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Trusted Bathroom Remodeling for Miami Homeowners
Bathroom Remodeling in Miami runs $10,620 to $33,040 for a full project, and the job usually takes two to four weeks once materials arrive. That range covers everything from a straightforward tub-to-shower swap to a complete gut with new tile, vanity, fixtures, and lighting. Sawyer Remodel Miami has been doing this work since 2005, and every project starts with a written price before a single tool comes off the truck.
We’re part of the Relay Home Co. family, which means one thing on every job: The Relay Visibility Guarantee. You get a live arrival time, photo updates before and after, and a line-item written price you approve before work starts. No change orders slipped in at the end. No ghosting between visits. Call Luca Romano and the team at (850) 801-8046 to schedule a free estimate.
Key Takeaways:
- Miami bathroom remodels at Sawyer Remodeling run $10,620 – $33,040, fixed in writing before work begins.
- Every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing.
- You’ll know who’s walking into your home before they arrive. Background-checked, uniformed technicians only.
- Our office answers the phone 24/7 with a live person. No voicemail tag.
Bathroom Remodeling Contractor
A Coral Gables Bathroom Remodeling Contractor is the licensed professional who manages the entire job: demolition, plumbing, waterproofing, tile, electrical, fixtures, and finish work. You need one when a project involves moving plumbing, changing the shower footprint, or touching anything behind the walls. Sawyer Remodel Miami handles the whole scope with one crew and one point of contact, so you’re not coordinating three different subs. Full bathroom remodels in Miami run $10,620 to $33,040 depending on footprint and finishes.
What’s Included in Our Remodel Scope
We handle the ugly parts most people don’t think about. Waterproofing is the big one, especially in Miami’s humidity. Before a single tile goes up, the shower pan and walls get a waterproof membrane, whether that’s a Schluter system (the orange board you’ll see in progress photos) or a liquid membrane. That’s the difference between a shower that lasts three years and one that lasts thirty.
When Full Remodeling Beats a Quick Fix
If your bathroom floor has soft spots, the exhaust fan isn’t venting moisture, or the grout keeps cracking no matter how many times you reseal it, you’re looking at structural issues. A cosmetic fix won’t hold. We’ll open it up, find the actual problem, and fix it properly so you’re not paying for the same repair twice.
Styles & brands we work with
Walk In Shower
A Walk In Shower replaces the traditional tub-and-curtain setup with an open, curbless, or low-curb shower that you step directly into. It’s the most requested feature we install in Miami homes right now, especially in older houses where the tub is taking up space nobody uses. Walk-in shower installations run $5,310 to $14,160 depending on tile choices, glass, and whether we’re converting an existing tub or building from scratch.
The Real Benefit Nobody Talks About
Beyond looks, a curbless walk-in shower is the single best aging-in-place upgrade you can make. No lip to step over means no trip hazard. It’s a smart move if you plan to stay in your home long-term, and it’s become a selling point for Miami buyers who know what dated bathrooms cost to fix.
Waterproofing the Miami Way
Humidity in South Florida is relentless. A walk-in shower built without proper slope and membrane will fail fast, and you’ll smell it before you see it. We slope the pan so water drains, not pools, and we install Schluter edge trim (the metal strip that waterproofs where your tile meets the floor) at every threshold. That’s not an upsell; it’s the only way we’ll build it.
Bathroom Remodeling Companies
Bathroom Remodeling Companies in Miami range from solo operators working out of a pickup to full general contractors like Sawyer Remodel Miami. The difference matters. A licensed, insured company with a physical presence and a named owner is accountable to you. Someone who quotes a number from a Facebook ad and disappears is not. We’ve been here since 2005, and Luca Romano’s name is on every project we take. Bathroom remodels with our team run $10,620 to $33,040, always in writing before work starts.
What to Look For in Miami Specifically
Miami-Dade permitting is not forgiving, and a bathroom remodel that moves plumbing or electrical legally requires permits. Any company that waves that off is putting your project at risk. We pull permits when the scope requires them and the work passes inspection before we call it done. That’s baked into the price, not an add-on.
Why We’re Different From the Fly-by-Night Crews
The Relay Visibility Guarantee changes how the job feels. You get a live arrival time so you’re not burning a day waiting on a four-hour window. You get photo updates before and after each phase. You get a digital invoice you pay from a link. And at the end, you get a written 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right.
Bathroom Renovation
Bathroom Renovation is the broader term for updating the room’s function, not just its look. It covers layout changes, electrical upgrades, ventilation fixes, and replacing failing systems. You need it when cosmetic updates won’t solve the actual problems: a leaking shower valve, a toilet flange that’s rotted, a fan that’s just recirculating wet air into the ceiling. Sawyer Remodel Miami treats every renovation as a systems job first and a design job second. Expect $10,620 to $33,040 for a full renovation in Miami.
Ventilation is a Miami Non-Negotiable
Most older Miami homes have a bathroom fan that vents into the attic or nowhere at all. That’s how you get mold on the ceiling and peeling paint. When we renovate, we check the exhaust path and route it outside if it’s not already. It’s a small part of the job that prevents a big problem later.
Layout Changes That Pay Off
So many Miami bathrooms have a tub jutting into the middle of the room and dead space behind the door. Moving the shower to the back wall and the vanity to the side wall can double the usable floor space without adding a square foot. We’ll show you the options on a measured drawing before you commit to anything.
Small Bathroom Remodel
Our Bathroom Remodeling in Miami Gardens includes small bathroom remodels - a full refresh of a compact bathroom, typically 25 to 60 square feet. The goal is maximizing what’s there without moving plumbing, which keeps costs controlled. In Miami, where half-baths and guest baths are common in older houses, this is one of our most requested scopes. Small bathroom remodels run $5,900 to $14,160 with Sawyer Remodel Miami.
What Saves Money in a Small Bathroom
Floating vanities and wall-mounted toilets open up floor space visually, and they cost about the same as standard fixtures. Replacing a swinging door with a barn or pocket door frees up three square feet of swing space. These decisions matter more than expensive tile when the room is tight.
What Still Works at That Size
You can absolutely fit a walk-in shower in a small bathroom if you choose a low-profile pan and a clear glass panel instead of a framed door. We’ve done it in bathrooms under 40 square feet. The key is keeping the sightline open, and we’ll show you what that looks like in the 3D rendering before demo day.
Shower Remodel
A Shower Remodel replaces the shower itself: pan, walls, valve, tile, glass, and often the drain. You need it when the tile is cracked in the corners, the pan is flexing, or the valve is so old you can’t find replacement cartridges for it. A shower replacement with Sawyer Remodel Miami runs $3,540 to $10,030, depending on whether we’re working inside the existing footprint or enlarging it.
Pan, Valve, and Drain: The Three Failure Points
In Miami, shower pans fail from movement in the subfloor and constant moisture. Valves fail from hard water and age. Drains fail from settling and cracked grout. When we remodel, we replace all three together. Replacing just the tile over a failing pan is like painting over a roof leak.
What We Insist On
We install a new pressure-balanced or thermostatic valve on every shower remodel. That’s not an upsell; it’s code in Florida and it protects you from sudden temperature spikes when someone flushes a toilet. If your current valve is older than 15 years, it goes.
Tub to Shower Conversion
A Tub to Shower Conversion removes the existing bathtub and replaces it with a shower in the same footprint, using the existing drain location when possible. It’s the fastest way to update a dated guest bath or master bath without moving walls. In Miami, this is the second-most requested bathroom project after full remodels. Tub-to-shower conversions with Sawyer Remodel Miami run $4,130 to $11,800.
Why You’d Do It
Most Miami homeowners with a tub tell us the same thing: it was used three times in five years, and it takes up space they’d rather have as a roomy shower. You keep the footprint, lose the tub, and gain a shower you actually enjoy using every day. Done right, it’s a two- to three-day job.
The Plumbing Question
If the existing drain is a 1.5-inch tub drain, it needs to become a 2-inch shower drain, which means opening the floor and tying into the line. That’s the most important part of this conversion, and it’s not something to skip. We do it correctly, and the work passes inspection. If a quote looks suspiciously low, ask about the drain size.
One Day Bath Remodel
A One Day Bath Remodel is a factory-built acrylic or composite shower and wall system installed over the existing footprint in a single day. It’s a real option for Miami homeowners who want a clean, functional shower without a multi-week construction project. This style of install typically runs toward the lower end of our bathroom pricing, often in the $4,130 to $11,800 range depending on system choice and whether flooring or a vanity is included.
What It Is and What It Isn’t
We’re honest about this: a one-day system is not a custom tile shower. It’s a pre-fabricated wall and pan system, usually a non-porous composite, installed over the existing framing. If your goal is a durable, easy-to-clean shower with minimal disruption, it’s a great fit. If you want custom tile, a bench, and niche, you need a full remodel. We’ll help you decide which is right for your budget and your house.
What We Look For Before We Agree
One-day systems still need the structure behind them to be sound. If the studs are rotted or the plumbing is leaking, nothing can be installed in one day. We’ll inspect before we quote, and we won’t cover a problem with a panel just to make the job faster. If the substrate is bad, we tell you, and we show you photos.
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AfterBrands We Service
We install Delta and Toto fixtures on most of our Miami bathroom remodels. Delta’s bath hardware is built for hard water and holds up in South Florida’s mineral-heavy municipal supply, which matters more than you’d think when you’re replacing a calcified valve from the 1990s. Toto toilets are the ones we recommend most often, especially the dual-flush models that keep water bills in check.
For waterproofing, we use Schluter systems on nearly every shower we build. Their Kerdi membrane and edge trim details are tried, tested, and we know exactly how they perform in humid, coastal conditions. Whether you have existing Delta, Toto, or Schluter products in your bathroom, or you’re starting fresh with any other quality make, we can help. We’ve worked on virtually every brand that’s been installed in Miami homes over the past two decades.
Signs You Need a Pro Right Now
- Grout cracks that reappear after resealing. Shower grout that cracks within weeks of a patch job means movement behind the wall. The substrate or the pan is shifting, and tile alone won’t stop it. The longer the water gets in, the worse the subfloor damage gets.
- A musty smell that doesn’t go away. Persistent bathroom odor is almost always a hidden moisture problem, usually from a failed shower pan or an unvented exhaust fan blowing into the ceiling. Miami’s humidity accelerates mold growth fast. This one is not a surface issue.
- Soft spots or sagging around the toilet or tub base. If the floor flexes when you step near the toilet or the tub rim, the subfloor is compromised. That water has been sitting there. It’s a structural problem and a safety hazard, and it gets more expensive by the month.
- Visible water stains on the ceiling below the bathroom. Water that’s made it through the floor means a drain or supply line is leaking inside the joist system. By the time you see the stain, the leak has usually been active for weeks. This needs professional attention immediately.
- The shower valve is original to an older Miami home. If your valve is 20-plus years old, finding replacement cartridges is a gamble, and the temperature jumps when other fixtures run. This is a code-mandated update on any remodel, and it’s the single biggest safety improvement you can make in one afternoon.
Our Process, Step by Step
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The site visit and field measures. We come to your home, take precise measurements, check the subfloor, the plumbing location, the electrical panel, and the venting. We open walls where needed to see what we’re really working with. You’re not guessing, and we’re not guessing. Luca or one of our senior techs handles this step personally.
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Written proposal with line-item pricing. Before any work starts, you get a written price for the entire job, not a vague estimate. It includes materials, labor, permits if required, and any named brand components you’ve chosen. The number you approve is the number on the invoice.
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Demolition with dust containment. We seal the work area with plastic barriers and negative air where needed, so the dust doesn’t spread through your Miami home. Old tile, drywall, the tub, and the floor get pulled carefully. We find what’s behind the walls now, not after we’ve already ordered material.
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Rough-in: plumbing, electrical, waterproofing. This is the critical phase. We move or replace supply lines, install the new valve, route the new drain, run any new circuits, and then the waterproofing goes up. We use leveling systems and laser layouts so the tile lands true. Photos get sent to you before and after this stage.
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Finish work, inspection, and the final walkthrough. Tile, grout, glass, vanity, fixtures, paint, and trim go in. If the project required a permit, the inspection happens before we call it complete. Then we walk the entire bathroom with you, photo-document everything, and hand you the written 365-Day Done Right Promise before we leave.
How Much Does Bathroom Remodeling Cost in Miami?
A typical full bathroom remodel in Miami runs $10,620 to $33,040. The wide range comes down to scope: a small guest bath with a tub-to-shower conversion and basic finishes sits at the lower end, while a master bath with custom tile, new plumbing locations, a curbless shower, and premium fixtures lands at the top. Walk-in shower installations specifically run $5,310 to $14,160, and a small bathroom remodel is $5,900 to $14,160.
What affects the price most in Miami is what’s behind the walls. Older homes in Kendall, Miami Shores, and Hialeah Gardens often have galvanized supply lines and improperly vented fans, and fixing those is real work. Finish selection matters too: a Delta shower system costs differently than builder-grade, and Schluter waterproofing is more than a roll-on membrane. The way to avoid overpaying is to get a written line-item price before work starts. Our free estimate includes that: the full scope, the materials, and the exact number. No percentage games. Call (850) 801-8046 and Luca will set it up.
Our Service Area Near Miami
Sawyer Remodel Miami works from home base in Miami and serves the surrounding South Florida communities: Coral Gables, Miami Gardens, North Miami, Kendall, Miami Shores, Opa-locka, Fountainebleau, Country Club, Coral Terrace, and Sweetwater. Most bathroom remodels we schedule within a week of the estimate. We also run projects in Coral Gables and Miami Gardens regularly, and those clients get the same written-price guarantee as everyone in Miami proper.
Serving Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miami area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bathroom Remodeling in Miami
Bathroom remodeling is the process of replacing and updating the functional and cosmetic elements of a bathroom: the shower or tub, flooring, vanity, fixtures, lighting, plumbing, and ventilation. It can range from a surface refresh to a full gut and rebuild. At Sawyer Remodel Miami, every bathroom remodeling project starts with a written price before work starts and carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
A full bathroom remodel typically takes two to four weeks once materials arrive, while a tub-to-shower conversion or one-day bath system can be done in one to three days. The timeline depends on whether plumbing is moving, what the substrate looks like after demo, and tile cure times in Miami’s humidity. We’ll give you a schedule in the written proposal and update it with photos at every phase. Call (850) 801-8046 to talk through your specific timeline.
Bathroom remodels in Miami run $10,620 to $33,040 for a full project, with smaller scopes like shower replacements starting around $3,540 and walk-in showers at $5,310 to $14,160. The price depends on the size of the room, whether plumbing moves, the waterproofing system, and the fixtures you choose. We put the exact number in writing before any work starts, so there’s no surprise at the end.
Yes, we install and work with Delta, Toto, and Schluter products regularly, along with American Standard and other quality brands. We recommend these brands because they hold up in Miami’s hard water and high humidity and because the manufacturers stand behind them. If you already have one of these brands in your bathroom, we’ll work around it or upgrade it as you prefer.
If you have an active leak, a failed shower pan flooding the floor, or a valve that won’t shut off, call us right away. Our office answers 24/7 with a live person, and we’ll get someone out with a plan. The written price still applies, even on urgent work, and we’ll show you what we found with photos before we fix it.
Every bathroom remodel we do includes our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right within a full year, we make it right. That’s on top of manufacturer warranties on the fixtures and materials you choose. We also guarantee the work in writing, not in conversation. If a repair fails, our free second visit to make it right is included.
Clear the bathroom of personal items and anything on the walls near the work area, and plan for the bathroom to be down for the project’s duration. We’ll seal the space, protect your floors, and keep the rest of your home clean. We’ll also give you a day-by-day expectation before we start, so you know exactly when the dust, the noise, and the finish work are happening.
Schedule Your Bathroom Remodeling Service in Miami Today
You’ll get a written price before work starts, the 365-Day Done Right Promise in hand, and a live person on the phone whenever you call. No change orders, no ghosting, no surprises. Call (850) 801-8046 to schedule your free estimate with Sawyer Remodel Miami.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodel Miami, serving Miami since 2005.
