A bathroom is the smallest room in the house and the one with the most trades in it. Plumbing, electrical, tile, carpentry, and ventilation all meet in a few square feet, and they all have to be right, because a bathroom that is wrong fails behind the wall where you cannot see it.
We renovate bathrooms completely — from the subfloor up, and from the studs in. Anthony Quattrone looks at the room with you, gives you the estimate, and runs the work himself.
What We Replace
A full bathroom renovation means every part of the room is addressed. We do not surface over the old work.
The tub
We take out the old tub and the surround, open the wall as needed, and set the new tub level and solid. If the tub is being removed in favor of a shower, the drain and the supply lines are re-routed for it. The tub is only as good as what is under it and behind it, so we do not drop a new one into an old surround.
The shower
A shower is built from the drain up — the pan, the waterproofing behind the tile, the wall substrate, the tile, and the glass. We build the shower to hold water where it is supposed to and keep it out of where it is not. A shower that leaks into the wall rots the framing, so the waterproofing is the part that decides how long the shower lasts.
The sink and vanity
We replace the vanity and the sink, and re-run the supply lines and the drain to suit the new layout. A wall-hung vanity or a double vanity both mean the plumbing has to land in the right place, and we set it there. The countertop and the faucet go on after the vanity is level and fastened.
The toilet
We reset the toilet on a sound flange with a new seal. If the toilet is moving, the flange or the floor under it is usually the reason, and we fix that rather than setting a new toilet on a bad one. The rough-in location sets where the toilet can sit, and we work to it.
Tile on the floor and walls
We take up the old floor and the old wall tile, fix the substrate, and set the new tile on a flat, solid base. The tile is only the finish. What it is set on, and what is behind it in a wet area, is what keeps it from cracking and leaking. We do not tile over an old floor to save a step.
Lighting and ventilation
A bathroom needs a fan that actually moves the moisture out, and lighting that lets you see what you are doing. We run the electrical for the fan, the lights, and the switches, and we vent the fan to the outside, not into the attic or the wall. The electrical work is done under the proper license.
The paint and finish
A bathroom is a wet room, so the paint and the finish have to be right for it. We prime and paint with products meant for the moisture, and we caulk the corners and the joints where the tile meets the wall and the tub meets the floor. The finish is the last thing to go in, but if the room behind it was not built to take it, no paint will save it.
What Is Behind the Tile
The part of a bathroom that decides how long it lasts is the part nobody sees: the plumbing in the wall, the waterproofing behind the tile, the subfloor under it, and the fan that takes the moisture out. A bathroom is a wet room, and the water that gets past the tile is the water that rots the framing and grows mold.
A bathroom that is only re-surfaced over old problems fails, because the new tile and the new fixtures are sitting on top of the same bad subfloor, the same leaky drain, and the same missing waterproofing. The new surface looks right for a while, and then it does not. The drain that was slow is still slow. The wall that was wet is still wet. The fan that never moved enough air still does not.
That is why we open the room. We get to the subfloor and the studs, fix what we find, and build the waterproofing and the plumbing back right before the tile goes on. The part you cannot see is the part we are most careful with, because it is the part that has to last.
The Honest Fit
Our projects start at $40,000. A small refresh of a single bathroom — a new vanity, a fresh coat of paint, a re-tiled floor — will usually come in under that, and we are not the right call for it.
A full renovation of a primary bathroom, or several bathrooms in one house done together, is what we do. That is where the work we are set up for — opening the walls, re-running the plumbing, building the waterproofing back right, and running the trades in order — is the work the job actually needs. We say this plainly because it saves you a phone call and saves us a trip.
Permits and Licensed Trades
Westchester County licenses plumbers and electricians separately from home improvement contractors. The plumbing and the electrical work on a bathroom remodel has to be done under those licenses, and it is.
Moving a drain, a supply line, or a circuit is permit work in most places. Building permits are not issued by the county — they are issued by the building department of the city, town, or village the house is in, and each one has its own forms and its own inspectors. The building department of your municipality decides what needs a permit. We pull the permits for the work we do.
Older Westchester Houses
Much of the housing in the county is old, and an old bathroom has usually been worked on more than once. That matters, because the room you see is not the only room that is there.
There are layers of earlier work behind the walls — a floor laid over an older floor, a drain moved once and moved again, plumbing from more than one era, and walls that have been opened and closed more than once. Floors in an old bathroom are often no longer level, and the framing under them has sometimes been cut into for old pipes. None of this is a problem, but it is a reason the estimate has to happen in the room. We need to see what is there before we can tell you what it takes to do it right.
Who Runs Your Job
Anthony Quattrone has more than 40 years of experience, and he is on the work himself. He comes to the house, looks at the bathroom with you, and gives you the estimate. He has a team of ten, and the crew that does the work is the crew you meet. The bathroom is not handed off after the estimate. The person who prices it is the person who runs it.
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Where We Work
Westchester County, only
We work in Westchester County, New York, and only there.
We work in Westchester County only. The towns we serve include Pleasantville, Hawthorne, Valhalla, White Plains, Scarsdale, Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye, Port Chester, Chappaqua, Armonk, Bedford, Lewisboro.
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