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 Kitchener
Bathroom renovations in Kitchener place the shower valve and drain in the wall before it is closed, and the tile is laid out to suit them, not cut around them later. The vanity and fixtures follow the tile.
- Licensed builder
- WSIB
- Years building
- 15+
- Houses completed
- 300+
What’s included
What a bathroom
renovation includes.
A bathroom renovation covers the surfaces you see, and the waterproofing, ventilation and plumbing behind them.
Showers, tubs and tile
A tub can come out in favour of a walk-in shower. Ensuites and main baths take either, and the tile runs up to the fixtures.
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
Tile goes first, and the vanity and fixtures follow, fitted to the plumbing plan. The drains and valves are in position by then.
Plumbing and electrical, coordinated
The drains get tested before the walls are closed, and the builder lines up the plumbing and electrical work.
How it runs
One bay of it,
stage by stage.
Five stages run in the same order on a room or a whole house, and one builder is accountable for each.
- 01
Permits
Drawings fix the drain, valve and tub or shower positions. Any permit application is made from them.
- 02
Structure
With old fixtures and finishes removed, the new layout is settled, ceiling height too.
- 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 the fan first, then tile, vanity and fixtures.
- 05
Handover
The bathroom is returned for use once the fan, fixtures and drains have been run.
Why Hanna Homes
Why one builder
for all of it.
A bathroom is small and wet, so the order of the hidden work matters more than the size of the room.
Drains and vents are tested before fixtures are set or pipes covered, so a leak shows while it is still easy to reach.
Nothing is tiled in the shower or tub until its waterproofing is on, since tile hides it afterwards.
Ceiling height is checked before any bulkhead is drawn. It has to hold in the shower and tub, and anywhere else people stand.
The tile layout follows the valve and drain of the shower, which are placed with the wall open, so nobody has to cut tile around them.
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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 trough vanity carved from one block, walls of lime plaster, a stone tub set under the window, a shower enclosed by a single glass panel.
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Gallery
From the street
to the basement.
Every service is covered, street to basement. A tap on any picture shows 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 Kitchener.
What Kitchener homeowners ask about bathroom renovations: what it costs, how long it takes and what the city asks for.
In Kitchener the wiring is its own line. The City does not review or inspect electrical work, so a new fan or new lighting is permitted through the Electrical Safety Authority, beside the plumbing line: adding or moving a fixture needs a City permit with drawings and an inspection, while replacing a toilet, bathtub or sink in the same location does not. Tile, the shower or tub chosen and the vanity fill in the rest. A figure is set once the plan says what moves.
Hanna Homes states no duration, and the order is fixed. Wiring and plumbing go in first, and the Electrical Safety Authority, not the City, inspects the wiring, so that visit is booked before the walls close. A moved fixture adds a City permit and a plumbing inspection ahead of it. Waterproofing, tile, then the vanity and fixtures finish the room.
Two offices answer that, separately. The Electrical Safety Authority permits new lighting or a fan, since the City does not review or inspect electrical work. The City asks for a building permit when plumbing fixtures are added or moved. Tiling, painting, cabinets and similar finish work need none, and neither does a toilet, bathtub or sink swapped for a new one in the same location.
Not when the new one goes back in the same location. Kitchener does not require a building permit to replace a toilet, bathtub or sink with a new fixture where the old one stood, so a like-for-like swap has no City permit step. Moving a fixture to a different spot does, with drawings and a plumbing inspection. A new light or fan wired in at the same time still goes to the Electrical Safety Authority.
Yes, with a City permit. Kitchener requires a building permit to add or move plumbing fixtures, so a toilet or shower that changes walls comes with drawings and a plumbing inspection before the tile is chosen. The wiring for a new light or fan goes to the Electrical Safety Authority, a separate permit and a separate visit, and Hanna Homes books the two around each other.
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Before you build,
people in Kitchener ask.
What people in Kitchener search before bathroom renovations, answered for the town.
Ask who applies for the fan and lighting permit, who books the Electrical Safety Authority’s inspection, and whether any plumbing fixture is moving, since that decides the City permit. Hanna Homes handles both routes as one builder.
Not when a new tub goes in where the old one was: Kitchener does not require a permit to replace a bathtub with a new fixture in the same location. Moving the tub, or adding a fixture, does. The tile and waterproofing around it are finish work.
Yes, from the Electrical Safety Authority, not the City. Kitchener does not review or inspect electrical work, so new lights and a fan are permitted and inspected by the Authority, and the builder books that visit around any City inspection.
Good to know
Good to know
about bathroom renovations in Kitchener.
What changes the work in Kitchener: the rules, the houses and the ground.
Bathroom lighting and fan wiring in Kitchener: the electrical permit
The fan and the lights are the one part of a Kitchener bathroom the City does not touch. It does not review or inspect electrical work, so the permit comes from the Electrical Safety Authority, and so does the inspector. That route runs on its own, apart from the plumbing’s.
The lights and the fan are therefore settled early, wired with the rest of the electrical before the walls close, and the Authority’s visit is booked around any City inspection. A fan that carries steam out keeps the drywall and framing dry, and the lighting is laid out for the finished room.
Bathroom renovation permits in Kitchener
On the City’s side the permit line runs through the plumbing. Adding or moving a fixture needs a building permit; replacing a toilet, bathtub or sink with a new fixture in the same location does not. Tiling, painting, cabinets and similar finish work need none either, so a refresh that leaves the fixtures where they are can skip the permit step.
Because the routes are separate, a bathroom can need neither, one or both. A refresh that adds a new fan has an electrical permit and no City permit; a moved vanity with the old lighting kept has the City’s and not the Authority’s.
Bathroom remodeling in Kitchener: what moves and what stays put
A bathroom that keeps its toilet, tub and sink where they are has no City permit step, and the tile, paint and cabinets around them need none either. Moving any fixture brings drawings and a plumbing inspection. Each room is renovated in full: showers and tubs, tile, waterproofing and ventilation, and vanities and fixtures.
The plumbing and electrical behind them are coordinated by the builder and finished before the walls are closed.
Bathroom remodel in Kitchener: what the budget and the calendar turn on
Two questions set most of the budget: does a fixture move, and does the room get new wiring. Fixtures kept in place are the simpler job, and a moved one brings drawings and a plumbing inspection. New lighting or a fan brings the Electrical Safety Authority’s permit and visit. Tile, the shower or tub and the vanity then set the rest, and a price follows the plan.
On the calendar, Kitchener’s permit line sets how much waiting comes before the first stage, and the Authority’s visit has to fall before the walls close. The stages after that run in a fixed order, so a late choice of tile or fixtures moves the end of the job, not the start.
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The other rooms we take on, with the same builder from the first call to handover.
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15+ years
Building
300+ houses
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