St. Catharines We've been in this house thirty years. So has the tub.
Bathroom renovations in St. Catharines
For bathroom renovations in St. Catharines, Albany Contracting Group comes from Hamilton. This is a city of older houses: by the 2021 Census, seven homes in ten were standing by 1980. If yours has been patched more times than anyone remembers, we start there.
About St. Catharines
St. Catharines has been a city since 1876. Its houses tell the rest.
- Built by 1980:roughly 41,800 of 58,905 occupied homes, or 71 percent.
- Built in 1960 or before:about 19,200. The City's own housing report calls it nearly one third of the stock.
- The busiest stretch:1961 to 1980, with about 22,700 homes. The next twenty years built roughly half as many.
- Built since 2001:only about 1 home in 10. The City describes itself as nearly built out, hemmed in by Lake Ontario to the north and the Niagara Escarpment to the south.
- Detached:about 56 percent of homes.
- Protected streets:five heritage conservation districts, designated since 1976. Port Dalhousie is the original canal village. It holds the entry locks of the first three Welland Canals, built in 1826, 1848 and 1885.
- Plumbing and permits:the City lists installing or altering plumbing, and finishing a basement, as work that needs a building permit. Its building permit page has the list.
Bathroom renovations in St. Catharines' older houses
Tile on top of tile. A fan that just hums. A floor that gives a little near the toilet. In a house from the fifties or sixties, the bathroom may have had a few owners' worth of fixes.
So we look before we promise anything. We open up what needs opening, deal with what we find, and build the room back properly. See how our bathroom renovations run.
Swap the tub for a walk in shower
Nobody's had a bath in years. Getting in and out of the tub is the hard part of the morning now.
That's a tub to shower conversion. The tub goes, the floor and drain underneath get fixed up, and a shower you can walk into takes its place. Read how a tub to shower conversion works.
Beyond the bathroom
Older houses keep a list. Here's what else we take on:
- Front steps crumbling, porch sagging: front porch rebuilds.
- Damp in the basement after a storm: basement waterproofing.
- A kitchen from another decade: kitchen renovations.
- A basement you'd like to use: basement renovations.
Jobs we've finished
See every projectOur own bathroom work, a frame at a time.
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Areas we cover
The crew sets out from an office based in Hamilton. Along with St. Catharines, we take jobs in:
Questions we get
We live in Port Dalhousie. Does the heritage district affect a bathroom job?
It might, so ask the City first. St. Catharines says properties in its heritage conservation districts may need a Heritage Permit for changes. A bathroom that changes nothing outside is a smaller question than one that adds a window.
Does changing the plumbing need a permit in St. Catharines?
Yes. The City lists the installation or alteration of plumbing systems among projects that need a building permit, and it issues plumbing-only permits too. Moving a drain counts; new tile on its own is a different matter.
Will you give us a price over the phone?
No. A bathroom in an older house is priced at the free in-home consultation, once we've seen the job. What's behind the tile changes the number.
Will a walk in shower fit in our small bathroom?
We can tell you once we've measured it. Most conversions go into the space the tub already takes up.
Thirty years with that tub is enough.
- Tell us. Call, text a photo, or leave a number.
- We call you back to talk it through and book a time to see it.
- Free consultation at your home. You get your price once we've seen the job.
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