Maplewood bathrooms, done with the house in mind.
Most Maplewood homes are a century old or close to it. Their bathrooms are usually small, well loved and due. We remodel them without losing what makes the house.
Bathrooms in Maplewood homes.
Maplewood's big building years were the early 1900s through the 1920s, when the township's population roughly quadrupled in a single decade.
Farms along the railroad were divided into house lots starting in 1868. Builders like Edward Balch and architects like Kenneth Dalzell then put up hundreds of homes between the 1900s and the 1930s: foursquares, Colonial Revivals, Tudor Revivals and bungalows. Local history records a rule that neighboring houses could not be identical, and you can still see it on almost every street.
For bathrooms, that era means one full bath upstairs, often shared by the whole family, with plaster walls, a cast-iron tub and plumbing that has been patched more than once.
Many owners want a second full bath or a bigger primary, which usually means borrowing from a bedroom, a closet or an attic.
What that means for your remodel
- Old hall baths are small. Every inch counts, so we plan the vanity, the door swing and the shower glass together.
- Cast-iron drains and old supply lines inside the bathroom walls get replaced while they are exposed.
- Plaster walls come down cleanly, and we protect the rest of the house from the dust.
- Homes built before 1978 may have lead paint. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm and work that way.
What we build in Maplewood.
We see a lot of one-bathroom houses here, so we plan the work around keeping your household running.
- Hall bath remodels with classic tile that suits a 1920s house.
- Tub-to-shower conversions, or a new tub-and-shower that is easier to use.
- Second full baths or primary baths added in an existing room.
- Schluter waterproofing behind every shower we build.
- Vanities and storage sized for small rooms.
Union County, NJ · April 2025
Finished work near Maplewood.
Our closest finished project on the site is in Union County, just south of Maplewood: a primary bath with a brushed gold sliding shower door and a built-in bench, and a guest bath in the same house.
See the finished projectsHow it works.
If it is your only bathroom, the schedule matters as much as the finishes. We plan both in writing. See the ways to pay.
Free visit
A 30-minute visit to measure, see the room, and hear how you use it every day.
Priced by phase
A written scope and one price, broken out by phase, with every product listed.
Handled for you
One contact person from demolition to cleanup. We pull the permit in Maplewood when one is needed and book the inspections.
Final walkthrough
We go through the room with you, finish the punch list, and then you make the final payment.
Maplewood bathroom questions.
Do I need a permit for a bathroom remodel in Maplewood?
It's our only bathroom. How does that work?
Can we add a second bathroom?
Can you keep a period look?
Do you work in towns near Maplewood?
Book a visit in Maplewood.
We come see the room, look at what is underneath where we can, and send one written price.
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