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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Aldine
A bathroom remodel in Aldine typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000, depending on the age of your plumbing, whether you’re on a slab or pier-and-beam foundation, and how much water damage has accumulated behind old tile. That range isn’t a guess. It’s what we’ve seen across dozens of homes from Hartwick Road to the neighborhoods off Airline Drive. If you’re planning a remodel anywhere in Aldine, call us at (254) 527-5340 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Aldine is different from Houston, Katy, or The Woodlands in one important way: most of it is unincorporated Harris County. That means no city permit review for most bathroom remodels, but it also means homes near Greens Bayou and Halls Bayou can carry floodplain compliance requirements that change the scope of the job. We walk every Aldine project with that in mind, checking the foundation, the drain lines, and the framing before we ever quote a number. Our Bathroom Remodeling team coordinates scheduling and dispatch from our Houston office, and crews serve Aldine daily.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Houston Is Aldine’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Trevor Nash leads our crew, and he’s spent enough time in Aldine homes to know what’s behind the drywall before we open it. The housing stock here is mostly 1960s through 1980s tract homes with pier-and-beam foundations, plus newer brick veneer houses from the 1990s and 2000s. Those older homes share a common weakness: expansive clay soil that shifts, settles, and cracks cast-iron drain lines. We see it constantly, and we scope for it on every quote.
Aldine homeowners tell us the same thing over and over: they were burned before by a contractor who gave a verbal estimate, then handed them change orders after demo day. That’s why every Penhallow job in Aldine starts with a written number. Not an estimate range. A line-item price you can hold us to. We also put the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every project. If something fails inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, so you know exactly who’s walking into your home. A live person answers the phone 24/7, not a voicemail maze. And when we source materials for Aldine jobs, we use brands that carry their own warranties: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone countertops, Kohler and Moen fixtures. The products back the promise.
Styles & brands we work with
Small Bathroom Remodel in Aldine
A Small Bathroom Remodel in Aldine is one of the most common projects we take on, usually because a 1970s hall bath has finally cracked its original tile or the vanity has swelled from years of Gulf Coast humidity. In Aldine, this work typically runs $5,000 to $12,000 depending on whether we’re keeping the existing footprint or moving plumbing. The big variable here is what’s behind the walls. Homes near Greens Bayou often hide rotted sills and mold behind drywall that looked fine from the outside, and a good scope accounts for that before the first swing of a hammer.
What a Small Bathroom Remodel Includes
We replace the tub or shower surround, set a new vanity with a cultured marble or quartz top, swap the old faucet and valve for Kohler or Moen fixtures, and lay new tile over a cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile). On pier-and-beam homes, we check the subfloor for sag and water damage. On slab homes, we check for cracks that signal settling. Both checks happen before we quote, not after demo starts.
When an Aldine Homeowner Needs It
You need this when the grout won’t stay sealed, the floor feels soft near the toilet, or the bathroom smells musty even after cleaning. Aldine’s humidity makes caulk fail faster than it does in drier climates, and once water gets behind the tile, the problem compounds. Catching it early keeps the job in the $5,000 to $8,000 range. Waiting until the subfloor rots pushes it toward $12,000.
Shower Remodel in Aldine
A Shower Remodel in Aldine usually means pulling out a fiberglass tub-and-surround unit from the 1980s and building a tiled walk-in shower in its place, or replacing a failing shower pan before it leaks into the room below. In Aldine, this runs from $3,000 for a shower replacement to $12,000 for a full walk-in installation with frameless glass. The price moves with the waterproofing system, the drain relocation, and whether you want a curbless entry.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Many Aldine homeowners convert an old tub into a shower because the tub was rarely used and step-over height is a daily annoyance. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000 here. On older Aldine homes with cast-iron drains, we often find the P-trap has rusted thin. That’s a predictable finding on 60s and 70s construction, and we scope a drain replacement as an allowance line so you see it before work starts, not as a surprise on the invoice.
Frameless Glass and Walk-In Showers
Frameless glass shower enclosures are popular in newer Aldine brick homes, and we install them as part of a walk-in shower package. A walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 to $12,000, which includes the waterproofing, the tile, the glass, and the fixture set. We recommend a linear drain on any Aldine shower where the slab has visible settling, because a level entry on a shifting slab is harder to do right than on a stable one. The drain gives water a path even if the floor moves a fraction of an inch.
Trusted Brands We Service in Aldine
We stock and install products from brands that hold up to Aldine’s humidity and hard water. KraftMaid and Wellborn vanities resist swelling better than flat-pack particle board. Kohler and Moen valves handle the mineral content in Aldine’s water better than off-brand fixtures. Cambria quartz tops don’t absorb water like natural stone can. When we quote an Aldine bathroom remodel, the brand names go on the written estimate, so you know exactly what’s going in. If a part fails under warranty, we handle the replacement call ourselves. You don’t chase a manufacturer.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Aldine Homes
- Expansive-clay slab movement. Aldine sits on Houston Black clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. That movement cracks cast-iron drain lines and shifts slabs, which is why we scope plumbing rough-ins and floor leveling on every slab-home remodel.
- Hidden flood damage from Greens Bayou. Homes east of Airline Drive and north of Aldine Mail Route have seen repeated overflows. We check for water stains and mold in the wall cavities near the tub and toilet before quoting, because past floods often leave rot that never got remediated.
- Rotted subfloors on pier-and-beam homes. The 1960s through 1980s stock in Aldine often has original subfloor sheathing. Humidity and slow pipe leaks rot it from below. We replace it with pressure-treated plywood when we open the floor.
- Failing caulk joints and cracked grout. Aldine’s hot, humid summers and clay-driven settling stress tile assemblies. Regrouting alone won’t fix a shower that’s moving. We look for the movement first, then decide what gets rebuilt.
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Here’s what we quote in Aldine, in plain numbers:
| Project | Aldine Price Range |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The spread between $9,000 and $28,000 comes down to what’s hiding behind the walls. A clean 1990s brick home bathroom with a slab in good shape and no flood history sits at the lower end. A 1970s pier-and-beam bathroom near Greens Bayou with rotted sills, a cracked cast-iron drain, and mold behind the shower surround sits at the higher end. We scope all of that before we quote. Call (254) 527-5340 for a free estimate with a written price.
We Also Serve Cities Near Aldine
While this page is about Bathroom Remodeling in Aldine, our crews also cover nearby communities. We work in Houston, Katy, The Woodlands, and Richmond on a regular basis. If your home is in one of those areas, the pricing and permitting picture changes, but the written-price guarantee stays the same.
Serving Aldine, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aldine 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 Aldine
Most bathroom remodels in unincorporated Aldine do not go through a city permit review because there is no city government issuing building permits. What you may face instead is Harris County floodplain review if your home sits near Greens Bayou or Halls Bayou. Those projects can require elevation documentation and drainage compliance before significant work moves forward. We scope this on every Aldine job so you know on day one whether your remodel triggers a floodplain review. Call (254) 527-5340 if you want us to check your specific property.
Because houses near Greens Bayou have flooded more than once, and water that enters a home doesn’t always leave. We find rotted sills, mold behind drywall, and compromised subfloors in bathrooms that look fine on the surface. A remodel that doesn’t address drainage and moisture means the new tile and fixtures are going onto a compromised structure. We plan for drainage, waterproofing, and in some cases a curbless shower with a linear drain so future water has an escape path. This is standard scoping on our Aldine jobs.
We scope for hidden water damage before we quote, not after. On an Aldine home, that means we walk the crawl space if it’s pier-and-beam, check the slab for cracks if it’s on grade, and look at the wall cavities around the tub and toilet. If we expect rotted sills or mold, we build an allowance line into the written estimate. That way, when we open the wall and find exactly what we expected, you’re not hit with a change order. Our written price is the number you hold us to. If something genuinely unknown appears, we stop and talk to you before spending a dollar.
Yes. A pier-and-beam bathroom in Aldine moves more than a slab bathroom because the structure flexes and the clay soil under the piers shifts with moisture. That means the waterproofing system has to accommodate movement. We use a decoupling membrane under the tile in active bathrooms and make sure the subfloor is pressure-treated plywood, not the original 1970s sheathing that has absorbed decades of humidity. On a slab home, the bigger concern is cracking and settlement, so we check for level before deciding whether to float the floor prior to tiling.
Yes, and we do it often. Old cast-iron drains in Aldine homes are usually rusted thin at the P-trap, which sits in contact with soil and moisture. When we convert a tub to a shower, we often replace the trap and the riser at the same time, because opening the floor once is cheaper than opening it twice. The tub-to-shower conversion typically runs $3,500 to $10,000 in Aldine, and the drain replacement is scoped as part of the written quote when the home’s age suggests it’s needed. Call (254) 527-5340 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what your drains look like.
Building on Acreage Around Aldine: What Changes the Price
Aldine’s unincorporated status shapes how we scope every bathroom remodel, and it’s worth understanding before you sign anything. The county permitting picture is looser than Houston’s, but the practical realities of an older, flood-exposed housing stock mean there’s more to scope, not less. We look at four things on every Aldine walkthrough.
Foundation type. Pier-and-beam homes from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s behave differently than the 90s and 2000s slab homes. On pier-and-beam, we’re checking joist spacing, subfloor rot, and whether the piers have settled unevenly. On slab, we’re looking for cracks that run under the bathroom, because those crack the finish tile work later.
Drain line condition. Expansive clay moves, and it breaks cast iron. On Hartwick Road east of Airline Drive, our crew gutted a 1978 pier-and-beam bathroom where slab settlement had cracked the cast-iron plumbing. We replaced the subfloor with pressure-treated plywood, straightened the rough-in for a Kohler toilet and Moen valve, and added a curbless shower with a linear drain so a future Greens Bayou overflow would have an escape path. All of it was scoped with allowances for rotted sills found behind the drywall. That’s Aldine work, and it’s why our quotes account for what’s behind the wall before we open it.
Flood history. Homes between Airline Drive and the Hardy Toll Road have seen water from Greens Bayou and Halls Bayou more than once. A bathroom remodel in that zone means checking stud bays for mold, checking the subfloor for rot, and planning waterproofing that assumes water will come again. That’s a different brief than a bathroom on high ground in Katy.
GC accountability. Because unincorporated Aldine doesn’t require the same inspections as Houston, a bad contractor can quote low, rough in new drains without checking for settling, and walk away before the slab shifts and cracks the PVC. We run a draw schedule tied to visible milestones, we hold back final payment until you’ve walked the finished space, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers what happens after. Written price, written guarantee, real arrival window. That’s the Kingswell standard we’ve operated under since 2004.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Houston, serving Aldine and surrounding Harris County communities.
