Bathroom Remodeling in Marietta, GA
An interior bathroom in Marietta is usually outside historic review entirely, and knowing why is more useful than assuming either way.
Interior work, and the one thing that pulls a bath outside
Marietta runs two historic instruments in the same chapter of its code and they disagree with each other on details, which is why they get confused. What they share is the concept that matters for a bathroom: review attaches to a material change in appearance, and the Historic Preservation Commission's version of that test turns on what is visible from a street, a sidewalk, or an area of public gathering. A bathroom is interior, so ordinarily nothing about it is in scope. Two things pull it back in. The first is a window — replacing one, changing one, or adding one on a visible elevation. The second is a roof or wall penetration for the exhaust fan, which is a genuine exterior alteration even though nobody thinks of it as one. Marietta's exemptions are unusually specific and generally helpful here: like-kind historic window replacement and roof work in the same color or in gray, black or white are named exemptions. We check the local map against your address at Discovery, because the National Register district your neighborhood is famous for is not what governs the answer.
The same caveat everywhere: waterproofing is not a finish
In every town on this list, the part of a bathroom that decides whether it is still good in fifteen years is the assembly you cannot see. Pan slope, membrane, corner treatment and the transition at the curb or the threshold are specified in writing and inspected before a single tile goes down. It is the least photogenic week of the project and it is the only week that cannot be redone later without taking the room apart again.
What this covers
Each of these is a service in its own right, offered in Marietta and everywhere else we work. What follows is how it goes in Marietta specifically, rather than a fifteenth thing we do.
Primary Baths
Layout, then drainage and structure, then the surfaces.
Guest & Hall Baths
Small, old, and constrained — which makes them interesting, not minor.
Aging-in-Place Modifications
A design problem, not a medical one — and best done years early.
Questions about bathroom remodeling
How long does a primary bath take?
Design is typically six to ten weeks. Construction runs about eight to twelve weeks for a primary suite bath, longer if the room is moving or growing. Tile and glass are the two lead times that set the end date, and both are ordered during design rather than after demolition.
What investment range does a primary bath usually land in?
Most primary baths land in our first two bands. We publish all four ranges, with what each one typically includes and who we are not the right firm for, on The Right Fit — the ranges are there rather than here because a number without those four blocks around it is worse than no number.
Can the shower be curbless?
Usually, and it is worth asking early rather than late. A curbless shower needs the slope built into the floor structure, which means we have to know before the framing is closed up. On a slab it is a different conversation from a house over a crawl space, and Discovery is where that gets settled.
What does the five-year workmanship warranty cover on a bath?
Our workmanship, including the waterproofing assembly and the tile setting. Fixtures, glass and surfaces carry their own manufacturer warranties. The scope, the exclusions and the term are printed in your contract and we will email a copy any time you ask.
Tell us about a house in Marietta
The town is pre-filled. Four short steps, and it ends with a call from Priscilla within one business day.
Tell us about your house.
A Discovery visit is free, it happens at your house, and it ends with a written summary of scope and a realistic investment band.
