Bathroom Remodeling in Lakeway, TX

The 1970s Lakeway houses have small baths with cast iron tubs, tile set in mortar, and galvanized or copper supply at the end of its life. The 1980s and 90s customs went large: a platform tub taking a quarter of the room, a separate water closet, cultured marble or tile counters with brass strip lights, and a shower that is wide but has a curb, a seat, and a liner-based pan that is now thirty years old. Exhaust fans are often undersized or vent into the attic.

Because these houses step down a slope, many primary baths sit at the lower level with the plumbing running through fill or a short crawl. That changes how we relocate a drain, and we check it before promising a layout. Rough Hollow and the 2010s neighborhoods have big primaries with a drop-in tub, a curbed shower with a pre-formed pan, and thin builder tile. Their plumbing is new and their panels have room.

The platform comes out and the shower moves into its footprint under the window, often as a wet room with the shower and a freestanding tub behind one run of glass. The window is reframed with proper flashing and glazed for privacy where the lot needs it. Floors get a full waterproofing system and a linear drain, curbless where the slab or framing allows. Heated floors and a steam unit go in more often here than in the city, because these are houses people plan to stay in.

The mirrored wall goes, and lighting gets rebuilt around sconces and overhead light you can see by. The water closet stays but gets a real door. In the 1970s houses we replace the old supply lines while the walls are open, and we tell you so in the estimate. In Rough Hollow the drop-in tub becomes a larger shower or a freestanding tub, tile runs to the ceiling, and the vanity gets drawers. Every bath gets the same tile discipline.

Bathroom remodels that move plumbing or add circuits are permitted through the City of Lakeway, which runs its own building department. We file and meet every inspector. Some Lakeway addresses are in The Hills or unincorporated Travis County, and we confirm which before filing. A new or enlarged window over the shower is an exterior change, which both the city and most HOAs here want to see first.

Lakeway is a longer drive from the Austin tile and glass vendors, and the roads up the canyons are not kind to a slab of stone, so we stage deliveries and measure glass the day tile is finished. A primary bath runs 4 to 6 weeks, a hall bath 3 to 4, and glass adds about two weeks at the end. Scope and price are fixed in writing before demo, and the owner is on site.