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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Pine Hills
A full bathroom remodel in Pine Hills typically costs $9,000 to $28,000, with smaller jobs like a guest bath refresh landing between $5,000 and $12,000. The biggest cost driver here is not tile or fixtures. It’s what we find when we open the walls of a 1950s to 1970s concrete block home: cast-iron drains, aluminum wiring, and moisture trapped behind original stucco. We handle all of it with a written price before the first cabinet is pulled, and a written guarantee that covers the work for a full year. Call (850) 427-6454 and you’ll speak with a real person, not a voicemail maze.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Orlando Is Pine Hills’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We work on a lot of homes around Pine Hills Road, North Lane, and the neighborhoods west of Powers Drive. The houses there have a specific character: single-story, concrete block, flat or low-slope roofs, built when cast iron and aluminum were standard materials. That history matters because a bathroom remodel in Pine Hills is rarely a surface job. It’s opening a wet wall and finding a vent stack that has been corroding for 50 years.
Trevor Nash set up Penhallow Remodeling on a simple rule: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it. We operate under Pine Hills conditions every week, so we know the Orange County permit triggers and the inspection sequencing that older block homes require. Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, and a live person answers the phone 24/7. When a Pine Hills homeowner calls, they get an answer, a written estimate, and no pressure.
Styles & brands we work with
Small Bathroom Remodel in Pine Hills
A Small Bathroom Remodel in Pine Hills usually means a 5×8 or 6×8 hall bath or guest bath in a 1,000 to 1,500 square foot block home. The job typically runs $5,000 to $12,000 here, and it is the most common project we quote. These bathrooms often still have their original 3×3 ceramic tile set over a mud bed, a wall-mount sink with visible chrome trap, and a tub that has lost its finish. The remodel gives you a new vanity, tile, toilet, tub or shower trim, and proper ventilation. But in a Pine Hills home, the real work is often behind the tile: replacing a section of cast-iron drain line and adding GFCI protection to the bath circuit.
The Wet Wall Problem
In concrete block construction, plumbing runs through a framed chase wall, not inside the block itself. When we open that wall, we commonly find the original cast-iron pipe has thinned from interior corrosion. We write an allowance into the contract for drain replacement so the price you see day one includes the likely scope. If we find less, the allowance is not spent. If we find more, you approve a written change order before we cut another inch.
Ventilation in Block Homes
Block walls do not breathe the way wood-framed walls do, so a bath fan that vents into the attic instead of through the roof creates condensation. In Pine Hills humidity, that becomes mold behind a surround in about two years. On small remodels we always verify the fan is actually ducted outside, and if it is not, we run a roof cap or sidewall vent as part of the job.
Shower Remodel in Pine Hills
A Shower Remodel in Pine Hills typically costs $4,500 to $12,000 for a full walk-in shower install, and $3,000 to $8,500 for shower replacement over an existing footprint. Many Pine Hills homeowners want the original tub out and a curbless or low-curb shower in. That is a sensible change in a rental-heavy area: accessible showers are easier on tenants and hold up better than 60-year-old tub surrounds. We install cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile) on every shower, never greenboard, and we waterproof the full height of the wet wall plus 12 inches beyond the shower glass.
Frameless Glass vs. Curtain Rod
A frameless glass enclosure adds roughly $1,200 to $2,800 to the shower line item depending on panel width and hardware finish. In smaller Pine Hills bathrooms, a fixed panel plus a glass door makes the room feel twice as large. We install the glass only after the tile is fully cured, and we set the mounting clips into the tile, not into grout lines, so the seal stays watertight.
Flat Roof Leaks Above Showers
This is a Pine Hills classic. The original tar-and-gravel roof over the bathroom has worn thin, and a slow leak has been staining the ceiling above the shower for years. We do not hang new drywall under a roof that still leaks. The roof gets coated or patched first, then the ceiling is replaced, then the shower work starts. We coordinate all of it so the inspection schedule makes sense.
Trusted Brands We Service in Pine Hills
We stock and install fixtures and materials from trade brands we can stand behind: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone countertops, and Kohler and Moen fixtures. Cambria quartz carries its own lifetime warranty, which sits alongside our 365-Day Done Right Promise. For Pine Hills customers, that means the cabinet line, the countertop surface, and the shower valve all carry product coverage in addition to the written guarantee we put on our labor. We keep the most common Kohler and Moen cartridges and trim kits in our local stock so a warranty part does not mean a two-week delay.
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AfterCommon Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Pine Hills Homes
Here is what opening walls in an older Pine Hills block home actually turns up, and how we handle each one:
- Corroded cast-iron drain lines. Original 1950s-70s cast-iron vent stacks and tub drains thin from the inside out. When we open the wet wall, we check the full run to the slab and write a change order for any PVC replacement before closing up.
- Aluminum wiring at bath circuits. Many Pine Hills homes still have aluminum branch wiring, and the connections at old bath fan junction boxes overheat over time. We add a small rewiring allowance to every remodel quote in this area.
- Moisture trapped behind stucco surrounds. The original fiberglass tub surrounds were set against block walls with no moisture barrier. By now, many have mold behind them. We remove the surround, treat the block surface, and rebuild with waterproofing membrane before new tile goes up.
- Subfloor rot under original tubs. The slab is fine in most cases, but the wood framed tub deck is not. A 60-year-old tub with a slow drain leak rots the deck and the first few studs. We replace that framing and let the inspection catch it before the tub is set back in.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Pine Hills, FL
Here are the real market ranges we quote in Pine Hills. These are written numbers, not ballpark ranges you hear over the phone and never see again.
| Project | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Full Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 – $8,500 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves the number up in Pine Hills: cast-iron drain replacement, aluminum wiring remediation, flat-roof repair above the bath, and any Orange County code upgrade the permit inspector requires once walls are open. We write these as allowances into the contract so the day-one price already includes the likely scope. Bathroom Remodeling with written pricing before work starts is how we do every job. Call (850) 427-6454 for a free estimate with a written number you can hold us to.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pine Hills
Beyond Pine Hills, our crews regularly work in Orlando, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, and Sanford. If you’re remodeling in a 1960s block home in any of those areas, the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise applies. We schedule from our Miami office and dispatch local crews to Pine Hills and surrounding communities.
Serving Pine Hills, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pine Hills area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Bathroom Remodeling in Pine Hills
It might, and we tell you before the permit is pulled. If the home still has a 60-amp or 100-amp panel with aluminum branch circuits, adding GFCI protection, a dedicated bath circuit, or a newer vent fan can push the panel over capacity. The Orange County inspector will not sign off on new bathroom outlets or fans if the panel is overloaded, so we check the panel during the estimate and include any upgrade in the written price from day one. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll tell you exactly what your panel will handle.
For Pine Hills block construction, we use a sheet membrane over cement board substrate on every wet wall, not just the shower floor. Block walls hold moisture differently than wood framing, and the original stucco behind the old surround often has mold by now. We treat the block surface, hang the board, apply membrane to the full wet area, and then tile. The membrane is the same system we’d use in a commercial wet room, and it is part of every written quote.
Yes. We will not hang new drywall or set new tile under a roof that still leaks. The roof gets coated or patched first, and that line item goes into the written estimate as its own scope. Once the roof is watertight and the ceiling below is replaced, the bathroom interior work begins. The permit and inspection cover both scopes, and you approve the roof number in writing before any material is ordered. Call (850) 427-6454 for a free estimate that includes the roof repair if you need it.
We write a subfloor framing allowance into the contract before we start. That means the day-one price already includes the likely scope of replacing the tub deck and any rotted studs. If we open the floor and find less rot than the allowance covers, the unspent allowance comes off your final invoice. If we find more, you approve a written change order before we order lumber. Nothing gets replaced without your signature on the number. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll show you how the allowance works in the written quote.
We pull permits on every remodel, including small ones. A bathroom remodel in Pine Hills is not a paint-and-caulk job. Opening a wet wall, replacing a drain line, touching wiring, and changing the shower valve are all permit-triggered scopes under Orange County code. If you skip the permit and the work fails, insurance will not cover it, and a future buyer’s inspector will flag it. We handle the permit, schedule the rough-in and final inspections, and keep the approved sign-off on file for your records.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Orlando, serving Pine Hills under the Kingswell standard since 2004.
