Bathroom remodeling
A chef learns to respect the unglamorous systems — water, air, drainage — because when they fail, everything fails. That's exactly how Heritage builds bathrooms: waterproofing you can see photographed before tile, ventilation that actually dries the room, and layouts measured in real inches.
How we build a bath
Station 01 — Waterproofing
Tile is decoration. The membrane behind it is the bathroom. Every wet area we build gets a full waterproofing system — membrane on every surface, sealed penetrations, flood-tested pans — and we photograph all of it for your project file before tile goes on. Most leaking showers we replace were tiled straight over drywall. Not ours, not ever.
Station 02 — Layout
A bathroom is the smallest room you use the most. We fight for every inch: door swings that don’t collide with vanity drawers, 36 inches of clear floor where you dry off, a toilet you don’t brush past to reach the shower. When the footprint allows it, we’ll show you a layout option you haven’t considered — that’s usually the one you pick.
Station 03 — Lighting
One ceiling fixture makes everyone look tired and makes shaving or makeup a guessing game. We layer it: sconces at face height flanking the mirror, ambient overhead on a dimmer, a dedicated light in the shower, and a low night-path light for 2am. Same discipline as lighting a kitchen line — light lands where the work happens.
Station 04 — Air & Water
An undersized builder fan is why bathrooms grow mold and paint peels. We size exhaust to the room, duct it outside (never into the attic), and usually put it on a humidity sensor so it runs until the air is actually dry. Pressure-balanced valves, correctly sloped everything, and shutoffs you can reach complete the system.
Station 05 — Storage
Outlets inside drawers so the dryer and razor live plugged-in and put away. A drawer per person. Towels within reach of the shower, not across the room. Medicine storage that isn’t a rusting box behind a mirror. Bathrooms stay beautiful when everything has a place — mise en place applies here too.
Bathrooms we've built
Bath · Modern · $60–100K
Cornelius, NC
A 1998 garden-tub bathroom converted to a curbless wet room with a full Schluter waterproofing system, heated floors, and storage planned drawer by drawer.
View project →Bath · Transitional · $30–60K
Denver, NC
A hall bath serving three kids, rebuilt for durability: porcelain that shrugs off water, a tub with a proper flange install, and storage a family can actually keep in order.
View project →Bath · Traditional · $100K+
Davidson, NC
A primary suite reworked end to end — closet, dressing area, and a marble bath with a steam shower — inside a Davidson home the owners plan to keep for good.
View project →What it costs
Most Heritage baths land between [PRICING TBD] and [PRICING TBD] — Karl's real ranges are being added to this page. Until they're printed here, the free consultation gets you a real number the old-fashioned way: in person, in writing.
[PRICING TBD] — Karl's plain-English list of what actually moves a bath budget is on its way to this page. In the meantime, the design phase prices every line item before you sign, so nothing about your number is a mystery.
No two houses are the same — these ranges bracket real Heritage projects, and your free consultation ends with a real, line-item number for yours.
FAQ
[PRICING TBD] — Karl's real ranges are being added to this page. What we can promise today: the design phase produces a fixed, line-item price before construction begins, so the number you sign is the number you pay. Book the free consultation for a real figure for your home.
A hall bath is usually 3–4 weeks of construction; a primary bath 4–7 weeks. Waterproofing cure times, tile lead times, and glass fabrication (measured after tile, so it fits perfectly) set the pace. We schedule glass and fixtures early so the last week is finishing, not waiting.
Because you’ll see the waterproofing yourself. We install a full membrane system behind every wet area, flood-test pans before tile, and photograph the entire assembly for your project file before anything is covered. Tile is decoration; the membrane is the bathroom. Most failed showers we’re hired to replace were tiled over bare drywall or skipped the flood test.
Yes — and the best time is during a remodel you’re doing anyway. Curbless showers, blocking hidden in the walls for future grab bars, lever handles, comfort-height fixtures, and slip-rated tile all disappear into good design. Several of our most luxurious-looking baths are fully aging-in-place ready.
Ventilation is half the job. Every bath we build gets an exhaust fan sized to the room (not the builder-minimum 50 CFM), ducted outside, usually on a humidity sensor so it runs until the moisture is gone. A chef thinks about air movement professionally — it’s the same physics over a range or over a shower.
Next step
A free consultation at your home. We'll assess what's behind your current tile — honestly — and show you what's possible.