01Bathrooms
One bathroom is a small job for a builder, but they treated it like the whole house. The tile lines up, the door finally closes properly, and they finished the week they said they would.
Rooms · 06 · Bathrooms, fully renovated
Bathroom Renovations in Hamilton
Bathroom renovations in Hamilton cover powder rooms, main baths and ensuites. Drain and vent lines go in and are tested for leaks before the shower floor is given its fall to the drain.
- Licensed builder
- WSIB
- Years building
- 15+
- Houses completed
- 300+
What’s included
What a bathroom
renovation includes.
The surfaces are what you see. Plumbing, ventilation and waterproofing behind them fall inside the renovation too.
Showers, tubs and tile
In ensuites and main baths the work is showers and tubs, with the tile finishing at the fixtures. A walk-in shower can replace a tub.
Waterproofing and ventilation
Waterproofing goes onto the surround of the shower or tub ahead of any tile. Ventilation is a fan, planned in ahead of the tile.
Vanities and fixtures
The vanity and fixtures go in after the tile, set to the plumbing plan so drains and valves are already where they need to be.
Plumbing and electrical, coordinated
The plumbing and electrical are scheduled by the builder. Walls stay open until the drains have been tested.
How it runs
One bay of it,
stage by stage.
Rooms and whole houses share five stages in an identical order, and one builder answers for each.
- 01
Permits
Any permit application rests on drawings of the valve and drain positions and where a tub or shower sits.
- 02
Structure
The existing fixtures and finishes are removed, and the new layout and ceiling height are set.
- 03
Trades
The drain and vent pipes get a rough-in and a leak test. The shower floor is also given a fall to the drain.
- 04
Finishes
Waterproofing and fan go in first. Tile, vanity and fixtures follow.
- 05
Handover
Handing the bathroom back for use comes after the fan, drains and fixtures are run.
Why Hanna Homes
Why one builder
for all of it.
The room is small and wet. That makes how the hidden work is ordered count for more than the room’s size.
Fixtures wait and pipes stay uncovered until the drains and vents have been tested, so any leak turns up within easy reach.
The shower and tub areas are waterproofed before any tile goes on, because the tile covers them once it is up.
Ceiling height has to hold where a person stands, shower and tub included, so a bulkhead is checked against it before it is drawn.
With the wall open, the valve and drain for the shower go in. The tile layout is planned to fit them, so nothing is cut around them later.
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Client reviews
Their house,
their words.
Whole homes and single rooms, in the words of the people who live in them.
02Whole home
We put off the whole house for years because we couldn’t picture living through it. Akram walked us through every stage before it started, and each week went the way he said it would.
03Kitchens
The crew covered the floors and cleaned up at the end of every day, which mattered with two kids at home. The new kitchen is the room everyone ends up in now. Worth every week of takeout.
04Custom homes
Building a new house was the biggest decision we’ve ever made, and it never felt rushed. We walked the site most Saturdays and always knew exactly where things stood.
05Basement apartments
We turned the basement into a unit for my mother-in-law. She has her own entrance and her own kitchen, and we still get Sunday dinners. The paperwork I was dreading turned out to be the part I thought about least.
06Additions
We needed more room but didn’t want to leave the street. The second storey went on over the summer, and from the sidewalk you’d think the house was always built that way.
07Knockdown & rebuild
Our old bungalow wasn’t worth saving, so we took it down and built new on the same lot. They kept the neighbours in the loop from demolition to the final walk-through. We love coming home to it.
08Basements
The basement used to be storage and a furnace. Now it’s a family room the kids actually want to be in. A clear quote, no surprises, and the site was swept every night.
09Whole home
We bought an older house knowing it needed everything. Akram was straight with us from the first visit about what was worth keeping. Every room is new to us now, and it still feels like the house we fell for.
10Kitchens
Third builder we spoke to, and the only one who returned every call. When we changed our minds about the island halfway through, they made it work without any drama.
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Projects
Selected work,
inside and out.
The two whole homes are a bungalow and a new house, the three rooms a basement, a kitchen and a bath, each one complete.
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A primary bath in honed limestone.
A single glass panel closes the shower, with a stone tub below the window, lime-plastered walls and a trough vanity shaped from one block.
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From the street
to the basement.
Every service, from the street to the basement. Tap a picture to see it whole.Kitchens, bathrooms and basements follow the street views of whole homes. Open a picture to see all of it.
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Service area
Within an hour
of Burlington.
Towns we build in
- 01BurlingtonHaltonHome base
- 02HamiltonHamiltonby Hwy 403, 15 min, 18 km by road, approximately
- 03OakvilleHaltonby the QEW, 20 min, 24 km by road, approximately
- 04AncasterHamiltonby Hwy 403, 25 min, 28 km by road, approximately
- 05MiltonHaltonby Hwy 407, 30 min, 30 km by road, approximately
- 06MississaugaPeelby Hwy 407 and Hwy 403, 30 min, 41 km by road, approximately
- 07CambridgeWaterloo Regionby Hwy 8 and Hwy 5, 45 min, 51 km by road, approximately
- 08KitchenerWaterloo Regionby Hwy 6 and Hwy 401, 55 min, 72 km by road, approximately
And anywhere else inside the line.
Common questions
Common questions
in Hamilton.
What Hamilton homeowners ask about bathroom renovations: what it costs, how long it takes and what the city asks for.
Where the drains sit moves the price most. A fixture replaced in the same location needs no permit in Hamilton, while relocating plumbing does, so a swap and a rearranged room are different jobs. Shower and tub work, then tile, come after that. A price follows once the drain plan is fixed.
If the drains stay put, there is no permit step to wait for. If the toilet, shower or vanity moves, a permit and an inspection are added. Either way the order is fixed: waterproofing precedes tile, and tile precedes the vanity and fixtures. No duration is quoted before the scope is known.
Not for a like-for-like swap. A toilet, vanity or tub replaced in its existing spot, with new flooring and minor millwork, is on the City's list of projects needing no building permit. Relocating plumbing, or adding or removing a wall, does need one, and Hanna Homes handles that application and the inspection.
Behind the tile, the walls around the shower or tub get a waterproofing layer built as one system, and a fan is fitted to move steam outside. Both are installed first because neither is reachable once the tile is on.
All three. The ensuite is the compact one, centred on a shower; the main bath serves the whole household and often holds the tub; the powder room is just a toilet and a sink. Hanna Homes renovates each in full, with the plumbing and electrical coordinated.
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Before you build,
people in Hamilton ask.
What people in Hamilton search before bathroom renovations, answered for the town.
Ask who waterproofs the surround, who coordinates the plumber and electrician, and who handles the paperwork if a drain moves. Hanna Homes, a licensed builder in Burlington, takes all three on.
The one that keeps the toilet, shower and vanity on their existing drains. That avoids new plumbing and, in Hamilton, a permit. Moving them is possible, with the permit and inspection added.
A fan to move the steam out, and lighting wired with the room's electrical. The builder coordinates both, and they go in ahead of the drywall.
Good to know
Good to know
about bathroom renovations in Hamilton.
What changes the work in Hamilton: the rules, the houses and the ground.
Bathroom renovation permits in Hamilton
A fixture swapped in place is exempt from a Hamilton building permit, as are minor millwork, cabinetry and flooring. A bathroom brought up to date on its existing layout can be scoped without one. A new layout does need one. The City counts new or relocated plumbing as permit work, and adding or removing walls too, so a moved shower, toilet or laundry drain adds a permit and an inspection to the schedule. The plumbing plan is therefore fixed early, before any tile is chosen.
Bathroom remodeling in Hamilton: what the job includes
A bathroom remodel covers the shower or tub and the tile laid to the fixtures, the waterproofing and ventilation behind them, and the vanity and fixtures. The plumbing and electrical are coordinated by the builder as part of the job. Hamilton is 15 minutes from Hanna Homes' base in Burlington. The licensed builder runs the same five stages as for a whole house, from permit to handover, and answers for each one.
Bathroom remodel in Hamilton: cost and timing
Price moves with whether fixtures and drains stay where they are, how much shower or tub work the room needs, and the tile chosen. In Hamilton the first of those decides whether a permit is part of the job. Time follows the stages. Old fixtures and finishes come out, plumbing and electrical are run before the walls close, then waterproofing, tile, vanity and fixtures go in. Where a permit applies, the inspection comes before the room is closed up.
Tub and shower renovations in Hamilton
Tub and shower work sets the plan of the room, because the drain position decides what else can move. A tub or shower that stays on its existing drain is a different job from one that relocates, and in Hamilton the relocation is the one that needs a permit. Either way, waterproofing goes behind the tile first, so water that slips past the grout is still carried to the drain, and the fan keeps steam from soaking the drywall and framing.
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The other rooms we take on, with the same builder from the first call to handover.
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Burlington, Ontario
15+ years
Building
300+ houses
Completed