Full gut & rebuild
Back to the studs, services re-run to suit the new layout, waterproofing done as a system, then tile and fixtures. The honest option when the room has water damage or a bad layout.
Bathrooms are won behind the tile.
Waterproofing, drainage and ventilation decide whether a bathroom lasts. The tile decides whether you like looking at it. We would rather spend your money on the first three and then do the fourth properly.
The order of work
Everything that matters happens before the pretty part
Rough-in, blocking, waterproofing and the inspection all sit in the middle of the job, hidden under the finish that comes after. That is the stretch where a bathroom is either built properly or quietly not.
- Services roughed in to the new layout by ticketed trades, on their own permits.
- Blocking installed where a grab bar, a bench or a heavy vanity will land — even if it is not going in yet.
- Waterproofing as one continuous system, corners and penetrations detailed, not patched.
- Inspection before anything closes, because opening a finished wall is demolition.
- Ventilation ducted outside on the shortest sealed run the layout allows.
Scope
What we take on
From a vanity swap to a room stripped to the studs. The site visit is what tells us which one your bathroom actually needs — and occasionally the answer is the cheaper one.
Targeted refresh
Vanity, toilet, lighting, paint and hardware, with the tub and tile left alone. Much less disruption, and the right answer when the bones are sound.
Tub-to-shower conversion
A common brief in a main bathroom, and a plumbing and waterproofing job before it is a tiling one. The drain, the slope and the curb are decided first.
Basement bathroom
Adding a bathroom below grade means drainage below the slab. Whether that ties into the existing stack or needs an ejector pump depends on where the stack sits.
Accessibility work
Blocking in the walls for grab bars, curbless entries, wider doorways and lever hardware. Cheapest by far while the walls are already open.
Ventilation
A fan that actually moves air to the outside, on a run that is short and sealed. The single most skipped item in a bathroom renovation.
Before you commit
Not every bathroom needs gutting
A dated bathroom and a failing bathroom look similar in photographs and are completely different projects. If the tile is sound, the floor is solid and the layout works, a refresh will change how the room feels for a fraction of the disruption.
We will say so when that is the case. Turning a two-week job into a six-week one is good for exactly one of us.
FAQ
Bathroom questions we get asked
Why does waterproofing cost more than the tile?
Because it is the part that decides whether the room survives. Tile is a wearing surface, not a water barrier — behind it there has to be a continuous, compatible waterproofing system with the corners, the drain and the curb detailed properly. Failures there do not show up as a leak; they show up as a soft floor two years later.
Can we use the bathroom during the work?
Not the one being renovated. If it is the only bathroom in the house, that is a real constraint and we plan the sequence around it — the fixtures go back in as early as the sequence allows rather than at the very end.
Is a permit needed?
For a like-for-like refit, usually not. Moving a drain or a vent stack, adding a new bathroom, or changing electrical usually does require one. We confirm what applies in your municipality and submit what is needed as part of the job.
Do you handle the tile yourselves?
Yes, and the substrate underneath it, which is where the money and the risk actually are. Electrical, plumbing and gas go to ticketed trades pulling their own permits for that scope.
What about mould we find once it is open?
We tell you, we photograph it, and we price the remediation as a change order before continuing. Covering it back up is faster and cheaper for exactly one party, and it is not you.
Renovation
The rest of this side of the business
Next step
Send photos and we will tell you which project it is.
A refresh, a rebuild, or something in between. We would rather have that conversation before you have priced the tile.
Or reach us directly
(780) 297-3888newergyindustries@gmail.comMonday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
Working across Canada