Bathroom remodeling in Beaverton, Cedar Mill and west Portland

We gut and rebuild worn-out bathrooms across Cedar Mill, Bethany, Beaverton and the west hills of Portland: old surround and floor out, then fresh tile, a new tub or shower, a vanity and a floor, while tradesmen handle the piping and electrical . Regional market numbers put one room at $7,700 on the cheap end, $35,000 at the top and about $15,100 for a typical job, materials in (November 2026) .

Slava does the work himself and brings 7 years of hands-on experience to it.

What does a bathroom remodel run around Portland?

Three sizes of project, materials counted in each.

Those numbers describe the local market, not our own jobs yet. On a full gut, materials eat about two fifths of the bill . Line-by-line detail sits in the cost breakdown for Portland bathrooms.

The things that swing a number:

• a layout that stays put versus a relocated toilet or drain;
• how much wall and floor gets tiled, and the pattern;
• keeping the tub, buying a new one, or tiling a shower from scratch;
• hidden damage, such as soft plywood or a rotten flange under the toilet;
• fixture and tile grade;
• permit fees and inspector visits.

Some Portland design-build outfits price much higher, since their figure folds in a designer's time, moved walls and custom finish work. Work that starts small and creeps past that mark has to get its contract inside five days. Here's what Oregon wants in that contract.

Can a bathroom be redone for $10,000?

It can be. That sum is higher than the low end of local pricing but under the typical figure. It tends to stretch far enough for a compact room with the same layout, mid-grade fixtures and plain tile.

Plan on more if plumbing has to shift, if you're after a large tiled walk-in, or if joists under the floor need fixing .

Tighter budgets have two cheaper routes. Our bathroom refresh leaves sound tile alone and replaces the worn pieces. A tub-to-shower conversion rebuilds just the bathing corner.

Does a bathroom remodel need a permit?

Usually it needs trade permits rather than a building permit. Oregon's BCD spells out that work exempt from a building permit can still need plumbing, electrical or mechanical permits.

How Oregon's rules sort the usual bathroom tasks:

• Tiling, painting, a new cabinet or countertop: building permit not required.
• Replacing an exposed sink, toilet or faucet, changing a shower head, regrouting or resurfacing the shower walls: plumbing permit not required.
• Altering pipe hidden inside walls, ceilings or below the floor, or relocating plumbing: plumbing permit required.
• Running new wire, putting in another receptacle or fixture, or changing a circuit: electrical permit required; a matching like-for-like swap is exempt.
• Building a bathroom where none existed: building permit required.

Portland's permit staff say a bath remodel may only call for trade permits, and Washington County's plumbing triggers match the state list. Your address decides which city or county office issues them. Permitted rough plumbing and wiring are normally inspected while the walls are still open .

Why do the years 1978 and 2004 matter for a bathroom job?

Yes. Between them, those two years catch most west-side houses.

1978 and lead. Oregon presumes pre-1978 paint holds lead unless a test proves otherwise. Stripping bathroom walls, ceiling or casing nearly always crosses it.

2004 and asbestos. Any home completed before January 1, 2004 needs a survey by an accredited asbestos inspector, per DEQ, ahead of renovation work. Friable material has to come out through a abatement contractor. Vinyl floor tile is on DEQ's nonfriable list and needs an ASN-6 notice filed at least five days before work starts.

We don't do lead-paint disturbance or asbestos removal (what we don't do) . In Cedar Hills, plenty of the 1950s-60s tract houses still have the bathroom they were built with. Cedar Mill leans 1960s-70s, Beaverton spans the 60s to the 90s, and much of Bethany went up in the 90s and early 2000s, which still lands before the cutoff.

How many days does a full bathroom remodel take?

Market data assumes roughly 100 labour hours per room. That's a planning number, not a promise.

Days on the calendar outrun hours on the clock. Permits need issuing, rough-in has to pass inspection, membrane and thinset have to cure before grouting, and a back-ordered vanity or valve can stall the last week .

What should a bathroom in a rainy Oregon house get right?

Steam and slow leaks do the damage here. Get a true waterproof membrane behind shower tile, and a fan ducted to the outside instead of dumping moist air into the attic. Wiring for a new fan is electrical work.

In west-side homes over a crawl space, decay frequently appears from below first, around the toilet flange and under the tub apron .