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Three to five weeks for a full strip and rebuild in the same layout, longer if fixtures are moving. Much of that is waiting rather than working: mortar and membranes cure, inspections are scheduled rather than instant, and tile cannot be grouted the moment it is set. If it is the only bathroom in the house, plan for that properly before work starts.

It suits most households, though it is worth keeping one bath somewhere if you have small children or expect to sell to families. Practically, it means relocating the drain, building up or cutting down the floor to make the fall work, and rebuilding the wet walls. It is a real remodel rather than a swap, whatever the advertising suggests.

Yes, and the time to do it is while the walls are open, not later. Blocking behind the tile for future grab bars costs almost nothing now and is expensive to retrofit. A curbless or low-threshold entry, a wider door, a comfort-height toilet and a well-placed shower valve are all design decisions rather than medical equipment, and none of them has to look institutional.

In the pre-war stock near the university, yes, in the sense that you should expect discovery. Galvanised supply lines, cast iron waste, undersized wiring and framing that does not match a modern layout all turn up regularly. None is a crisis, but each has a cost, and a bid with no allowance for concealed conditions on a ninety-year-old house is an optimistic bid rather than a cheap one.

Not necessarily, but one party should be answerable for the finished room. Where a general contractor coordinates specialist tile and plumbing subcontractors, you have a single point of responsibility if the shower leaks. Where you have hired the trades separately, the conversation about whose fault it is becomes yours to run.

Enough to hold the slot and order the fixtures, not a large share of the total. Oregon limits what a contractor may take up front on residential work. If the figure asked for looks out of proportion to what has actually been ordered, ask precisely what it covers and expect an answer with items in it.

None. Setting out your project and receiving quotes costs you nothing, and we do not take a fee if you go on to hire one of the contractors. Your only bill is from whoever does the work.

Two to four in most cases. They are chosen for the trade, the scale of the job and whether they genuinely cover your part of the Eugene area, which keeps the calls relevant. Nobody outside that small matched set receives your details, and we never resell requests to third parties.