000. Tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000. A bathroom vanity installation is $800 to $3,000. The spread exists because the bay-fill side and the hillside side of town present entirely different site conditions. Slab settlement, dewatering, WUI fire-code upgrades, and rot repairs all move the number. What we promise is that the number on the contract is the number you pay, and any change shows up as a written change order before the work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and we are glad to give a written second opinion on any competing bid from another Corte Madera contractor.
Our Bathroom Remodeling team handles everything from one small shower to a full primary bath. For more about how we work across the area, see Bathroom Remodeling in Corte Madera. And when a bathroom remodel reveals rot behind an exterior wall that has been leaking up into the roofline, we can carry the fix straight through so you do not have to juggle two contractors; we also handle Roofing in Corte Madera, plus Windows & Doors in Corte Madera when the project grows beyond the bathroom.
We Also Serve Cities Near Corte Madera
Our crews work throughout Corte Madera and handle bathroom remodels just over the town line in Larkspur, Mill Valley, Tamalpais Valley, and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley. The site conditions change street by street, but the same written-change-order, permits-pulled way of working applies anywhere we set up a saw.
Serving Corte Madera, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Corte Madera 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 Corte Madera
Once the scope is signed, permits for a typical Corte Madera bathroom remodel usually take one to three weeks depending on whether the property sits on the bay-fill side or requires hillside engineering review. We schedule the start date based on that permit timeline, not on a sales promise. Call (877) 610-1318 and we can give you a realistic start window for your specific street.
Yes. We work across the 94925 and 94976 zip codes, including homes off Tamalpais Drive, the neighborhoods near Corte Madera Town Center, and the hillside lots climbing toward Corte Madera Ridge. If you are within Marin County, there is no trip charge.
A full bathroom remodel here runs $9,000 to $28,000, which is in line with the broader Marin County market but can land higher than quotes from drier inland towns because of the bay-mud settlement, groundwater, and fog-driven rot that are common in Corte Madera specifically. A written line-item quote is the only honest way to compare. Estimates from us are free.
Any change to the scope or allowance on a Corte Madera job is issued as a written change order before the work proceeds. You sign it or you do not. There are no surprise invoices at the end, and that is a promise Tom Barrett has kept since 1998. Call (877) 610-1318 if you want to hear it from him directly.
Every project we complete comes with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it is not done right, one call brings Tom back to make it right. It is on the contract, not in the fine print, and it applies to every Corte Madera job we finish.
Get Your Corte Madera Bathroom Remodel Estimate
If you are ready for a real number from a contractor with a name on the truck and a license you can verify, call (877) 610-1318 today and ask for Tom. We will set up a time to walk your Corte Madera bathroom, talk through what the site conditions actually require, and hand you a written line-item estimate. The estimate is free. The second opinion is free if you already have a bid from another company. And when the work is done, Tom lives close enough to hear about it at the hardware store if something is not right. That is the whole business model.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Corte Madera since 1998.