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Trusted Bathroom Remodeling for San Antonio Homeowners
Bathroom remodeling in San Antonio, TX typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000, depending on the size of the space, the materials you choose, and whether you’re reconfiguring plumbing. Most full bathroom renovations in this market take two to four weeks once the crew begins, and the result should be a room that works better for your family’s mornings, bath times, and late-night routines. At Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio, we put a written price in your hand before any work starts, and every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re ready to talk through your bathroom with someone who will listen before measuring, call (432) 233-0976.
We’re a Cedarwell company led here in San Antonio by Graham Stein. Graham has spent nearly two decades on Bathroom Remodeling in San Antonio neighborhoods like Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, and Terrell Hills. The families we work with often have children and pets at home during the project, and that shapes how we schedule, what we use, and how we leave the house each evening. Shoe covers at the door, drop cloths over the hall carpet, quiet tools during nap hours, and a photograph of the clean-up before we pull out of the driveway. Those aren’t add-ons. They’re the Cedarwell Care Promise, and they’re included on every job.
Key Takeaways:
- Full bathroom remodels in San Antonio typically cost between $9,000 and $28,000.
- Small bathroom remodels range from $5,000 to $12,000; tub-to-shower conversions run $3,500 to $10,000.
- Every project gets a written price before work begins, with no estimates that grow after the crew arrives.
- The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every completed project from Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio.
- Live people answer our phones 24/7 at (432) 233-0976.
Bathroom Remodeling Contractor
A Bathroom Remodeling Contractor is the person or team you hire to plan, price, and build your new bathroom, and that work can involve anything from swapping a vanity to moving walls and rerouting supply lines through a San Antonio slab foundation. You need one when the project touches plumbing, waterproofing, or electrical work that a handyman should not touch, and when the finished room needs to hold up to daily showers, humidity, and kids splashing water over the tub edge. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio provides general contracting and bathroom remodeling across San Antonio, with full bathroom projects ranging from $9,000 to $28,000 depending on scope and material selection. We pull permits where the City of San Antonio requires them, and our crews are background-checked and uniformed, so you know exactly who is in your home.
What a Licensed Contractor Protects
A real contractor carries the weight of code compliance, waterproofing details, and the long-term durability of the work. The moisture barrier behind your tile, the slope of the shower pan, the venting of the fan to the exterior rather than into the attic: these are the details that keep a new bathroom from failing in three years.
Why Families Choose a Cedarwell Company
Families choose a contractor who will treat their house as a house, not a job site. Our crews ask before moving anything, protect floors with drop cloths on day one, and leave a photo of the clean-up with the project manager each day.
Styles & brands we work with
Walk In Shower
A Walk In Shower is a curbless or low-curb shower without a door or with a single glass panel, built so you can step straight in without lifting your feet over a tub wall. Homeowners in San Antonio choose them for aging-in-place, for cleaning ease with children, and for the simple open feel they bring to a small bathroom. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio builds walk-in showers with Schluter waterproofing systems and fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe, and walk-in shower installation typically runs $4,500 to $12,000 depending on tile, glass, and base construction. We’ll show you the written price before we order the first box of tile.
Waterproofing Systems Behind the Tile
The shower pan and wall assembly matter more than the visible tile. We use Schluter Kerdi membranes and integrated drain systems because they are independently tested and carry manufacturer warranties that transfer with the home.
Low-Maintenance Hardware Choices
San Antonio water is hard, which means mineral buildup on fixtures and glass. We guide families toward finishes that resist spotting and glass treatments that reduce the weekly scrubbing, so your new shower looks like itself for years.
Bathroom Remodeling Companies
Bathroom Remodeling Companies in San Antonio range from solo handymen to full design-build firms, and the difference shows up in how they price, schedule, and stand behind the work. You need to compare companies carefully when the project involves moving plumbing, replacing a shower, or updating a bathroom that serves the whole family, and when the written warranty matters as much as the written estimate. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio is a Cedarwell company providing Bathroom Remodeling in Schertz and across the San Antonio area with named-brand materials like Cambria and Silestone countertops, KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, and a written price before any work starts. Full bathroom projects run $9,000 to $28,000; small bathroom remodels run $5,000 to $12,000.
How to Compare Companies Fairly
Ask whether the price is written and fixed before the crew arrives, and whether the company will show you the clean-up before they leave. Those two questions tell you more about how your project will go than a dozen online reviews.
Named Brands, Named Warranties
We install brands homeowners can research by name: cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria and Silestone, fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe. Their warranties travel with your finished project, independent of any contractor promise.
Bathroom Renovation
A Bathroom Renovation is a more comprehensive refresh of an existing bathroom that often keeps the current footprint but updates the finishes, fixtures, and sometimes the layout within the same walls. Homeowners in San Antonio choose renovation over a full reconfiguration when the room works functionally but looks dated, or when a tub needs to come out and a larger shower needs to go in. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio handles bathroom renovation from demolition to final paint, with a written price before work begins and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every project. Most renovations in San Antonio run between $9,000 and $28,000, with the final number tied to tile square footage, vanity construction, and plumbing changes.
Protecting the Rest of the House
Renovation generates dust, and dust travels. We hang plastic containment at the doorway, run a filtered dust extractor during demo, and lay runners from the entry to the bathroom so your hallway carpet does not become a second project.
Scheduling Around Family Life
Nap times, school hours, and pets that panic at strange noises all shape our daily schedule. Tell us when your household needs quiet, and we’ll move the loud work around it whenever the project allows.
Small Bathroom Remodel
A Small Bathroom Remodel is the full update of a compact space, often a powder room, hall bath, or secondary bath under about 50 square feet, where every inch of layout and storage has to earn its place. You need one when the vanity is peeling, the toilet rocks, the fan does nothing, and the room is embarrassed to be shown to guests. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio handles small bathroom remodels for $5,000 to $12,000, a price range that reflects the tighter material quantities and shorter timeline compared to a primary bath. We’ll still provide a written line-item price before any work starts, and we’ll still protect your floors with drop cloths and your air with dust containment.
Making a Small Bathroom Feel Bigger
A wall-mounted vanity, a clear glass shower panel, and careful lighting placement can make a 40-square-foot hall bath feel open. We talk through those options before design, because small spaces punish mistakes more than large ones do.
Storage Without the Clutter
In a small bathroom, the right storage is recessed into the wall or built with precise dimensions to match your hair tools and extra towels. We measure what you actually keep in the room and build around it, rather than installing a cabinet that looks fine in a catalog and fits nothing.
Shower Remodel
A Shower Remodel replaces or updates an existing shower enclosure without necessarily touching the rest of the bathroom, and it’s the right move when tile is failing, grout is staining, the pan leaks, or the shower simply feels outdated. You need one when you see soft spots in the wall, water staining on the ceiling below, or when the glass door no longer seals. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio remodels showers with Schluter waterproofing, Moen or Kohler valves, and tile or solid-surface surrounds matched to your existing bathroom. Shower remodels run $3,000 to $8,500 for a shower replacement, and $4,500 to $12,000 for a full walk-in shower installation with new glass and base.
Replacing the Waterproofing, Not Just the Look
Most failing showers look okay on the surface but are compromised underneath. We remove the old substrate to inspect the studs and the pan, then rebuild the waterproofing so the new shower is not just prettier but actually sealed.
Tile, Acrylic, or Solid Surface
Each material has a different feel, maintenance profile, and price point. Tile offers the most design flexibility and cost; acrylic and solid-surface surrounds clean faster and never need grout sealing. We’ll show you samples and a written number for each option.
Tub to Shower Conversion
A Tub to Shower Conversion removes an existing bathtub and replaces it with a shower in the same footprint, often preserving the drain location to keep plumbing costs controlled. San Antonio and Bathroom Remodeling - Converse families choose this when their children have outgrown bath time, when an aging parent struggles to step over the tub wall, or when the bathtub goes unused and simply takes up space. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio completes tub-to-shower conversions for $3,500 to $10,000, with the final price depending on tile versus solid-surface surrounds, glass enclosures, and whether the existing valve and drain need updating. We’ll write that price down before demolition day.
Preserving the Drain, Changing Everything Else
If the existing drain and water lines are in good shape and in the right place, the conversion is simpler and faster. We assess the plumbing first, then give you a number that reflects the actual job rather than an average one.
Built-In Seating and Grab Bars
A shower that replaces a tub can include a fold-down seat and blocked walls for grab bars, installed now or later. We can reinforce the walls during construction so future accessibility changes are easy, not another remodel.
One Day Bath Remodel
A One Day Bath Remodel is a cosmetic refresh completed in a single day, usually replacing the tub or shower surround, the fixtures, and the trim without touching tile or moving plumbing. You need one when the bathroom functions but looks worn, and when you cannot afford to lose the room for a week or more. Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio provides one-day bath refresh options when the existing structure is sound and the project scope stays within that window, with pricing aligned to our small bathroom remodel and shower replacement ranges of $3,500 to $12,000 depending on what you choose. We’ll be honest about whether your bathroom qualifies, because a one-day job that hides a failing shower pan is not a one-day job, it’s a problem with a deadline.
What a Same-Day Refresh Includes
Typically a new solid-surface surround, a new valve trim and showerhead, and updated caulking and seals. The existing waterproofing must be sound, which we verify before scheduling the single-day work.
Leave the Room Cleaner Than We Found It
Even on a one-day job, we still lay drop cloths, still wear shoe covers, and still photograph the clean-up before we leave. The Cedarwell Care Promise does not scale down for a shorter timeline.
See the difference
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AfterBrands We Service
We install and service cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria and Silestone, and fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe, all brands with manufacturer warranties a homeowner can verify independently. For KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, we work directly with the designers to make sure the paint finishes and drawer hardware match the rest of the room before the order is placed.
For Cambria and Silestone countertops, we template precisely and coordinate fabrication with certified local shops so the seams land where they should, not where they are easiest. And for Kohler, Moen, and Grohe fixtures, we install valves and trims according to the manufacturer’s instructions, because a shower valve that works smoothly for years starts with correct installation. Whether you have one of these brands already or any other make in place, we can help.
Signs You Need a Pro Right Now
- Water staining on the ceiling below the bathroom. This usually means the shower pan or drain has failed and water is moving through the floor assembly. Left alone, the damage spreads into joists and subfloor, and the repair cost grows every week.
- Soft spots in the wall around the shower or tub. Soft drywall means water has penetrated the substrate, and the tile or surround is no longer keeping moisture out. A contractor should open the wall to inspect the waterproofing before the rot reaches the studs.
- Gaps or cracked grout in a shower used daily. Grout is not waterproof; the membrane behind it is. Cracked grout lets water bypass the surface, and in an older San Antonio home, the membrane behind it may have failed years ago.
- Mold or mildew that returns within days of cleaning. Persistent mold means moisture is being trapped somewhere it should not be, often behind caulk or inside a ventilation duct that terminates in the attic. A proper fan vented to the exterior may solve more than a new bottle of bleach.
- A tub or shower pan that flexes when you stand in it. A pan should feel solid. Flex means the subfloor or the pan itself is compromised, and continuing to use it risks a leak into the ceiling below.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Call and talk to a person. You call (432) 233-0976, and a live person answers, 24/7. We ask about your bathroom, your timeline, and your family’s schedule, then schedule an in-home visit that works around your life.
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Walk-through and written price. Graham or a project manager walks the bathroom with you, checks the plumbing, the subfloor, the venting, and the electrical, and listens to what you want. Then we write down a fixed, line-item price before any work starts, so the number you approve is the number on the final invoice.
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Design and material selection. We bring samples from KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Silestone, Kohler, Moen, and Grohe, and we help you choose finishes that will hold up to San Antonio’s hard water and your household’s daily use. We also discuss which products are pet-safe and which materials need the least maintenance.
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Construction with the Cedarwell Care Promise. Drop cloths go down before tools come out, shoe covers go on at the door, and we ask before moving anything. We run dust containment, schedule quiet hours around naps and schoolwork when we can, and keep the rest of your home as clean as a construction project allows.
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Final walk-through and clean-up photo. Before we leave, we walk the finished bathroom with you, check every fixture and surface, and photograph the clean-up as proof the room and the path to it were left right. The 365-Day Done Right Promise stays with the project: if it is not done right, we make it right.
How Much Does Bathroom Remodeling Cost in San Antonio?
A full bathroom remodel in San Antonio runs $9,000 to $28,000. A small bathroom remodel runs $5,000 to $12,000. A walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 to $12,000, while a tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000. A shower replacement runs $3,000 to $8,500, and a bathroom vanity installation on its own runs $800 to $3,000. These are the numbers we quote from, and they hold consistent across every Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio project.
The factors that move the price within those ranges are straightforward: tile square footage and tile price per square foot, whether you choose a stock vanity or custom cabinetry, whether plumbing moves, and whether the shower gets a tile floor or a solid-surface pan. Moving a toilet or relocating a drain in a San Antonio slab home costs more than keeping the current plumbing locations, because cutting into a slab is a different job than working in a pier-and-beam crawl space. Avoiding change orders is simple: insist on a written line-item price from the contractor before the job starts. At Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio, that written price is standard on every project, not an upgrade. Our free estimate includes a full scope of work, the material allowances, and the fixed number you’ll pay. Call (432) 233-0976 to schedule yours.
Our Service Area Near San Antonio
Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio serves the city and the surrounding communities, including Schertz, Fair Oaks Ranch, Bulverde, Converse, Live Oak, Helotes, Castle Hills, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Kirby, and Lackland AFB. We schedule projects across the metro with routes planned to respect your time and ours. If you’re in Bathroom Remodeling in Schertz or Bathroom Remodeling in Fair Oaks Ranch, the same written price promise and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply to your project. From our home in San Antonio, we are never far from your street.
Serving San Antonio, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Antonio 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 San Antonio
Bathroom remodeling is the process of updating or rebuilding a bathroom’s layout, fixtures, surfaces, and systems so the room works better for the people who use it. It can include a new shower or tub, a new vanity and countertop, new flooring, new lighting, improved ventilation, and new plumbing fixtures. In San Antonio, most bathroom remodels also address moisture and ventilation issues common to older homes. At Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio, every remodel starts with a written price before work begins.
Most full bathroom remodels in San Antonio take two to four weeks from demolition to final walk-through. Smaller projects like a shower replacement or a one-day refresh can be completed much faster, sometimes in a single day when the existing structure is sound. Your specific timeline depends on material lead times, plumbing scope, and the City of San Antonio permitting process. We’ll give you a schedule in writing alongside your written price.
A full bathroom remodel in San Antonio typically costs between $9,000 and $28,000. Small bathroom remodels run $5,000 to $12,000, walk-in shower installations run $4,500 to $12,000, and tub-to-shower conversions run $3,500 to $10,000. The final number depends on material choices, plumbing changes, and whether the bathroom shares walls with other finished spaces. Call (432) 233-0976 for an exact quote, with the price in writing before any work starts.
Yes, we install and service fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe, along with cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn and countertops from Cambria and Silestone. We install valves and trims according to each manufacturer’s specifications, and the manufacturer warranties travel with your finished project. If you have a fixture from another brand, we can work with that too.
If you have a leaking shower pan, water coming through the ceiling below your bathroom, or a failed valve, call (432) 233-0976 any time. A live person answers 24/7. We’ll help you assess the problem over the phone and schedule an emergency visit if the situation calls for it, with the goal of stopping the water first and fixing the source second.
Every Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio project carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it is not done right after the job is complete, we make it right. In addition, the manufacturer warranties on the named-brand materials we install, from Schluter waterproofing to KraftMaid cabinets, remain with your home and are independently verifiable. We’ll provide the warranty documentation in writing at the final walk-through.
Remove personal items from the bathroom, decide which toiletries you’ll need elsewhere in the house, and plan for the room to be off-limits during working hours. We’ll handle protecting the floors, containing the dust, and cleaning up at the end of each day. Tell us about your nap schedule, school hours, and pets, and we’ll build the daily plan around them as much as the project allows.
Schedule Your Bathroom Remodeling Service in San Antonio Today
A written price, shoe covers at the door, named-brand materials, and a year-long guarantee that says we’ll make it right if it isn’t. That’s what every Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio bathroom remodel includes. Call (432) 233-0976 to schedule your free, no-obligation estimate, and talk to a live person who will listen before measuring.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner at Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio, serving San Antonio, our Bathroom Remodeling in Helotes, and the surrounding Texas communities since 2005.
