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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across West Miami
A full bathroom remodel in West Miami typically runs $10,620 – $33,040, and the biggest variable is not tile or fixtures. It’s what the walls hide. West Miami is its own incorporated municipality with a building department separate from Miami-Dade County, so every permit here goes through West Miami city hall. That matters more than most homeowners realize, and it’s why our Bathroom Remodeling team starts every West Miami job by pulling the right permit, opening the walls, and pricing what we actually find before we set a single tile. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll walk you through it.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is West Miami’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Trevor Nash leads our crews across West Miami, and he’s the first to tell homeowners that a bathroom quote is only as honest as the inspection behind it. We’ve remodeled bathrooms on Bird Road, off Coral Way, and throughout the tight residential grid between SW 8th Street and Flagler. The homes are mostly 1950s through 1970s concrete block and stucco, and they share the same aches: aging drain lines, thin subfloors, waterproofing that gave up years ago, and framing that prior owners notched or cut to run a vanity cabinet. We know what we’re going to find because we’ve found it before, here specifically.
Our West Miami customers get a written price before work starts. Not a ballpark, not a verbal estimate that shifts when the crew arrives. A written number. And every project carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something fails inside a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, in writing. Background-checked, uniformed technicians arrive in the window we gave you. A live person answers the phone 24/7. Those are standing facts, not campaign promises.
Serving West Miami means knowing the city inspection process well enough to schedule rough-in and final inspections without dragging the job out two extra weeks. It means knowing that a permit pulled from Miami-Dade County is invalid here and can get your project red-tagged. This is not a lesson we learned from a manual. We’ve watched it happen to other contractors, and we’ve cleaned up after them.
Shower Remodel in West Miami
A Shower Remodel in West Miami costs $3,540 – $10,030 for a replacement and $5,310 – $14,160 for a full walk-in shower installation. We tear out the old surround, inspect the framing and the waterproofing layer behind it, and rebuild on a cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile). In a 1960s CBS home, the original shower pan is often a mud bed that has cracked and been leaking into the subfloor for years. You don’t see it until the tile comes off. We do.
What a West Miami Shower Remodel Actually Involves
Demo comes first, then inspection. If the studs are sound and the drain line is intact, we install a new pan or a Schluter-style waterproofing system, set the tile, and hang the glass. If the framing is compromised, we sister it and write the change order before we proceed. You’ll see the price before we spend it.
Walk-In Showers on Small West Miami Lots
Most West Miami bathrooms are compact. A walk-in shower with a curbless entry often makes more sense than trying to fit a larger tub footprint. We’ve installed frameless glass enclosures in bathrooms under 40 square feet, and the result is a room that feels twice its size without moving a wall. The permit for this work still runs through West Miami city hall.
Tub to Shower Conversion in West Miami
A Tub to Shower Conversion in West Miami runs $4,130 – $11,800, and it is the most common project we do here. The original tubs in these post-war homes are cast iron, set in a tile surround that has been caulked and re-caulked for 40 years. The caulk fails, water gets behind the tile, and the subfloor under the tub rots. Converting to a shower means removing the tub, opening the subfloor, and rebuilding the drain line to the correct slope for a shower.
When Conversion Makes More Sense Than Replacement
If no one in the house takes baths, a tub is a liability. It’s a fall risk and a cleaning burden. A low-threshold shower with a bench and a handheld Moen or Kohler fixture adds daily function and costs less than a comparable tub replacement. We’ll give you the line-item breakdown so you can compare the two on paper before deciding.
Drain Lines and House Age
Here’s the part most West Miami homeowners don’t see coming. The cast-iron drain under a 1960s tub is usually at the end of its life. When we open the slab, we often find a line that has corroded thin or split entirely. The job expands from a conversion to a drain replacement, and that’s exactly the kind of discovery that turns a verbal estimate into a surprise bill. Ours doesn’t work that way. We write allowances into your contract from day one, and every change is priced and approved in writing before we touch it.
Trusted Brands We Service in West Miami
We install Kohler and Moen fixtures, Cambria and Silestone countertops, and KraftMaid cabinetry because the products behind a guarantee need to be as solid as the promise. Cambria quartz carries its own lifetime warranty alongside our 365-Day Done Right Promise. We keep common parts and finish samples available for West Miami clients, so a fixture swap or a trim kit replacement isn’t a two-week wait. When you call (936) 259-2607, we can usually schedule your free estimate within a few days.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in West Miami Homes
- Failed waterproofing behind old tile. The original 1950s and 1960s installs used green board or plain drywall behind shower tile. Once water gets through the grout, the board swells and crumbles. We pull it all and rebuild on cement board with a modern waterproofing membrane.
- Rusted cast-iron drain lines under the slab. West Miami’s shallow water table and flat, low-lying ground means moisture sits against underground pipe. Cast iron from the post-war era corrodes from the outside in. We’ve found lines that looked whole until we touched them and they crumbled.
- Notched or over-cut framing. Prior homeowners cut holes in load-bearing walls to run plumbing or fit a recessed medicine cabinet. Undersized headers and notched studs are common. A West Miami permit inspection will catch this, and we frame it correctly before inspection day.
- Outdated wiring behind the walls. Many of these homes still have cloth-wrapped wire or no GFCI protection near water. Once walls are open, the city inspector will require the bathroom circuits to meet current code. We plan for this in the estimate instead of letting it hit you as a surprise.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in West Miami, FL
A full bathroom remodel in West Miami runs $10,620 – $33,040. A small bathroom remodel starts around $5,900 and typically lands between $5,900 and $14,160 depending on footprint. The spread exists because no two 1950s bathrooms hide the same things. Here’s the line-item view:
| Scope | West Miami Price Range |
|---|---|
| Full Bathroom Remodel | $10,620 – $33,040 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,900 – $14,160 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $5,310 – $14,160 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $4,130 – $11,800 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,540 – $10,030 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $945 – $3,540 |
What moves the number up: drain line replacement under the slab, framing repair, permit-triggered electrical upgrades, and waterproofing rebuilds. What moves it down: keeping the existing footprint, a healthy drain line, and a bathroom that hasn’t been DIY-modified. We’ll give you a written price that includes allowances for what we expect to find and a change-order process for what we can’t see until the walls are open. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Miami
Our crews work across the surrounding area, including Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, and Homestead. If you’re in one of those cities and looking for a contractor who writes the price down before work starts, our Bathroom Remodeling team can help there too. Same written guarantee, same inspection-first approach.
Serving West Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Miami 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 West Miami
You need a West Miami city permit, pulled at West Miami city hall. The city is its own incorporated municipality and does not accept Miami-Dade County permits for work inside its boundaries. Contractors who pull a county permit anyway are working under an invalid permit, and the city’s own inspectors can red-tag the job. We pull the correct city permit on every West Miami project before demo starts. Call (936) 259-2607 and ask us about the permit process for your street.
Usually one or more of three things: a corroded cast-iron drain line under the slab, rotted subfloor from years of failed waterproofing, or undersized and notched framing. We opened a 1958 CBS bathroom off Bird Road and found the cast-iron drain corroded through, no subfloor left under the tub, and a load-bearing wall that a prior homeowner had notched for a vanity cabinet. Our crew roughed in new PVC, sistered the framing, wrote a change order, and had a signed inspection sign-off from West Miami’s building department before we set the first tile. That’s the normal process here.
We price it, put it in writing, and get your approval before we proceed. Your contract includes allowances for exactly these discoveries, so a rusted drain line under the slab becomes a line item on a change order, not a phone call asking for more money. Nothing gets touched until you’ve seen and signed the number. That’s the Kingswell Way, and it’s been operating since 2004.
It can. West Miami is part of the Miami-Dade High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and once walls are open, inspectors may require current-code electrical, GFCI protection, or structural corrections. On a 1950s or 1960s CBS home, that sometimes includes hurricane strapping if the wall framing is exposed. We write these upgrades into the estimate as allowances so the inspection doesn’t turn into a surprise bill. For a precise quote on your home, call (936) 259-2607.
We manage the whole job as your General Contractor - West Miami. Plumbing and electrical sub-trades work under our permit, our schedule, and our written guarantee. You deal with one point of contact, one written price, and one company that stands behind the finished bathroom. Trevor Nash walks every West Miami job before, during, and after the work.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving West Miami with written pricing and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.