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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Granada Hills
Bathroom remodeling in Granada Hills typically runs $9,000 – $28,000 for a full gut-and-rebuild, with smaller jobs like a tub-to-shower conversion landing between $3,500 and $10,000. Most projects take two to five weeks depending on scope and permit timing. We’re Sawyer Remodeling, part of the Relay Home Co. family since 2005, and we run every Granada Hills project under The Relay Visibility Guarantee: a written price before work starts, live arrival time tracking, and before-and-after photo updates on your phone.
Call (254) 272-5876 for a free estimate. We’ll scope the job, price it in writing, and tell you exactly who’s showing up and when.
Why Sawyer Remodeling Is Granada Hills’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Granada Hills homeowners call us because we put the price in writing before a single tool gets picked up. No allowances that balloon at the invoice. No vague “we’ll see when we open the wall.” You get a line-item scope, a fixed number, and a digital invoice you pay from a link when the work is done.
Our crews know this housing stock. Granada Hills is full of 1950s and 60s ranch-style homes off streets like Rinaldi, Balboa, and Sesnon, and those bathrooms come with cast-iron drain lines, galvanized supply piping, and subfloors that have been baking through San Fernando Valley summers for sixty years. That’s exactly the kind of job where an unlicensed handyman with no permit gets in over his head and leaves moisture damage behind the tile. We don’t.
Luca Romano leads our Bathroom Remodeling team. Every tech is background-checked and uniformed, so you know who’s walking into your home before they arrive. And every project carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, backed in writing.
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Bathroom Remodeling Companies in Granada Hills
Bathroom Remodeling Companies in Granada Hills range from licensed general contractors who pull permits and rebuild to code, to unlicensed handymen who quote cheap and skip the rough-in inspection. We’re in the first category, and we’d argue the only category worth hiring for a room that holds water, heat, and electricity in one tight envelope. A full remodel here means demolition, rough-in plumbing and electrical, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, glass, and trim – and it costs $9,000 – $28,000 depending on size, materials, and what’s hiding behind the walls.
What a Full Remodel Actually Includes
Demo to the studs. New shower valve and drain. Cement board or Schluter waterproofing. Tile or a manufactured surround. A vanity, countertop, mirror, and lighting. Toilet reset with a new wax ring. Exhaust fan if code requires it. Paint, trim, and a final inspection with the city if we pulled permits. You should get a written scope listing every one of those line items – if a contractor won’t put it on paper, walk away.
When You Need a Licensed Contractor vs. a Handyman
Moving a drain line, relocating a toilet, running new circuits, or converting a tub to a shower all trigger permit requirements in Los Angeles County. That’s licensed contractor territory. A handyman can swap a vanity or a faucet. If the job involves opening walls or touching plumbing rough-in, the permit and the license protect you when something goes wrong.
Bathroom Renovation in Granada Hills
Bathroom Renovation in Granada Hills often means working within the footprint of a mid-century floor plan – no room to add square footage without eating a closet or hallway – so the value comes from reconfiguring what’s already there. A typical renovation in this area runs $9,000 – $28,000. The lower end handles a small hall bath with basic tile and stock fixtures. The upper end covers a primary bath with a walk-in shower, frameless glass, heated flooring, and a custom vanity.
Reconfiguring a 5×8 Granada Hills Bath
The classic Granada Hills hall bath is about five feet wide and eight feet deep. You can keep the tub, or pull it and build a walk-in shower with a curb and glass panel. Moving the toilet a few feet or rotating the vanity can open up the room without touching the exterior walls. Those are high-value changes for the dollar, and they’re exactly the kind of moves we scope and price before demolition starts.
Material Selection Without the Runaround
We bring the showroom to you with sample boards for Cambria and Caesarstone quartz, Kohler and Moen fixtures, and KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry. You pick what you like, we price it into the written scope, and there’s no surprise upcharge when the material lands. If your budget flexes mid-project and you want to upgrade the vanity top, we put the new number on a change order you sign before we order anything.
Trusted Brands We Service in Granada Hills
We install and stand behind a range of manufacturer-backed products including Kohler and Toto fixtures, Cambria and Caesarstone countertops, and KraftMaid cabinetry. For structural or custom work around the shower pan and subfloor, we’ve used Sakrete patching compounds in the past – the right product matters when you’re prepping a slab or leveling a floor after a leak. We stock common wear parts locally for Granada Hills customers, which keeps delays short when a valve cartridge or drain assembly needs swapping mid-project. No mystery suppliers. Just proven brands with a written warranty behind the install.
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AfterCommon Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Granada Hills Homes
- Hidden moisture damage from slow leaks. We were called out to a 1962 ranch-style home off Chatsworth Street near Petit Park where the original bathroom had never been updated. Our crew pulled the fiberglass tub unit, discovered the subfloor had swollen from a slow valve leak, and rebuilt the rough-in with a new Kohler shower pan and Moen valve before setting Cambria quartz on the vanity.
- Cast-iron drains and galvanized supply lines from the 1950s and 60s. Contractors who don’t account for original plumbing during rough-in end up with costly change orders mid-remodel. We inspect the drain and supply lines before we quote, so the number we give you is the number you approve.
- Unpermitted work that skips inspections. Homeowners in Granada Hills often hire unlicensed handymen who skip permits, leaving hidden moisture damage behind walls that a third-party inspector would have caught before close-up. If there’s no inspection, there’s no independent check on the waterproofing.
- Heat-driven expansion in framing and subfloor materials. Granada Hills sits in a San Fernando Valley pocket where summer temperatures routinely push past 100°F, so bathroom remodels here must account for heat-driven expansion of framing and subfloor materials that most nearby metro cities don’t see at the same intensity. We include the right underlayment and expansion gaps so tile and grout don’t crack two summers later.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Granada Hills, CA
Here’s the honest breakdown for this market. A full bathroom remodel in Granada Hills runs $9,000 – $28,000. A small hall bath usually lands between $5,000 and $12,000. A walk-in shower install alone is $4,500 – $12,000, and a tub-to-shower conversion is $3,500 – $10,000. Vanity-only work is $800 – $3,000. What moves the number: whether we’re moving plumbing, the waterproofing system you choose, tile versus a manufactured surround, and whether you want frameless glass. You’ll get a written line-item quote before any work starts – no “allowances” that expand at the invoice. Call (254) 272-5876 and we’ll price your project in writing.
| Bathroom Remodeling Service | Price Range in Granada Hills |
|---|---|
| Full 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 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Granada Hills
Our crews run bathroom remodels throughout the northwest Valley. If you’re in San Fernando, Northridge, Porter Ranch, or Chatsworth, we can schedule the same written estimate and the same visibility guarantee. For a full look at what we do across the area, see Bathroom Remodeling in Granada Hills and our surrounding coverage.
Serving Granada Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Granada Hills 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 Granada Hills
Yes, if you’re moving plumbing, relocating fixtures, changing the layout, or doing electrical work. Los Angeles County requires permits for anything beyond cosmetic swaps like a vanity or faucet. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and make sure the final sign-off happens before we call the project done. Call (254) 272-5876 and we’ll tell you exactly what your job needs.
Plan on two to five weeks. A small hall bath with no plumbing moves can finish in about two weeks. A primary bath with a walk-in shower, custom tile, and glass usually takes four to five weeks including permit inspections. We’ll give you a calendar up front and send photo updates as each phase closes.
Moving the toilet or shower drain, installing a waterproofing system like Schluter or cement board, choosing tile versus a manufactured surround, and upgrading to frameless glass. Material grade matters too – Cambria or Caesarstone quartz tops cost more than stock laminate. We’ll walk you through each line item so you know exactly where the money goes before you approve anything.
Demolition and hauling, plumbing rough-in, electrical, waterproofing, tile and setting materials, fixtures, vanity and countertop, glass, paint, and final cleanup. It should also state who pulls the permit, what inspections are scheduled, and what the change-order process is if you upgrade something mid-project. We put all of that in writing before we start. Call (254) 272-5876 for a free written estimate.
Yes, and it’s one of the most common projects we do in the 1950s and 60s ranch homes here. We remove the tub, reconfigure the drain to meet current code, waterproof the shower area, and install the base, tile or surround, and glass. Most tub-to-shower conversions in Granada Hills run $3,500 – $10,000 depending on tile and glass choices.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodeling, serving Granada Hills since 2005.
