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A full bathroom remodel in Cypress, TX typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, with tub-to-shower conversions starting around $3,500 and walk-in shower installations running $4,500 to $12,000. Those numbers reflect something most out-of-town contractors don’t account for: Cypress’s 1960s and 1970s slab-on-grade tract homes sit on expansive clay that moves, and moving slabs crack tile. If you’re planning a bathroom remodel here, the subfloor question comes before the tile question. Call Tom Barrett and our Bathroom Remodeling team at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk your slab before we talk your finish list.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Cypress’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers to Cypress. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. When we work in Cypress, we work around the specific problems this housing stock throws at you: 1960s cast-iron drains, stucco that traps moisture, and slabs that have been heaving for fifty years. We’ve torn open enough Cypress bathrooms to know what’s behind the tile before we even start.
Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. No surprise invoices at the end. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why we pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible job. Ask anyone on your street, or look up Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number yourself. We publish them because we stand behind them.
Our 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract, not buried in fine print. If it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back. No phone tag with a call center. A live person answers 24/7.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Cypress
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full remodel in Cypress means stripping to the studs and doing it right, which usually includes addressing what the studs hide. We specify Schluter uncoupling membranes under tile to isolate it from slab movement. We replace rotted subfloor where old wax rings and cracked drains have leaked for years. We rework the stucco around windows and vents so moisture stops finding its way into the wall cavity. The result is a bathroom that stays square and dry through Cypress’s wet-dry cycles, not a pretty room that cracks in year one.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in showers in Cypress need a proper mud bed, a bonded membrane, and a drain connection that isn’t moving. Expansive clay doesn’t care how nice your curbless entry looks. We float shower pans over a decoupled membrane so the pan can shift with the slab without cracking. We install Schluter systems, Grohe fixtures, and frameless glass enclosures that are measured after the tile is set, not before. If you want a shower that drains, seals, and stays crack-free for decades, this is the one place you don’t cut corners in Cypress.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Tub-to-shower conversions are the most popular remodel we do in Cypress, because the original cast-iron tubs in these 1960s tract homes are narrow, heavy, and often sitting on a shifted slab. We pull the tub, inspect the drain rough-in, and reset the P-trap with a no-hub coupling if settlement has moved it. We run a new valve, rework the surround with a waterproof membrane, and tile it. In a 1972 stucco tract home near Cypress High School, our crew started what the homeowner thought was a straightforward conversion only to find the original cast-iron drain had shifted 3/4 inch from slab movement and the subfloor was saturated from a slow leak behind the fiberglass surround. We pulled the permit, cut back the slab to reset that P-trap, floated a new mud bed with membrane, and passed inspection before tiling. It added five working days to the scope. It also eliminated the change order that would have come later when the new tile cracked.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
In Cypress bathrooms, we typically install large-format tile over an uncoupling membrane, never directly on the slab. We run Schluter edge profiles, set prefab or custom vanities with shims and ledger boards, and install fixtures after the waterproofing is proven. Sterling tubs and surrounds go in where budget matters. Grohe valves and trim go in where longevity matters. We don’t install mystery brands off a van. If you can look up the material, we’ll put our name on it.
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 Cypress
We carry and install premium brands across every bathroom we build in Cypress. That includes Schluter waterproofing and uncoupling systems, Sterling tubs and surrounds, and Grohe fixtures. We stock the parts and profiles these systems need for Cypress’s older slab homes, so we’re not waiting on a distributor when a membrane detail or a drain body doesn’t match reality. GAF materials show up on our roofing work, but the principle carries across every trade: named brands you can research, not mystery materials off a van.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Cypress Homes
- Slab heave cracking tile within the first year. Cypress sits on expansive clay that swells and shrinks with seasonal moisture. Large-format tile laid directly on a moving slab will crack at the grout lines. An uncoupling membrane, like Schluter Ditra, is not optional here.
- Cast-iron drains and vent lines failing at the slab. Original 1960s cast-iron in these tract homes often has hairline cracks from fifty years of differential settlement. You won’t know until the bathroom is closed up and it smells like sewer gas, or the subfloor rots from a slow leak behind the wall.
- Subfloor rot from failed wax rings. A wax ring is a $5 part. When it fails on a slab home, the water has nowhere to go except into the subfloor and the surrounding framing. We find this in almost every 1960s Cypress bathroom we tear out.
- Moisture intrusion through original stucco. Cypress homes were built with stucco cladding that cracks as the slab moves. Hairline cracks let moisture behind the veneer, and by the time you’re remodeling a bathroom, the framing behind that exterior wall is often already wet. We rework the stucco around any window or vent we touch.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Cypress, TX
Here’s what a bathroom remodel costs in Cypress, without the sales pitch.
| Service | Cypress Price Range |
|---|---|
| Full Bathroom Remodel | $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 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 - $8,500 |
The gap between the low and high end is real, and in Cypress it’s driven by what’s under the floor. A tub-to-shower conversion over a stable slab with no drain work is a different job than one where we’re cutting the slab to reset a shifted P-trap. A walk-in shower with a Schluter membrane and mud bed costs more than a prefab pan set on shims, but it’s the difference between a shower that drains and a shower that cracks. We give you a line-item written estimate up front, and any change gets a written change order before a single nail moves. Call (877) 610-1318 for your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cypress
Our crews work throughout Cypress and the surrounding communities. If you’re in Jersey Village, Tomball, Cinco Ranch, or Alief, we’d be glad to take a look at your bathroom remodel, too. The same written scope, the same written change orders, the same 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Cypress, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cypress 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 Cypress
A slab evaluation is required in Cypress because the city’s expansive clay soils have been expanding and contracting for fifty years, heaving slabs and shifting rough-ins out of plane. Tile laid over a moving slab cracks within the first wet-dry season. Before we quote your remodel, we check for slab heave, differential settlement, and out-of-plumb walls. If the slab has moved, we plan for it before the finish list. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate, and we’ll look at your slab first.
A tub-to-shower conversion in Cypress runs $3,500 to $10,000. A full bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. The gap comes from the scope: a conversion keeps the bathroom footprint and most of the plumbing, while a full remodel strips to the studs, often replaces the subfloor, reworks the stucco, and upgrades the drain and vent lines. Every price difference shows up as a line item in writing before work starts. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote.
Yes, you need a permit for any bathroom remodel in Cypress that changes plumbing, electrical, or structural framing. The last contractor most of our customers used told them permits were optional. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why we pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible job. Skipping a permit saves a few hundred dollars and puts an unpermitted remodel on your property record, which becomes your problem when you sell. We don’t do it.
Cypress’s expansive clay soils heave and settle the slab, which means your subfloor moves. A new tile floor or walk-in shower laid over a moving slab will crack within the first wet-dry season unless the tile is decoupled from the slab with an uncoupling membrane, and the shower pan is floated over a membrane that allows movement. We specify these because the slab under your house has been moving since 1972, and it isn’t going to stop now. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate that accounts for your slab.
Expect rotted framing, saturated subfloor, cracked cast-iron drains, and possibly mold behind the original stucco. The 1960s and 1970s tract homes in Cypress were built fast, on slabs, with cast-iron drains and no waterproofing behind the tile. We’ve found slow leaks behind fiberglass surrounds that had been running for twenty years. We plan for what’s behind the wall, not what’s on top of it. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll show you what’s back there before we quote one dollar.
If you’re planning a bathroom remodel in Cypress, don’t buy a tile job that cracks in the first rainy season. Our Bathroom Remodeling crew knows Cypress slabs, Cypress drains, and Cypress stucco. We put it all in writing before we start. Call Tom Barrett and the team at (877) 610-1318 today to schedule your free estimate. No trip charge inside the county. Ten percent off for seniors and veterans, every day.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Cypress since 1998.