Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across San Bernardino
A bathroom remodel in San Bernardino typically costs between $9,000 and $28,000, depending on the scope and what the walls reveal once we open them. In this city, that second part matters more than most contractors admit. Older tract homes, the bankruptcy-era code backlog, and expansive clay soil mean a bathroom renovation here is rarely a simple swap of tile and fixtures. If you’re planning a bathroom remodel in San Bernardino, call (936) 259-2607 for a written price before any work begins.
Penhallow Remodeling serves San Bernardino homeowners with a plain, written approach: we price the work before we start, show up in the window we gave you, and put a 365-day guarantee in writing on every project. Trevor Nash leads the team, and every technician who walks into your home is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know exactly who’s on your job.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is San Bernardino’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We’ve spent enough time inside San Bernardino homes to know what a 1950s tract house off Baseline or a 1960s ranch near Muscoy looks like behind the sheetrock: undersized joists, notched framing, failed shower pans, and wiring that predates the modern codebook. That local knowledge matters when your Bathroom Remodeling project stops being cosmetic and starts being structural. We plan for what these homes actually contain, not just what the brochure says.
Homeowners across San Bernardino choose us because we answer the phone. A live person picks up 24/7, not a voicemail maze. When you call to schedule a free estimate, you get a real answer and a real arrival window. The technician who shows up wears a uniform and carries identification. No subcontractor roulette, no strangers at the door.
Every project operates under The Kingswell Way, established in 2004: say the price before the work. Show up in the window we gave. Leave the place cleaner than we found it. And if something isn’t right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s not a pitch; it’s a written guarantee on every job.
Shower Remodel in San Bernardino
Shower Remodel in San Bernardino usually means two different jobs depending on the house. In the central city and westside neighborhoods, we’re often tearing out a failing surround in a post-WWII tract home and rebuilding the waterproofing, subfloor, and rough-in plumbing before any tile goes up. In newer Highland-border parcels, the shower remodel is more straightforward: better substrate, modern fixtures, and a cleaner look. Either way, a shower remodel here starts around $3,000 and can reach $8,500 for a full replacement with upgraded valve, glass enclosure, and tile work.
Walk-In Shower Conversion
Many San Bernardino homeowners want the tub gone and a walk-in shower in its place. That job runs $4,500 to $12,000 depending on the size of the opening, the condition of the slab, and whether we need to move drain lines. In older homes, the real cost driver is usually what’s underneath: a shower pan that’s been leaking into the subfloor for years means we’re replacing framing, not just tile.
Shower Replacement
When a shower pan cracks or the tile starts pulling away from the wall, a replacement runs $3,000 to $8,500. We inspect the waterproofing layer behind the tile before we quote anything, because a shower that looks bad on the surface is often hiding rot below. If the subfloor is sound, the job goes faster and costs less.
Tub to Shower Conversion in San Bernardino
Tub to Shower Conversion in San Bernardino is one of the most requested projects we do, especially in the 1950s and 1960s homes where the original tub is cast iron and the surround has failed. You gain a step-in shower with a low threshold, better water containment, and a valve that isn’t 60 years old. Pricing runs $3,500 to $10,000, and the spread depends almost entirely on what happens after demo.
Framing and Subfloor Work
In these older tract homes, the tub is often sitting on a subfloor that’s been wet for decades. Once we pull the tub, if the joists are rotted or the subfloor is delaminated, we repair it before anything else. That work gets priced in writing and approved by you before we touch it. No surprise line items at the end.
Valve and Rough-In Upgrades
Converting a tub to a shower means changing the valve height and adding a showerhead line. In San Bernardino homes where the original plumbing is galvanized, we often replace the valve body and run new supply lines to meet current code. We use Kohler and Moen valves because they hold up under the hard water that’s common in the Inland Empire basin.
Trusted Brands We Service in San Bernardino
We install and stand behind fixtures and materials from brands that carry their own warranties alongside ours. Kohler and Moen for shower valves and faucets. Cambria and Silestone for vanity tops. KraftMaid and Wellborn for cabinetry. When we specify a Cambria quartz vanity top, it carries its own lifetime warranty, which stacks with our 365-Day Done Right Promise. We source materials locally for San Bernardino jobs, which keeps turnaround tight and means replacement parts aren’t a two-week wait.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in San Bernardino Homes
- Failed waterproofing behind existing surrounds. The dominant 1940s-to-1970s housing stock in central San Bernardino often has tile set directly on drywall or green board with no moisture barrier. By the time we open the wall, the damage usually extends into the framing.
- Unpermitted framing and notched load-bearing walls. Years of owner disinvestment and the bankruptcy-era code freeze left San Bernardino with a large stock of substandard additions and modifications. Opening a 1950s bathroom wall and finding a joist notched through for a drain line isn’t a rare find; it’s a Tuesday.
- Slab heave and cracked shower pans from expansive clay. The alluvial clay soils across the city expand and contract with moisture, which cracks slabs and shifts pans. A shower that leaks for years because of a cracked pan is a common failure mode we repair with proper substrate and drainage.
- Undersized venting and outdated plumbing. Pre-1970s homes often have 1.5-inch drains where current code requires 2 inches, and vent stacks that were tied together haphazardly. A permit-triggered remodel means bringing the rough-in up to modern California Building Code, which adds cost you should know about before demo day.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in San Bernardino, CA
Here’s what we tell every San Bernardino homeowner who asks about cost. These are the numbers you should expect, not a teaser range.
| Project | Typical 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 the number up or down in San Bernardino isn’t usually the tile or fixtures. It’s what’s inside the walls: framing condition, subfloor integrity, plumbing rough-in, and whether the permit triggers seismic or venting upgrades. We build allowances into the contract for these discoveries, and any change order gets priced in writing before we start work. A full bathroom remodel on a 1950s tract home near Mt. Vernon Avenue will typically land on the higher end of the range, while a shower replacement in a newer Highland-border home lands lower. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate with a written price.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Bernardino
Penhallow Remodeling handles bathroom remodels across the Inland Empire. In addition to Bathroom Remodeling in San Bernardino, we serve Loma Linda, Highland, Rialto, and Colton. If you’re in one of those cities and planning a bathroom project, the same written-price and written-guarantee approach applies. Call us and a real person will answer.
Serving San Bernardino, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino
Because the original quote was for the visible work, and the hidden work in a 1950s tract home is almost always more extensive. When we open a wall and find failed waterproofing, compromised framing, or unpermitted modifications, the scope changes. We handle this by writing allowances into the contract and pricing every change order in writing before we start it. You approve the dollar amount before we swing a hammer. That’s the difference between a fixed bid and an honest bid.
Yes, frequently. San Bernardino sits adjacent to the San Andreas Fault, and portions of the city fall within Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones. When a remodel involves structural work, the permit can trigger seismic detailing requirements. Even non-seismic work can trigger current California Building Code venting, electrical, and plumbing upgrades. If your remodel opens a wall and reveals substandard framing, the permit now requires what the permit now requires. We know this before we start and build it into the plan. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll walk you through what your specific project will trigger.
We install Kohler and Moen shower valves and faucets because they hold up under Inland Empire hard water. Cambria and Silestone quartz for vanity tops, with Cambria carrying its own lifetime warranty. KraftMaid and Wellborn for cabinetry. The product warranty stacks with our 365-Day Done Right Promise, so the protection isn’t just from us, it’s from the manufacturer too.
Yes. We do it regularly in the central city and westside neighborhoods where the original subfloor under the tub has been wet for years. We remove the tub, repair or replace the joists and subfloor, install proper waterproofing and substrate, then build the new shower. The subfloor repair gets priced as a written change order before we start that portion of the work. The tub-to-shower conversion itself runs $3,500 to $10,000, with the subfloor work adding to that where needed.
We stop and show you. On a 1950s wood-frame tract house off Mt. Vernon Avenue, our crew demoed a hall bath and found the subfloor delaminated from a shower pan that had been leaking for years, plus a load-bearing wall that had been notched through for an old cast-iron drain. We stopped, priced the framing and subfloor repair in writing as a change order, got inspection sign-off on the rough-in before the walls closed, then finished with a Kohler shower valve and Cambria vanity top. The client approved every surprise dollar before we touched it. That’s the standard on every job, not the exception.
Planning a bathroom remodel in San Bernardino? Call (936) 259-2607 to schedule your free estimate. Trevor Nash and the Penhallow Remodeling team will give you a written price and a written guarantee before the first tile is pulled.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving San Bernardino homeowners with written pricing and written guarantees on every bathroom remodel.