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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Upland
A full bathroom remodel in Upland typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, while a small bathroom remodel lands between $5,000 and $12,000. The number depends on what you’re moving, what you’re keeping, and whether your home sits in the northern fault zone, where a simple floor-plan change can trigger a county-mandated fault investigation before we ever pick up a hammer.
We’ve worked on enough Upland bathrooms to know the difference between a mid-century ranch off Foothill Boulevard and a 1920s craftsman near downtown on 2nd Avenue. Those details change the scope, the price, and the timeline. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll give you a written number before any work starts, not a verbal ballpark that shifts after demo day.
Key Takeaways
- Full bathroom remodels in Upland: $9,000 – $28,000
- Small bathroom remodels: $5,000 – $12,000
- Northern Upland homes may require a fault rupture hazard investigation before a bathroom permit is approved
- Every job gets a written price up front and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise
- We install Kohler, Moen, KraftMaid, and Cambria products backed by our guarantee
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Upland’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Trevor Nash leads our Bathroom Remodeling team with a simple standard: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it. That’s The Kingswell Way, and we’ve been working to it since 2004. Every technician who walks into your Upland home is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know exactly who’s at your door.
We answer the phone with a live person, 24 hours a day. No voicemail maze, no callback window. When an Upland homeowner calls at 7 a.m. worried about a cracked shower pan or a subfloor that’s starting to flex, someone picks up. Scheduling for Upland is coordinated from our Inland Empire office, so crews serving your neighborhood arrive on a defined arrival window, not a four-hour guess.
What builds trust here isn’t a slogan. It’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every project. If the grout cracks, the vanity shifts, or the shower door binds inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. That promise matters more in Upland than in a lot of places, because the homes here ask more of a remodeler.
Bathroom Renovation in Upland
A Bathroom Renovation in Upland means more than swapping a vanity and calling it done. It means opening walls, moving plumbing rough-ins, replacing the cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile), and often addressing a foundation that’s been shifting for sixty or eighty years. A full renovation in Upland generally runs $9,000 to $28,000, with the spread driven by whether you’re keeping the same footprint or reworking the entire layout.
When You Move Fixtures, the Fault Zone Can Move the Timeline
If your Upland home sits north of the 210, or high in the San Antonio Heights or Padua Hills neighborhoods, moving a toilet or shower drain can push your permit into Alquist-Priolo territory. The county may require a fault rupture hazard investigation before approving a remodel on a habitable floor. Budget two to six weeks and $1,500 to $4,000 for that study if it applies. We’ll check the map before we quote, so it’s a line item, not a surprise.
Older Foundations, Real Consequences
Homes along the 2nd Avenue corridor and into the older grid streets around downtown Upland often sit on original post-and-pier foundations. We open the subfloor, check for rot and flex, and re-level before any tile goes down. Skipping that step is how a $2,000 tile job turns into a $6,000 repair inside eighteen months. We don’t skip it.
Small Bathroom Remodel in Upland
A Small Bathroom Remodel in Upland covers the classic three-quarter bath or hall bath: roughly 35 to 60 square feet, a tub or shower, one vanity, and a toilet. Most of these jobs land between $5,000 and $12,000 in Upland, depending on whether you’re keeping the existing footprint or nudging a wall. Keeping the rough-in where it is saves real money. Moving it four feet, in the wrong neighborhood, can trigger the fault-zone process described above.
Footprint vs. Finish Level
The biggest price mover in a small Upland bath is finish level. A stock vanity, ceramic tile, and a standard Moen trim kit keep a small remodel near the $5,000 end. Cambria quartz, a frameless glass enclosure, and a custom KraftMaid vanity push it up. We stock common Moen and Delta parts locally, and we write every finish selection into the written price before any work starts.
What a Small Remodel Does Not Forgive
A small bath with a flexing subfloor will crack tile just as fast as a big one. We rebuilt a hall bath in a 1950s ranch off the 2nd Avenue corridor downtown, where the original post-and-pier foundation left the subfloor visibly flexing under the old cast-iron tub. We opened the floor, re-leveled the subfloor framing, moved the rough-in to accept a curbless shower pan, and set a KraftMaid vanity topped with Cambria before the county inspector signed off on the plumbing and framing inspections. The homeowner got a walk-in shower and a level floor instead of a tile job that would have cracked within a year.
Trusted Brands We Service in Upland
We install products from brands we’d put in our own homes: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops, Kohler and Moen fixtures, Grohe and Toto where the job calls for it. These brands carry their own warranties that layer on top of ours. Upland homeowners sometimes ask about the newer prefab panel systems from companies like Dvele or Mighty Buildings. We’re happy to discuss them for accessory dwelling units, but for an existing bathroom inside an older Upland home, a stick-built remodel with real tile and real waterproofing is almost always the right call. We keep common Moen and Delta cartridges and trim kits on our trucks, so a fixture swap in a Montclair-bound job doesn’t mean a week waiting on parts.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Upland Homes
- Flexing subfloors over post-and-pier foundations. Homeowners north of Arrow Highway and west of Euclid regularly see cracked grout and tile pops within a year of a cheap remodel. The fix is opening the floor, re-leveling, and replacing rotten framing before setting tile.
- Moisture wicking through slabs on alluvial fan soils. Upland’s inconsistent soils hold water differently than Ontario’s flatland clays. A bathroom built over a poorly graded slab can wick moisture into the new subfloor and grow mold behind the vanity. We check slope and drainage before we quote.
- Fault-zone permit surprises. Northern Upland sits inside the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone over the Cucamonga Fault segment. A ground-floor remodel that moves fixtures can require a fault rupture hazard investigation. We map this before quoting, not after demo.
- Unreinforced masonry in pre-1940 homes. Older bungalows near the downtown corridor often have unreinforced brick or rock foundation walls. The county may require seismic retrofitting before it signs off on a bathroom permit. We’ll identify it early and write it in as a defined allowance.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Upland, CA
Here’s what we’re seeing in Upland right now. These are written, hold-to-the-number prices, not ranges we pad later:
| Scope | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves the number up: moving drains in a fault-zone home, re-leveling a post-and-pier floor, upgrading to Cambria quartz and frameless glass, and any seismic retrofitting the county requires. What keeps it down: keeping the same footprint, choosing stock tile and standard fixtures, and working in a home on a stable slab. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate. We’ll give you a written line-item number before you sign anything.
We Also Serve Cities Near Upland
If you’re in Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, Montclair, or Ontario, we cover those areas too. The fault-zone and foundation issues are different across the county line, but the pricing standard and the written guarantee are the same. Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Upland work here, or call and ask.
Serving Upland, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Upland 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 About Bathroom Remodeling in Upland
Yes, in many cases. Northern Upland sits inside the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone over the Cucamonga Fault segment. San Bernardino County requires a fault rupture hazard investigation before issuing permits for habitable construction in that zone, and a bathroom remodel that moves fixtures or changes the footprint can trigger it. We’ll check your parcel against the fault-zone map before we quote and write the allowance in as a defined line item. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll check it for your address.
Two reasons. First, fault-zone permitting in northern Upland adds investigation costs and weeks of timeline that Ontario flatland homes don’t face. Second, older Upland housing stock, particularly the craftsman bungalows and post-and-pier ranches near downtown and along Euclid, requires foundation resets and seismic retrofitting that newer Ontario tract homes don’t. A $9,000 Upland bathroom is often the same scope as a $7,500 Ontario bathroom, with soil and fault work making up the difference. Call (936) 259-2607 to get a written number for your specific home.
We write every line item, including allowances, into the contract before work starts. If we open a floor and find rot the previous owner’s handyman hid, we show you photos, explain the scope change, and write a change order you sign before we proceed. The Kingswell standard says the number on day one is the number on the invoice. There are no verbal change orders on a Penhallow job in Upland. Call (936) 259-2607 to talk through your project.
We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops, and Kohler, Moen, Delta, Grohe, and Toto fixtures. Each carries its own manufacturer warranty on top of our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If a Moen cartridge fails inside our guarantee period, we replace it at no cost, and Moen’s warranty covers the part beyond that. Call (936) 259-2607 to spec out fixtures for your remodel.
Usually, yes. San Bernardino County requires permits for any plumbing movement, electrical work, or structural changes, even in a 40-square-foot hall bath. Swapping a vanity and keeping rough-ins in place may not. We’ll pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and make sure the county signs off before we call the job done. It protects you when you sell, and it protects the work under our guarantee. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll check your scope against Upland’s current code requirements.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Upland and the Inland Empire. Calls answered live 24/7 at (936) 259-2607.







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