Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Trusted Bathroom Remodeling for Austin Homeowners
Our Bathroom Remodeling in Austin runs $9,000 to $28,000, and the biggest variable is scope: are we moving plumbing, or keeping the footprint and upgrading everything inside it? Sawyer Remodel Austin has been doing this work since 2005, led by Luca Romano, and every project starts with a written price before a single tool is picked up. That means the number you approve is the number on the final invoice. You’ll get background-checked, uniformed technicians, photo updates before and after, and a live person on the phone any time you call. If you’re ready to talk numbers, call (409) 834-4854 and we’ll walk you through what your bathroom actually needs.
Bathroom Remodeling Contractor
A bathroom remodeling contractor is the general contractor who runs the whole job: demo, plumbing, electrical, tile, fixtures, and finish work, all under one written price instead of five separate invoices from five different subs. You need one when the project touches multiple trades, because the moment plumbing and tile and electrical start overlapping, someone has to own the schedule and the warranty. Sawyer Remodel Austin handles the entire remodel with in-house project management and written pricing before work starts, so what you approve is what you pay. A standard bathroom remodel in Austin typically lands between $9,000 and $28,000 depending on materials and whether walls or plumbing move.
What a Licensed Contractor Actually Does
We pull the permits, schedule inspections, and make sure the waterproofing behind your tile is done to code, not just done to look good. The day-to-day work includes demolition, framing, shower pan installation, tile setting, fixture install, and finish carpentry.
You also get a single point of contact who answers the phone, because nothing slows a remodel down faster than a homeowner trying to chase three different tradesmen who don’t talk to each other.
Why Austin Homes Need a Full-Service Approach
Bathroom Remodeling in Leander and Austin bathrooms have a few local quirks: slab foundations mean moving a toilet or shower drain means cutting concrete, and older homes in areas like Hyde Park and Crestview often have cast-iron drain lines hiding behind plaster walls. We plan for both before we open the first wall so there are no surprises waiting behind a backer board.
Styles & brands we work with
Walk In Shower
A walk in shower is a curbless or low-curb shower with no bathtub lip to step over, and it’s the single most-requested feature in Austin bathroom remodels right now, especially for older homeowners or anyone planning to age in place. You need one when the tub sits unused, when anyone in the household has mobility concerns, or when you just want the bathroom to feel bigger without adding square footage. Sawyer Remodel Austin builds walk in showers with Schluter edge trim (the metal strip that waterproofs where your tile meets the floor), linear drains, and bench seating. A walk in shower installation in Austin runs $4,500 to $12,000, and the final number depends on tile choice, glass enclosure, and whether we’re moving the drain.
Curbless Design That Actually Drains
A true curbless shower needs the floor slope engineered into the concrete or subfloor, not just a drain placed in a corner and hoped for. We set the slope before tile goes in, and we test it with water before the first tile is set, not after.
This matters because a curbless shower that puddles water into the bathroom is worse than the tub you removed. We’d rather catch it during the flood test than after your bath mats are soaked.
Tile, Glass, and Hardware Choices
You’ll pick from name-brand fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe, and surfaces from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. The glass enclosure is measured only after the tile is finished, so the door fits the actual opening, not the predicted one.
Bring photos of what you like or don’t like. We can show you what translates well to an Austin bathroom and what won’t survive our humidity swings.
Bathroom Remodeling Companies
Bathroom remodeling companies come in three flavors: big-box installers who sub out the work, one-man operations who answer the phone when they can, and full-service remodelers who run the job with their own crew and a written price. You need the third kind when the job involves water lines, drain relocation, or any structural work, because those are the jobs where the cheap bid goes sideways. Sawyer Remodel Austin is a general contractor operating as part of the Relay Home Co. family of independent local businesses, and every job runs under The Relay Visibility Guarantee: a live arrival time, photo updates before and after, and a written price before work begins. Our bathroom remodels range from $9,000 to $28,000 in Austin.
What Separates a Real Remodeler From a Middleman
The middleman sells the job and hands it to whoever is available. The remodeler owns the schedule, the crew, and the warranty, and that’s the difference you feel when something goes wrong.
With Sawyer Remodel Austin, you get a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, we make it right, for a full year after the project closes. It’s not something you have to ask for.
How to Vet Any Company Before You Sign
Ask for a written price, not an estimate range. Ask whether the crew is background-checked and uniformed, and ask who answers the phone after the deposit clears. If you can’t get a straight answer to those three, keep looking.
Ask for a written guarantee too, not a handshake. The ones who won’t put it in writing are the ones who won’t be back.
Bathroom Renovation
A bathroom renovation is the broader project that updates the look, layout, and systems in an existing bathroom, often including new plumbing valves, exhaust ventilation, lighting, and waterproofing that a simple cosmetic refresh skips. You need one when the bathroom works but feels dated, or when you’re seeing grout cracks, loose tiles, or water stains that suggest the waterproofing behind the walls has already failed. Sawyer Remodel Austin handles full renovations with a written price before the first demo day, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the work for a full year after closeout. Austin bathroom renovations typically run $9,000 to $28,000, with small baths starting around $5,000 and walk in shower replacements starting at $3,000.
Renovation vs. Cosmetic Refresh
A cosmetic refresh is paint, a new vanity, and maybe new fixtures on the existing valves. A renovation goes deeper: under the tile, behind the walls, and into the plumbing, which is where the real cost and the real value live.
If your tile was installed before modern waterproofing membranes became standard, a renovation is the only way to guarantee there’s not a mold problem developing behind the wall.
What We Check Before We Quote
We look at the subfloor for water damage, the exhaust fan for adequate CFM rating, and the valve connections to see whether your plumbing is original or already updated. That inspection is free, and it’s what makes our written price accurate instead of optimistic.
Small Bathroom Remodel
A small bathroom remodel is a remodel of a half-bath, guest bath, or compact full bath under about 50 square feet, and in our Bathroom Remodeling in Buda and Austin these jobs run $5,000 to $12,000, which is a fraction of a larger bath because there’s less tile, less drywall, and less of everything to tear out and replace. You need one when the small bath is the one guests actually use, or when the only bathroom in the house is starting to fail and a full gut isn’t in the budget this year. Sawyer Remodel Austin treats small bathrooms with the same written price and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise as a full primary bath, because the square footage never determines the standard.
Maximizing a 5×8 Bath Without Moving Walls
The most effective move in a small Austin bathroom is usually a corner shower, a floating vanity, and a recessed medicine cabinet, which buys you more usable floor space than knocking down a wall. We can show you a 3D layout before you commit so you can see the difference.
Moving plumbing in a small bath is where costs climb fast, so we try to keep the toilet and shower in their existing locations whenever possible, which keeps the project in the $5,000 to $8,000 range instead of pushing toward $12,000.
Materials That Hold Up in Small Spaces
Small bathrooms trap moisture faster, so we recommend large-format tile with fewer grout lines and a high-CFM exhaust fan. Fewer grout lines mean fewer places for mold to start, and a good fan means the paint and tile actually last.
We’ll spec materials that fit the space, not just what looks good in a showroom, because a 12×24 tile in a 5×8 bath reads differently than you’d expect.
Shower Remodel
A shower remodel replaces an existing shower with a new pan, new waterproofing, new tile or wall panels, and new fixtures, and it’s the right job when the shower leaks, the door doesn’t seal, or the tile is loose and the grout keeps cracking no matter how many times you re-grout it. You need one when you see water staining on the ceiling below the shower, or when the caulk at the pan keeps pulling away, which means water is getting somewhere it shouldn’t. Sawyer Remodel Austin replaces showers from $3,000 to $8,500 in Austin, and we include the waterproofing flood test before any tile goes up.
Waterproofing Comes Before Tile, Every Time
We build the shower pan with a PVC liner or a bonded waterproofing membrane, and we run a 24-hour flood test with the pan full of water before a single tile is set. If the water level drops, we fix it then, not after your ceiling collapses.
Most shower failures we see in Austin are waterproofing failures, not tile failures. The tile is just the last line of defense, not the first one.
Replacing the Valve, Not Just the Trim
A shower remodel is the cheapest time to replace the mixing valve, because it’s open anyway, and that’s what controls the temperature when someone flushes a toilet elsewhere in the house. We spec pressure-balanced valves from Moen or Kohler on every shower remodel so the water temp stays consistent.
If your home still has the original two-handle valve, you’ll notice the difference immediately, especially in Austin homes where the water pressure varies by neighborhood.
Tub to Shower Conversion
Bathroom Remodeling - Manor tub to shower conversion removes the bathtub and replaces it with a walk-in shower in the same footprint, and it’s the right remodel when a tub is never used but takes up the whole room, or when stepping over the tub wall has become a fall risk. You need one when the tub has chips or cracks at the base, because that’s water moving toward the subfloor, not just cosmetic damage. Sawyer Remodel Austin converts tubs to showers for $3,500 to $10,000 in Austin, and the job typically takes one to two weeks depending on whether the drain needs to move.
The Drain Question Changes the Price
A tub drain is 1.5 inches and a shower drain needs to be 2 inches, so if we’re doing a true conversion, that drain line gets replaced while the wall is open. It’s not optional, and any company that skips it is building a shower that will back up.
That’s honestly one of the hidden costs in cheap conversion quotes. We write it into the price up front so the invoice matches the number you approved.
What Changes in the Same Footprint
We usually replace the tub with a 60-inch shower base or a tiled pan, add a glass door or curtain rod, and bring the waterproofing up to the ceiling around the valve wall. You also get a new valve, new trim, and a showerhead you pick from the Kohler, Moen, or Grohe lines.
The bathroom feels instantly bigger because the eye doesn’t stop at the tub wall, and the open floor is easier to clean and safer to use.
One Day Bath Remodel
A one day bath remodel is a same-day replacement of the tub or shower with a fitted acrylic or composite surround, not a full gut remodel, and in Austin these jobs typically run from $3,000 to $8,500 depending on the surround and whether the valve needs replacement. You need one when the tub or shower is failing but you can’t have the bathroom out of service for a week, or when you’re preparing a home for sale and need it presentable fast. Sawyer Remodel Austin offers one day bath remodeling with the same written price and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise as a full remodel, because the speed never changes the standard.
What a One Day Remodel Is and Isn’t
A one day remodel replaces the tub or shower unit and the valve with a fitted surround custom-measured to your opening. It is not moving a wall, replacing a floor, or reconfiguring a layout, and any company that promises those in one day is promising something that won’t hold up.
We can tell you in the first phone call whether your bathroom is a candidate for one day or whether it needs a full remodel. That’s not an upsell, it’s just the truth about how waterproofing works.
Who This Works Best For
Landlords, sellers, and households with a single bathroom get the most value from a one day bath remodel, because the downtime is nearly zero and the price is predictable. If you have a second bathroom, a full remodel becomes much easier to schedule.
We build one day remodels with quality surrounds and fixtures from brands we stand behind, like Moen and Kohler, not mystery off-brands from a warehouse.
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We work across the full range of major bathroom fixture and surface brands, including Kohler, Moen, and Grohe for faucets, showerheads, and valves, and Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone for countertops and surfaces. KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry round out the vanities and storage. We don’t push one brand, we spec the right one for the budget and the use.
Beyond the fixtures, we also service homes finished with GAF roofing and James Hardie siding on the exterior portions of a remodel, so if your bathroom project ties into an exterior wall, we’re already familiar with the systems. Whether you have IKO, Atlas, Tamko, or Boral roofing overhead, we can coordinate the full scope and keep the project under one written price. If your bathroom remodel touches the roof or exterior walls, we can help without bringing in a second company.
Signs You Need a Pro Right Now
- Water staining on the ceiling below the bathroom. That means water has already passed through the subfloor, and every day it continues makes the repair bigger. The source is almost always the shower pan, the toilet flange, or a supply line fitting that’s been seeping for months.
- Grout cracks that reappear after every repair. Grout cracking along the floor-wall joint means the subfloor is flexing, and that’s a structural issue, not a cosmetic one. Flexing subfloor destroys waterproofing and lets water into the framing.
- Mold or mildew smell that comes back after cleaning. If you clean the shower and the smell returns in a week, the moisture is living behind the tile, not on it. That’s a waterproofing failure, and no amount of bleach will fix it.
- Soft spots in the floor around the tub or toilet. Soft spots mean the subfloor is rotting beneath the tile or vinyl, and that’s a repair that gets exponentially more expensive the longer it waits. You can feel it with your foot before you can see it.
- The tub or shower has visible cracks at the base. Cracks at the tub or shower pan base let water escape every single time it’s used, and the crack will widen with temperature swings. Austin’s freeze-thaw cycles in winter make it worse, and a plumbing leak into a slab home in places like Shady Hollow or Lost Creek is not a small thing to fix.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Free consultation and written price. We come out, look at the bathroom, check the plumbing access, the subfloor, the valve, and the ventilation, and then we give you a written price. That price covers the entire project, and the number you approve is the number on the final invoice.
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Selections and material order. You pick tile, fixtures, vanity, and countertop from our material partners, and we place the order only after the selections are locked. This is where most projects stall, so we keep the selection list short and walk you through every choice.
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Demo and rough-in. We tear out the old bath, address any rotted subfloor or old cast-iron plumbing, move drains if needed, and rough in the new valve and shower pan. This is also where we run the 24-hour flood test, before any tile goes up.
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Tile, fixtures, and finish work. Tile goes in, the vanity and countertop are set, the glass enclosure is measured and installed, and everything is caulked and sealed. You’ll get before-and-after photos throughout this phase so you can see the progress from your phone.
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Final walkthrough and the 365-Day Done Right Promise. We walk the bathroom with you, confirm every fixture works, every drain drains, and every tile is set. If anything is not right, we fix it then, and the written guarantee covers the work for a full year after that day.
How Much Does Bathroom Remodeling Cost in Austin?
A bathroom remodel in Austin runs $9,000 to $28,000, with small bathrooms starting around $5,000 and walk in shower installations at $4,500 to $12,000. The spread is that wide because the big variables are material selection, plumbing moves, and whether we’re dealing with mold or water damage behind the walls. A tub to shower conversion lands at $3,500 to $10,000, while a shower replacement alone is $3,000 to $8,500. If you’re replacing a vanity, that’s usually $800 to $3,000 on its own.
What drives the price up: moving a drain on a slab foundation, which means cutting concrete; custom glass enclosures; floor-to-ceiling tile; and any rot repair in the subfloor. What keeps it down: keeping the existing footprint, using a prefab shower base instead of a tiled pan, and choosing stock vanity sizes over custom. The best way to avoid overpaying is to get a written price that includes everything, not an estimate that excludes the valve, the drain, the waterproofing, and the demo until after you’ve signed.
Our free estimate includes a line-by-line breakdown of materials and labor, so you can see exactly where the money goes before you spend it. You’ll also get a digital invoice you can pay from a link, and a written guarantee that covers the whole job for a year.
Our Service Area Near Austin
Sawyer Remodel Austin serves homeowners throughout Austin and the surrounding communities, including Leander, Kyle, Lakeway, Jollyville, and Lockhart. We also work in Bastrop, Shady Hollow, Lost Creek, Hornsby Bend, Wells Branch, and Buda. If you’re checking out our Bathroom Remodeling in Leander or Bathroom Remodeling in Kyle pages, you’re already in our service area. For everything else on your list, start with our home page and call the number there.
Serving Austin, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Austin area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bathroom Remodeling in Austin
Bathroom remodeling is the process of replacing or upgrading the shower, tub, vanity, flooring, lighting, and plumbing in an existing bathroom. It can be a cosmetic refresh or a full gut renovation that moves walls and fixtures. The goal is a bathroom that functions better, looks better, and doesn’t leak. Call (409) 834-4854 to talk through what your bathroom actually needs.
A typical full bathroom remodel in Austin takes two to four weeks from demo to final walkthrough. One day bath remodels are done in a single day. Small bathrooms usually finish in one to two weeks. We’ll give you a schedule in writing before the project starts, and the arrival time updates keep you informed the whole way through.
A bathroom remodel in Austin ranges from $9,000 to $28,000, with small baths at $5,000 to $12,000 and walk in showers at $4,500 to $12,000. Tub to shower conversions are $3,500 to $10,000 and shower replacements run $3,000 to $8,500. The exact price depends on whether you move plumbing, what materials you pick, and what we find behind the walls. Call (409) 834-4854 for a free written estimate and we’ll give you the exact number for your bathroom.
Yes, we install fixtures from Kohler, Moen, Grohe, and Toto, and surfaces from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. We also work with KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry for vanities. If you have a specific brand already picked out, we can usually source it, and we’ll write the price before any work starts.
If your bathroom has an active leak, we can prioritize the project to stop the water first. Bathroom remodels themselves aren’t done same-day except for one day bath remodels, which are pre-scheduled. Call (409) 834-4854 and a live person will answer, 24/7, and we’ll figure out the fastest way to stop the problem and get the remodel scheduled.
Every bathroom remodel from Sawyer Remodel Austin comes with a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right, for a full year after the project closes. The guarantee isn’t something you pay extra for, and it’s not something you have to ask for. It’s part of every job we do.
Clear out anything you want to keep from the bathroom and the immediate area around it, and plan to have the bathroom out of service during the demo and install phases. We’ll set up dust containment and protect the path from the entry to the bathroom. The rest is ours: the demo, the plumbing, the tile, the fixtures, and the cleanup.
Schedule Your Bathroom Remodeling Service in Austin Today
If you’re ready to see what your bathroom could be, call (409) 834-4854 and we’ll schedule a free consultation. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise after the job is done. No surprises, no vague estimates, just the number you approved. Call today and talk to a live person.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodel Austin, serving Austin since 2005.
