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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Little Elm
Bathroom remodeling in Little Elm typically costs $9,000 to $28,000 for a full overhaul, and most of the master baths we take on in this city start with the same problem: builder-grade materials that were never meant to last past ten years. If you’re in Little Elm and your shower pan is cracked, your vanity is swollen at the base, or you’re just tired of looking at that fiberglass tub surround, we can help. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, a father-and-sons outfit that’s been running crews since 1998. Call Tom and the team at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk your home with you before any numbers get written down.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Little Elm’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers to your door. Tom Barrett owns this company, his sons run most of the crews, and a live person answers our phone at any hour. When we do a bathroom in Little Elm, the same faces show up each morning until the job’s done, and if something isn’t right, one call brings Tom back. That’s in writing. It’s our 90-Day Done Right Promise, and it sits on every contract we sign.
Lots of Little Elm homeowners have already been burned by a national outfit that quoted one number over the phone and handed them a different bill at the door. So Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything. He’d rather you did.
We also know this town. From Paloma Creek to the lake-adjacent neighborhoods off U.S. 380, we’ve torn out enough cracked shower pans and swollen vanity bases in Little Elm’s production-built homes to know exactly what we’re going to find behind the drywall before we even cut into it. That local knowledge saves you time and keeps surprises off your final invoice.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Little Elm
Here’s where we spend most of our time in Little Elm. If you’re in a 2005-to-2015 home off King Road or along the Lewisville Lake shoreline, chances are one of these jobs is in your future.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full gut-and-rebuild in Little Elm runs $9,000 to $28,000 depending on size, what’s behind the walls, and the finishes you pick. In the slab-on-grade homes that make up most of this city, a full remodel almost always means re-tiling a concrete floor, re-framing a vanity wall, and sometimes reworking undersized drain lines that have been causing slow flow for years. We pull permits on every eligible job and get inspections signed. The inspector works for you, not for us, and that’s exactly how Tom likes it.
Walk-In Shower Installation
Walk-in shower installation is the single most requested job we do in Little Elm right now, coming in at $4,500 to $12,000. Why? Because the original fiberglass pans and surrounds in homes built by D.R. Horton and Lennar between 2005 and 2020 are hitting the end of their functional life all at once, and the seasonal clay movement under the slab doesn’t do them any favors. We replace them with properly waterproofed, curbless or low-curb designs that will outlast the original builder work by decades.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Taking out a builder garden tub and converting that space to a walk-in shower usually costs $3,500 to $10,000 in Little Elm. This is the project where HOA approval matters most. Many Paloma Creek and lake-adjacent subdivisions have architectural committees that require approval before you change plumbing fixtures or alter the exterior venting, which a tub-to-shower conversion often does. We handle the paperwork and know what those committees look for.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
A new vanity with a Cambria or quartz top starts around $800 to $3,000 installed, depending on width and whether you’re keeping the existing plumbing rough-in or moving it. In Little Elm, the stock vanities in most production builds are particle-board boxes with a thin laminate skin, and after a decade of North Texas humidity and the occasional overflow, the bases swell and the drawers stop sliding. We replace them with real plywood boxes and premium tops you can look up by name.
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 Little Elm
We’re not interested in installing mystery brands off the back of a van. In Little Elm bathrooms, we’re regularly installing Cambria quartz, Schluter waterproofing systems, and Delta or Moen fixtures. For windows near lakefront properties, we carry Simonton, PGT, and CGI when impact or coastal-rated glass makes sense for the exposure. You can look up every product we specify. We’d rather you did.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Little Elm Homes
- Cracked fiberglass shower pans: Little Elm sits on expansive black clay, and the same seasonal movement that cracks driveways also stresses what’s sitting on the slab. We routinely find hairline fractures along the load-bearing edge of original shower pans in homes under 12 years old.
- Swollen vanity bases and failing drawer slides: Production builders used particle-board vanities that soak up bathroom moisture and fail from the bottom up. By the time the drawers stop closing, the base is usually soft all the way through.
- Undersized supply and drain rough-ins: In homes built fast between 2005 and 2022, we often find 1/2-inch supply loops and drains that are just barely up to code. When you upgrade to a rainfall showerhead or a second sprayer, that undersized rough-in shows itself immediately.
- Shower drain lines below slab slope: Many lake-edge lots were graded minimally during the building boom, and the positive slope under a slab isn’t always there. A walk-in shower drain line can end up lower than the slab’s natural pitch, which means an unpermitted handyman will just skip it, and the shower backs up within a year. We re-rough it correctly.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Little Elm, TX
Here are the real numbers we quote in Little Elm today. These aren’t placeholder ranges. They’re what we’re seeing across Paloma Creek, Kings Crossing, and the lake-adjacent subdivisions this year.
| Service | Typical Price Range in Little Elm |
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| 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 |
What moves the number up or down? Square footage, the condition of the slab and rough-in plumbing, whether you’re changing the footprint or keeping it, and the finishes you choose. If your home is one of the thousands of production-built slabs in Little Elm and we open the wall to find an undersized drain or a slab crack that needs documenting, that scope change arrives in writing before we do the work. No surprise invoices at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll put the real number on paper.
We Also Serve Cities Near Little Elm
If you’re just outside Little Elm, we’re still close. Our crews serve Bathroom Remodeling in Little Elm and the surrounding towns, including Lake Dallas, Corinth, The Colony, and Frisco. We’re a DFW-based firm with local crews in this area, and dispatch runs from our metro office. For details on our full service area, see our Bathroom Remodeling page.
Serving Little Elm, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Little Elm 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 Little Elm
Yes, in most cases. Paloma Creek and several other lake-adjacent subdivisions in Little Elm have architectural committees that require approval before you change plumbing fixtures or modify exterior vents. Removing a garden tub and installing a walk-in shower often involves changing a window or adding mechanical ventilation, and those items can affect the home’s “elevation” appearance. We’ve seen committees reject a rough-in after the fact because no one filed first. That mistake costs time and money. We handle the HOA paperwork on every Little Elm job and file it before we open the first wall. For a free estimate and a clear sense of what your HOA will need, call us at (877) 610-1318.
It can, and this is one of the biggest financial risks we see in Little Elm. Most production builder warranties from D.R. Horton, Lennar, and others state that removing original fixtures or altering plumbing voids coverage on affected systems. But if the original shower pan has already failed due to a slab crack from the local clay movement, documenting that crack before you remodel is the difference between the builder paying for the structural repair and you paying for it. We photograph and document every pre-existing condition before we remove anything. Then we file a written change order if the scope has to shift. That’s how you protect yourself. The right sequence is: document, photograph, then demo.
Little Elm sits on expansive black clay that shrinks dramatically during summer drought and swells during wet winters. That seasonal movement shifts the entire slab, and in bathrooms where the concrete wasn’t poured with enough structural tying, you can feel the slope change from season to season. It’s not your imagination. In a 2014 home near Paloma Creek South, we opened a master bath to find the original fiberglass shower pan had split clean along the load-bearing slab edge from exactly this movement. The fix starts with understanding what the slab is actually doing before any tile goes down. If your floor slopes more in August than January, get it looked at before you spend on a remodel.
In a 2010 Lennar home near the lake in Little Elm, a tub-to-shower conversion typically runs $3,500 to $10,000, with most homes in that age range landing between $5,500 and $8,000 when the original fiberglass surround is in play. Lake-edge lots add a wrinkle: the water table is often higher, and undersized drainage from the original minimal lot grading is common. That means the shower drain rough-in may need re-engineering, which adds to the cost but prevents a backup within a year. We’ll quote the real number after walking your home, and every price change arrives in writing. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate.
Usually not, and here’s why: most builder vanities in Little Elm’s production homes are particle-board boxes with a thin laminate skin. Once you strip the old top and set a Cambria quartz slab on it, the added weight and the years of absorbed bathroom moisture cause the box to fail. We’ve set quartz on what looked like a solid builder vanity, then watched the base sag within months. It’s a false economy. A new plywood vanity box with a Cambria top runs $800 to $3,000 installed in Little Elm, and it will outlast the house. If you’re determined to keep the original, we’ll tell you honestly whether it can carry the weight.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction. Tom founded the company in 1998, and he and his sons run the crews serving Little Elm and the surrounding DFW communities today.