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A full bathroom remodel in Palmetto Bay typically runs $9,000 – $28,000, and the two things that move that number most are the condition of your original plumbing rough-in and whether the village tree ordinance adds an arborist review to your permit. We schedule work here every week, and our crews know the difference between a 1978 CBS original bathroom on Old Cutler Road and a 1990s renovation near Coral Reef Park. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll give you a written price before any tile is pulled.
What we’ve learned working in this village is that Palmetto Bay does not treat a bathroom remodel like the county does. The village-level tree preservation ordinance applies even to interior work, which surprises homeowners who’ve remodeled in unincorporated Miami-Dade. We plan for that on day one, not after the permit stalls.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Palmetto Bay’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Our Bathroom Remodeling team has spent enough time in the village to know that a permit here runs through two tracks: Palmetto Bay’s own zoning and tree review, plus Miami-Dade County building inspection. Contractors who only pull county permits get caught off guard. We don’t, because Trevor Nash built our process around dual-track scheduling from the first site visit.
Every technician who walks into a Palmetto Bay home is background-checked and arrives in uniform. You’ll know exactly who’s in your house before the door opens. That standard applies whether we’re swapping a vanity in a powder room or gutting a master bath on a one-acre lot off 152nd Street.
Palmetto Bay homeowners tend to ask harder questions than most. You’ve dealt with contractors who gave a verbal number and changed it after demo. We hand you a written price before work starts, and the number on day one is the number on the final invoice. That’s not a pitch, it’s how we’ve operated under the Kingswell standard since 2004.
One Day Bath Remodel in Palmetto Bay
A One Day Bath Remodel in Palmetto Bay usually means a tub-to-shower conversion or a direct shower replacement in an existing footprint, and it’s the right call when the bathroom is your family’s only full bath and a multi-week gut job isn’t practical. We keep the existing plumbing locations where code allows, which saves the rough-in work that drives cost and time. Prices start around $3,500 for a basic tub-to-shower conversion and run up to about $10,000 when you’re adding a walk-in shower with frameless glass and upgraded tile.
What We Can Finish in a Day
The one-day scope is honest. We’re pulling the old tub or shower pan, setting a new acrylic or tile base, roughing new valve hardware, and finishing with a watertight surround. What we rarely do in a single day is move a drain or replumb a wall, because that’s where the village permit sequence slows things down.
When a One Day Bath Is the Wrong Fit
If you want to relocate the toilet, move the shower to the other side of the room, or change the footprint of the bathroom, a one-day scope falls apart. Those changes trigger structural and plumbing inspections that take the project into the standard permit timeline. We’ll tell you that before we quote it, not after we open the wall.
Bathroom Remodeling Contractor in Palmetto Bay
As a Bathroom Remodeling Contractor working throughout Palmetto Bay, we scope every project with the village’s tree ordinance and the county’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone code in mind from the first walkthrough. That means before we quote a full renovation, we confirm whether the work zone touches a protected oak or ficus root zone, and we check whether your original cast-iron drain is still under the slab. A full remodel here runs $9,000 – $28,000 depending on size, material choices, and plumbing condition.
Full Bathroom Remodels
These projects typically take two to four weeks once permits clear. The permit can take longer than the build in Palmetto Bay, especially when a tree survey is required. We coordinate the village arborist sign-off and the county plumbing review so they don’t stall each other.
Walk-In Showers and Tub-to-Shower Conversions
Many of the late-1960s through late-1980s homes here have original tub-shower combos with failing cast-iron traps below the slab. The wet-season water table sits close enough to the surface that those old traps corrode faster than in drier parts of the county. A walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 – $12,000, and we replace whatever’s failing underneath while the floor is open, because putting new tile over a failing drain is not a repair.
Trusted Brands We Service in Palmetto Bay
We install fixtures and surfaces from manufacturers that stand behind their products, because our 365-Day Done Right Promise works better when the materials carry their own warranty too. That includes Kohler and Moen fixtures, Cambria and Silestone countertops, KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, and Blanco sinks. We also keep common valve cartridges, shower trim kits, and drain assemblies in our South FL service stock so a Palmetto Bay homeowner isn’t waiting on a backordered part for a warranty callback. Sakrete and Cover products come out of the truck on projects where we’re patching slab or prepping a shower pan for waterproofing. Dvele and Abodu don’t make sense for a 1978 CBS bathroom, but we mention them because homeowners sometimes ask whether a prefab panel approach would work here. It’s not a fit for the high-wind, low-slab conditions we see along the bay side of the village.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Palmetto Bay Homes
- Below-slab cast-iron drain failure. Homes built in the 1970s and early 1980s used cast-iron waste lines, and on low-lying lots near the canal network those lines sit in ground that’s wet for half the year. They rust from the outside in, and the first sign is often a bathroom sink that gurgles when the toilet flushes.
- Dual-track permit stalls. The village tree ordinance requires a certified arborist survey and tree-disposition plan even for interior bathroom work if the material-staging zone or any excavation brushes the root zone of a protected oak or ficus. Contractors who don’t schedule that survey first watch the county permit sit idle for weeks.
- Flood-zone elevation constraints on slab work. Eastern parcels closer to Biscayne Bay and the canals often carry FEMA flood designations that affect how we handle below-slab plumbing and shower pan construction. We don’t guess at those elevations; we verify them during the quote.
- Shower enclosure glass failing in humid, salt-adjacent air. Closer to the bay, aluminum-framed glass enclosures corrode faster than inland, and poorly sealed tile grout wicks moisture into the cement board substrate. We spec stainless hardware and proper waterproofing membrane on every shower we build here.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Palmetto Bay, FL
Here’s the table we walk through at your kitchen table, before any work starts.
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 – $8,500 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves a Palmetto Bay bathroom from the low end to the high end is usually three things: whether we’re moving plumbing rather than replacing in place, whether the shower gets a tiled pan instead of an acrylic base, and whether the tree survey adds a mitigation fee. We give you a line-item written price, and the allowance for tile and fixtures is spelled out in the same quote. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate on your specific bathroom.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palmetto Bay
Our crews work throughout Palmetto Bay and the surrounding South Dade communities. If you’re in Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, or Homestead, we handle bathroom remodels there too. The same written price, the same background-checked uniformed technicians, and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise apply wherever we’re working.
Serving Palmetto Bay, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palmetto Bay 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 Palmetto Bay
Yes. Palmetto Bay’s tree preservation ordinance requires a certified arborist survey and tree-disposition plan before a building permit is issued if any excavation, material staging, or equipment access falls within the root zone of a protected oak or ficus. Interior work doesn’t exempt you, because the village wants proof that the project won’t disturb protected roots. We schedule that survey during the pre-quote walkthrough so it doesn’t sit in the queue after you’ve signed. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll tell you during the estimate whether your lot triggers the survey.
The water table on the low-lying limestone flats of southern Miami-Dade can rise to within inches of the slab during the May – October wet season. That means below-slab drain lines, footer work, and shower pan construction all need to account for groundwater pressure that inland contractors rarely see. We’ve opened more than one Palmetto Bay bathroom where the original cast-iron line was sitting in saturated soil for weeks at a time. If your rough-in is failing and the slab has to come open, we plan the work around the dry season where possible, and we always spec materials rated for continuous moisture contact.
A standard bathroom remodel in Palmetto Bay needs a Miami-Dade County building permit and, depending on the lot, a village-level tree review. Because Palmetto Bay runs its own community development review on top of the county’s process, the two tracks run in parallel and can sequence badly. We budget two to six weeks for permit clearance on a full remodel, and we sequence the arborist sign-off first so the county plumbing review isn’t sitting idle. We pull the permits for you, and every job closes with a passed inspection.
Yes, and we do it often. The concrete block and stucco construction from that era is solid, but the original plumbing rough-in was usually cast iron, and on a low lot it may be near the end of its service life. We evaluate the drain condition before we quote the conversion, because replacing a tub with a walk-in shower and leaving a corroded trap underneath the slab isn’t acceptable under our guarantee. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 – $10,000, and a walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 – $12,000 depending on finish level and whether we’re adding a tiled pan.
We give you a written line-item price before work starts, and the allowance amounts for tile, fixtures, and cabinetry are specified in that document. If a change order is needed, say you pick a different Cambria quartz color after the quote, you approve the new number in writing before we order it. The number on day one is the number on the invoice unless you choose to change the scope. On a recent quarter-acre lot off Old Cutler Road near Coral Reef Park, we remodeled a 1978 CBS bathroom where the original cast-iron drain sat only 14 inches above the wet-season water table. After the village arborist signed off on the oak canopy, we rerouted the rough-in to a new PVC line, installed a Kohler shower valve and Moen fixtures, and used a Cambria vanity top with a Blanco sink. All of it sequenced through the village tree sign-off and the county plumbing inspection before we drew the first schedule payment. That’s the standard we hold on every bathroom in Palmetto Bay.
Call Penhallow Remodeling for Your Palmetto Bay Bathroom
If you’re ready for a bathroom that doesn’t leak, doesn’t corrode, and gets permitted correctly the first time, call (936) 259-2607. Trevor Nash will make sure you get a written price and a written guarantee before any work begins. We serve every neighborhood in Palmetto Bay, from the canals on the east edge to the acre lots near Old Cutler Road, and we’ll tell you honestly what your bathroom needs and what it costs. The estimate is free. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every job.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Palmetto Bay under the Kingswell standard since 2004.