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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Dallas
Bathroom remodeling in Dallas typically costs $9,000 – $28,000, with walk-in shower installations running $4,500 – $12,000 depending on size, materials, and what we find when the walls come open. We’re Penhallow Remodeling Dallas, and we serve homeowners throughout the city, from Lake Highlands to Oak Cliff to Far North Dallas. If you’re planning a bathroom remodel, call (940) 204-5368 for a written price before any work begins – that’s our standard, not an exception. Dallas homes have a particular set of challenges under the surface, and knowing what those are before you spend a dollar is the difference between a smooth remodel and a stalled one.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Dallas Is Dallas’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Trevor Nash leads our Dallas team, and the way we work hasn’t changed since day one: written price up front, a real arrival window, background-checked uniformed technicians on site, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. That means if something we installed fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. No service call, no re-inspection fee, no arguing. The Kingswell Way – the standard our parent company has operated under since 2004 – says to say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, and leave the place cleaner than we found it. We hold to that on every bathroom we remodel in Dallas.
Dallas homeowners have seen the other side of this: a contractor who walks the job, tosses out a verbal number, then tacks on “unforeseen conditions” after demo day. The slab-on-grade construction common across this city practically guarantees surprises, and a contractor who doesn’t plan for them is planning to bill you for them. We write allowances into the contract for exactly this reason, and any change is priced and approved by you in writing before we pick up a tool. That’s how Bathroom Remodeling should work, and it’s how we do it.
Styles & brands we work with
Walk In Shower in Dallas
Walk in shower conversions are one of the most common projects we take on in Dallas, especially in 1950s-1980s slab-on-grade ranch homes where the original tub-and-tile combo has reached the end of its waterproofing life. A walk in shower installation in Dallas runs $4,500 – $12,000. The spread comes down to what’s under the existing floor, whether we’re relocating a drain, and what finish materials you choose. We install Kohler and Moen fixtures alongside Cambria and Silestone surfaces, so the product warranty backs up our own.
What We Check Before Tile Goes Down
On a slab home, we verify the post-tensioned slab has not settled enough to compromise drainage slope. If the slab has moved – and Dallas’s expansive clay makes that common – we correct the slope before any mortar base goes in. Skipping this step is why some Dallas showers pool water at the curb within a year.
From Tub to Curbless in a Week
A standard tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 – $10,000 and typically takes us five to seven working days once permits clear. We handle the permit, the framing, the substrate (the cement board layer behind your tile), waterproofing, and finish work. You get a written schedule before we start, and a written price before you sign.
Bathroom Remodeling Companies in Dallas
There are plenty of bathroom remodeling companies in Dallas, but most of them won’t tell you what we’re about to tell you: the city’s expansive blackland prairie clay causes so much slab movement that many older bathrooms have post-tensioned slabs with embedded cast iron waste lines that crack or separate as the soil shifts. Any bathroom remodel here must address potential hidden foundation-related plumbing failures before tile goes down. That’s not a scare tactic – it’s a site condition we deal with on a weekly basis. A full bathroom remodel in Dallas runs $9,000 – $28,000, and the honest reason for that range is that some jobs are cosmetic and some require structural correction.
What Sets a Written Price Apart
Most Dallas remodelers hand you a number that changes once they open the walls. Our number is written, line by line, and it includes allowances for the things we expect to find – not a blank check, but a real plan. If we open a wall and find something no allowance covers, you get a change order with a fixed price, and you approve it before we proceed. That’s the Kingswell Way, and it’s non-negotiable.
Older Dallas Ranch Homes and What We Find
On a 1963 ranch in the Lake Highlands neighborhood, we opened a hall bathroom to find the cast iron waste line had split under the foundation, and the original post-tensioned slab had hairline cracks running under the shower pan. Our crew called a foundation specialist to confirm stability, replaced the waste line with PVC before rough-in, and wrote the unexpected underslab repair into a change order with client approval before sealing the subfloor – then completed the walk-in shower conversion with a Kohler pan and Moen valve on schedule. That’s what a real discovery process looks like, and it’s why we do it before we set tile, not after.
Trusted Brands We Service in Dallas
We stock and install materials from brands Dallas homeowners recognize and trust: Kohler and Moen fixtures, Cambria and Silestone quartz, KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, and CGI windows when a bathroom remodel touches exterior glazing. Because we work with these manufacturers directly, we can often source trim kits, valves, and replacement glass faster than a homeowner chasing parts themselves. If you’ve got a brand preference, tell us – we’ll write it into the estimate. If you don’t, we’ll recommend what holds up in Dallas’s hard water and summer humidity, then put that in writing too.
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AfterCommon Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Dallas Homes
- Cast iron waste line failure under slab-on-grade bathrooms. Dallas’s expansive clay shifts seasonally, and 60-year-old cast iron pipe doesn’t flex. When it cracks under your foundation, the first sign is often a slow drain or a sewer smell behind the vanity – and by then, the repair is under the slab, not in the wall.
- Post-tensioned slab cables at risk during drain relocation. Moving a toilet or shower drain in a slab home means cutting concrete. Cutting into a post-tensioned cable snaps the tendon and voids the structural integrity of the slab. We scan before we cut, every time, and we’ve watched other crews skip this step at the homeowner’s expense.
- Failed waterproofing in original 1960s-1970s tile showers. The tile was often set on a mortar bed with no modern membrane, and the pan liner has since deteriorated. We see water staining on the ceiling below or at the curb, which almost always means a full shower replacement, not a regrout.
- Asbestos in pre-1980 drywall and flooring. Dallas ranches built before the early 1980s frequently contain asbestos in drywall joint compound or vinyl flooring. Starting demo without testing is a permit flag and a health risk for everyone in the house. We test before we swing a hammer.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Dallas, TX
Here’s what you can expect to pay for bathroom remodeling work in Dallas, based on current market conditions for slab-on-grade construction and trade labor:
| Project | Dallas Price Range |
|---|---|
| Full Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 – $8,500 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves the number up: relocating plumbing in a slab, correcting settled drainage slope, upgrading from a 30-amp to a 20-amp circuit that current code requires, and finish-level materials like frameless glass or natural stone. What moves it down: keeping the existing footprint, keeping the existing drain location, and choosing stock cabinetry over custom. Every estimate we write for a Dallas bathroom is a fixed number, not a range – and it stays fixed unless you approve a change order. Call (940) 204-5368 to schedule your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dallas
Our crews work throughout Dallas and the surrounding metro. We regularly schedule bathroom remodels in Irving, Balch Springs, Richardson, and DeSoto, with the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, so a real person answers our phone any hour of the day or night.
Serving Dallas, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dallas 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 Dallas
Because most Dallas homes sit on expansive blackland prairie clay, and that clay moves. A foundation inspection line item means the remodeler is checking whether slab movement has compromised the area under your bathroom before any new waterproofing or tile goes down. It’s a hundred dollars well spent, and we include it on every slab-on-grade bathroom we quote in Dallas. Call (940) 204-5368 and we’ll explain exactly what the inspection covers.
You get a phone call with a fixed price before we touch it. We write the repair into a change order, you approve it in writing, and then we replace the line with PVC before rough-in. The price on the change order is the price on the invoice. No exceptions. If you’d like to see a sample change order from a past Dallas slab job, ask when you call (940) 204-5368.
Yes, and any contractor who tells you otherwise is doing unpermitted work on your home. A shower conversion that relocates plumbing or alters the drain requires a plumbing permit and an inspection. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and don’t close up a wall until the inspector signs off. If someone offers to do the work for less by skipping the permit, the savings are coming out of your safety and your resale value.
An allowance is a written dollar amount in your contract set aside for a specific condition we expect to find – like replacing a section of cast iron drain line or correcting settled floor slope. If the actual cost comes in under the allowance, you get a credit. If it comes in over, you approve the difference in writing before we continue. It means the number on the contract is the number you hold in your hand, not a starting point for negotiations. We write allowances into every Dallas bathroom remodel quote. Call (940) 204-5368 for a free estimate that includes them.
Because Dallas’s clay soil shrinks during the hot, dry late-summer months, which means slab movement is at its most stable. Demo and drain work done when the soil is dry reduces the chance of the slab shifting mid-project and creating a new crack under fresh tile. We schedule foundation-sensitive bathroom work around this window when the project scope calls for it, and we’ll tell you why when we walk your home. Call (940) 204-5368 to talk through the timing on your remodel.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Dallas, serving Dallas, TX.
