Surface refresh
$9k–$15k
- Shallow vanity with drawers
- Recessed medicine cabinet
- New toilet, faucet and light
- Tub reglazed, new surround
- Floor tile and fresh paint
- Quiet fan with humidity sensor
Small bathroom remodel · Licensed & insured · NARI member
A small bathroom remodel that finds you inches, not just new tile.
Most small bathrooms are 5 by 8 feet or less, and the usual complaint is the same: the door hits the toilet, the vanity has no drawer and the shower feels like a closet. A supervisor measures every clearance, then prices three ways to fix it, from new surfaces to a rearranged room.
Text a photo from the doorway and the room's rough size. A supervisor who plans small baths answers within 5 minutes on business days.
- $17k–$30kTypical full redo
- 3 wksFull redo average
- 4.9410 reviews
- 24hWritten estimate
What happens after you text us
Send one photo from the doorway. We start measuring in our heads.
In a small bathroom, the first photo already shows where the space is lost. The supervisor asks two quick measurements, suggests what might move, and sets a time to confirm it with a tape measure.
- A doorway photo shows how the door swing eats the floor
- Two measurements are enough for a first layout idea
- The visit is short, about 45 minutes, because the room is
Our upstairs bath is tiny, maybe 5 by 7. The door bangs into the toilet every time and there is nowhere to put anything.
Hi Megan, this is Chris, I handle our small bathroom projects. That door problem is common and fixable. How wide is the door, and is there a wall on the hallway side it could slide into?
It is 28 inches. The hallway side is just a plain wall with a light switch.
Then a pocket door is likely, the switch can move a few inches. I would also look at a narrower vanity with drawers and a medicine cabinet set into the wall. I can measure Monday at 5, prices by Tuesday night.
Monday works. Will we lose the tub?
Only if you want to. I will price it both ways so you can compare the space you gain.
What a small bathroom remodel costs
A small bathroom remodel costs $9,000 to $48,000. Moving things is what raises the price.
Ranges are for bathrooms of 25 to 45 square feet. Small rooms cost less in materials, but labor barely shrinks, because the same trades still visit. Most homeowners choose the full remodel with a few space-saving pieces.
Full small-bath remodel
$17k–$30k
- Demolition to the studs
- Tiled shower or new tub
- Fixed glass panel, no swing door
- Built-in niche instead of a caddy
- Large tile to reduce grout lines
- New pipes, wiring and fan duct
Space-gaining rework
$32k–$48k
- Everything in the full remodel
- Pocket door in a new frame
- Toilet moved or wall-hung
- Tub swapped for a larger shower
- Floating vanity to show floor
- Permits and framing changes
Check the range for your small bath
Pick the tier, how small the room really is and the kind of house. The price range adjusts instantly, from the figures our supervisors use.
A range, not a quote. Your written estimate comes after the visit and does not change once you approve it.
Typical range for your answers
Get this range as a written small bath priceWhere the money goes
In a small bathroom, labor is almost half the bill. Materials matter less than you think.
Averages from our recent full remodels of rooms under 45 square feet. A plumber, an electrician and a tile setter visit no matter how small the room is, which is why a small bath costs more per square foot than a big one.
Get my itemized small bath price
Move the toilet or leave it
Leave the toilet where it is when you can. Move it when the room will not work otherwise.
Moving a toilet means cutting the floor, rerouting a 3-inch drain and sometimes a vent, which adds $2,500 to $6,000. Sometimes it is the only way to fit a real shower. We check six things and write down the answer for your room.
| If this is true | We recommend |
|---|---|
| There are 15 inches from the toilet center to each side | Leave it |
| The door cannot open without hitting the bowl | Move it |
| The drain runs across the joists below | Leave it |
| A larger shower needs the toilet's current wall | Move it |
| A pocket door alone solves the clearance problem | Leave it |
| The floor below is an open basement or crawl space | Move it |
How long it takes
A full small-bath remodel takes three weeks, with every day on the schedule.
A surface refresh takes about two weeks and a space-gaining rework five to six. Small rooms fit only one trade at a time, so we stack the plumber, electrician and tile setter back to back with no idle days.
Before we start
Measure and plan
Every clearance measured, layout drawn to scale, vanity and glass ordered to the inch before demo.
Days one to four
Strip and rough-in
Old fixtures and tile out, pipes and wiring moved, niche framed, rough-in inspection passed.
Days five to twelve
Waterproof and tile
Membrane on shower walls, flood test, then large tile on floor and walls to cut down grout lines.
Final days
Fit and walkthrough
Vanity, toilet, glass panel and cabinet installed, paint, then a walkthrough and your warranty.
Remodeling concepts
Small bathroom remodel: conditions and possibilities.
AI-generated examples of existing conditions and remodeling possibilities. Each image is a separate concept, not a documented transformation of the same home.
Pieces made for small rooms
Six products that give a small bathroom back its floor, each named in your estimate.
In a small bathroom, the right product is worth more than the priciest one. These are the pieces we use most to save inches, with the brands and sizes written into your quote.
Wall-hung toilets
A Geberit in-wall tank hides behind the wall and frees about 9 inches of floor. The bowl hangs off the floor so mopping is easy.
Pocket door frames
Johnson Hardware and similar steel-reinforced frames let the door slide into the wall, so the whole swing area becomes usable floor.
Shallow vanities
Vanities 18 inches deep instead of the usual 21, with drawers instead of doors, so you can still walk past with the drawer open.
Recessed cabinets
Robern and Kohler medicine cabinets set between the studs add storage without sticking out into the room at head height.
Large-format tile
Porcelain tiles of 12 by 24 inches or bigger mean fewer grout lines, which makes a small floor look calmer and easier to keep clean.
Fixed glass panels
A single fixed panel instead of a swinging shower door needs no clearance and lets light reach the back of the shower.
Written into every contract
Six promises you can hold us to.
The approved price is the final price. Change orders only with your written approval.
A credit for every working day of delay we cause. Weather and inspections excepted, in writing.
Dust barriers, floor protection and a clean-up before we leave. Your home stays livable.
A text or email every working day with photos and tomorrow's plan, or the day is free.
Workmanship warranty in writing, transferable to the next owner, backed by a fixed address.
A small deposit, then you pay only for work that is already completed, inspected and photographed.
Who is in your house
Three people rotate through the room, one at a time, on a set schedule.
A small bathroom fits one tradesperson at a time. You meet each of them before the first day, all background-checked, and your supervisor texts you who is coming the evening before.
Small bath supervisor
Draws the layout, schedules each trade, texts daily.
Licensed plumber
Moves the drain or flange and sets the toilet and valve.
Tile and finish carpenter
Frames the niche, tiles the room, hangs the pocket door.
Illustrative project scopes
Small bathroom remodel: scope and budget examples.
Planning examples with illustrative budgets and durations. These are not completed customer jobs, invoices or promises about your project.
5 by 8 full redo, same layout
- Example budget
- $22,400
- Example duration
- 3 weeks
- Record type
- Illustrative scope
Half bath refresh with storage
- Example budget
- $11,200
- Example duration
- 2 weeks
- Record type
- Illustrative scope
Toilet moved, tub to shower
- Example budget
- $39,800
- Example duration
- 5 weeks
- Record type
- Illustrative scope
Your small bathroom is not average
Every small room has one real problem. Here is how we price yours.
Start from the three tiers above. These are the small-bathroom cases we see most, and how each one shifts the scope, the budget or the number of days.
A condo with shared plumbing
Condo baths share stacks with the units above and below, so moving a toilet is often off the table. We work around the fixed drains, get board approval and gain space with the door, vanity and storage instead.
Get my condo small bath priceA bath squeezed under the eaves
Older houses often tuck a bathroom under a sloped roof. We place the shower where the ceiling is tallest, check the headroom against code, and price the extra framing if the short knee walls need to move.
Price my attic-level small bathShared by the whole family
When four people share a 5 by 8 bath every morning, storage and durability come first. We add a drawer for each person, hooks instead of towel bars, and tile that hides water spots between weekly cleanings.
Plan a small bath for a familyA parent will use this bath
A small room can still be safe: a shower with a low curb, a grab bar where the hand goes naturally, a comfort-height toilet and a door that slides. Nothing in it needs to look like a hospital fixture.
Make a small bath safe for a parentKeeping the cost down
Leaving the toilet and drain in place, reglazing a sound tub and choosing a stock 24-inch vanity can hold a small bath near the bottom of our range. We also point out the one upgrade that pays off most in your room.
Get my small bath on a budgetListing the house soon
Buyers judge a small bathroom in the listing photos. Bright tile, a clean glass panel and a vanity with storage do more than expensive fixtures, and we can usually finish the job in two to three weeks.
Prep my small bath for listingNeeded back in a hurry
If the bathroom has to be usable again by a set date, we order every piece before demolition and book each trade back to back. A same-layout remodel can be back in service in about 15 working days from the start.
Get my small bath done quicklyA powder room with no shower
A half bath under 25 square feet is mostly about the door, the sink and the light. A corner or wall-mounted sink, a round-front toilet and one good sconce by the mirror can make it feel about twice its size.
Price my powder room updateWhat this service is
A small bathroom remodel, defined by the square footage.
Small bathroom remodeling is the renovation of a bathroom of roughly 45 square feet or less, such as a 5 by 8 hall bath or a half bath, planned around code clearances, door swings and storage. It includes fixtures, tile, waterproofing, plumbing and wiring. ProBuild Remodeling does it as a licensed general contractor with one supervisor and permits under our license.
It covers a surface refresh, a full remodel down to the studs in the same layout, and a rework that moves the door, toilet or shower to gain usable floor. It includes space-saving products such as pocket doors, wall-hung toilets and recessed cabinets. It does not include pushing walls out into another room, which is a bathroom addition or expansion.
It is for owners of older homes, condos and starter houses where the bathroom was built tight, and for families sharing one small bath. It is not for large primary suites or for a one-day vanity swap, which a handyman can do for less.
Terms you will see on a small bath estimate
- Clearance
- The minimum space code requires around a fixture, such as 15 inches from the toilet center to a wall and 21 inches in front.
- Pocket door
- A door that slides into a frame hidden inside the wall. It needs a wall section with no pipes or wires where it slides.
- In-wall tank
- The toilet tank mounted inside the wall behind a wall-hung bowl, reached through the flush plate for service.
- Toilet flange
- The fitting that connects the toilet to the drain. Moving it a few inches is simpler than moving the drain line itself.
- Air admittance valve
- A one-way vent valve that lets a drain breathe where running a vent pipe up through the roof is not practical.
- Floating vanity
- A vanity mounted on the wall with open floor beneath it. It makes a small room look bigger and is easier to clean under.
- Recessed niche
- A shelf built into the shower wall between the studs, waterproofed and tiled, so bottles do not crowd the floor.
- Humidity-sensing fan
- An exhaust fan that turns itself on when the air gets damp and runs until the moisture clears, then shuts off.
Small bathroom questions
Eight questions about small bathrooms, with straight answers.
How much does it cost to remodel a small bathroom?
A full remodel of a 5 by 8 bathroom usually costs $17,000 to $30,000. A surface refresh runs $9,000 to $15,000, and moving the toilet, door or shower to gain space costs $32,000 to $48,000. Labor makes up almost half of any small-bath price.
Why does a small bathroom cost so much per square foot?
Because the same plumber, electrician, tile setter and inspector visit a 35 square foot bath as a 90 square foot one. Materials shrink with the room, but trade visits and fixed costs do not, so the price per square foot is higher.
How can I make a small bathroom feel bigger?
Use one large tile on floor and walls, a floating vanity that shows the floor, a fixed glass panel instead of a curtain, a recessed cabinet and a pocket door. Light colors help, but freeing floor space helps more.
Can a walk-in shower fit in a 5 by 8 bathroom?
Yes. Removing a 60-inch tub leaves room for a shower about 60 by 32 inches, with a fixed glass panel and a low curb. If there is no other tub in the house, think about resale before removing the only one.
Is a pocket door worth it in a small bathroom?
Usually. It frees the floor the door used to swing over, often 7 to 9 square feet. The wall it slides into must be free of pipes and wires, and the frame should be a steel-reinforced type so the door does not sag.
What is the smallest legal size for a full bathroom?
Most codes allow a full bath of about 5 by 7 feet, as long as each fixture has its clearances: 15 inches from the toilet center to a wall, 21 inches of open space in front of the toilet and sink, and a 30 by 30 inch shower minimum.
How long will a small bathroom be out of use?
About two weeks for a refresh, three to four for a full remodel and five to six when things move. Because only one trade fits in the room at once, we schedule them back to back to avoid empty days.
Are wall-hung toilets reliable?
Yes, when the in-wall tank and frame come from a proven maker such as Geberit, and the frame is bolted to blocking. Parts are replaced through the flush plate without opening the wall, and the frame is rated for heavy loads.
Small bathroom remodels near you
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Free small bathroom estimate
Send your room size and one photo. We will show you where the inches are.
A supervisor who plans small bathrooms reads your details, texts back within 5 minutes during business hours and sets up a short measuring visit.