Bathroom Renovations in Spruce Grove and Parkland County

We renovate bathrooms across Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Parkland County, Devon, Acheson, and the greater Edmonton area. That covers the full range, from a main bathroom that has not changed since the house was built, to a new ensuite off a primary bedroom, to a bathroom added into a basement that never had one. Whatever the scope, the sequence is the same, and the parts that matter happen before anything decorative goes in.

The first visit is about what is actually there. Where the drain runs, whether the subfloor is sound, how the room is vented, and what the walls are hiding. In older Spruce Grove and Stony Plain homes we regularly find a fan that vents into the attic instead of outside, which is how you get moisture problems in a roof that has nothing to do with the roof. We also look at whether the layout you want is possible without moving the stack, because that single question changes the cost and the timeline more than any finish selection will.

Once the scope is clear, you get an itemized quote. It names the fixtures, the tile allowance, the waterproofing system, and the schedule, including which days the room is out of service. If your home has one bathroom, that matters, and we plan the sequence to keep the downtime as short as the work allows.

Demolition comes first, done carefully rather than quickly, because the state of the framing and subfloor underneath decides what happens next. Rot around a toilet flange or a tub surround is common in homes of a certain age, and it is far better to find it with the walls open than to tile over it. If we find something, you hear about it the same day, with a photo and what it means for the quote. Nobody likes a surprise, but everyone prefers hearing it early.

Then the parts nobody ever sees. Plumbing and electrical rough-in, framing corrections, insulation on exterior walls, and waterproofing. On a shower we install a proper membrane system with the seams lapped the right direction and the pan sloped correctly to the drain, and it gets tested before a single tile goes on. Alberta code sets the minimum for venting and Haylo builds to it, with the exhaust fan ducted to the exterior and sized for the room rather than whatever was there before.

After the invisible work passes inspection, the visible work begins. Tile, vanity, fixtures, lighting, paint, and trim. This is the part you have been picturing, and it is also the shortest phase of the job, which surprises most people. A room that took three weeks spent two of them on things that will be behind a wall for the next thirty years.

We work in every direction a bathroom renovation can go. A full remodel takes the room back to studs and rebuilds it. A tub to shower conversion opens up a small room and is the single most requested change we do. An ensuite addition carves a bathroom out of a bedroom or a closet, which is mostly a framing and plumbing problem. A basement bathroom depends entirely on whether the slab has a rough-in already, and that is the first thing to determine before anyone starts planning fixtures.

Bathroom work also connects to the rest of what Haylo does. Plenty of bathroom projects start as part of a basement development, or turn into new flooring through the rest of the level once the tile is going in anyway. Because Scott handles all of it, there is no coordination gap where the tile setter blames the plumber and you are stuck in the middle trying to sort it out.

One owner-operated contractor stands behind the whole job. Scott is on site, not dispatching a crew he has never met to a house he has never seen. When something needs deciding, you are talking to the person who will actually do the work, and when you call afterward, you get the same person.

If you are planning a bathroom renovation anywhere in the Tri-Region, get in touch for a free site visit and an itemized quote. Tell us what the room is doing wrong and what you want instead, and we will tell you honestly what it takes to get there.

A question that comes up on nearly every quote is whether to keep the existing layout. Keeping fixtures where they are is meaningfully cheaper, because the drains and supply lines stay put and the work becomes finishing rather than plumbing. Moving them is sometimes worth it anyway, particularly when a bad layout is the actual complaint: a door that collides with a vanity, a shower you have to step around to reach the sink, or a toilet wedged where nobody can comfortably use it. Scott will tell you plainly which of those a layout change would fix and which are cosmetic, rather than quoting the bigger job by default.

Accessibility is worth raising early too, even if it is not needed yet. Blocking for grab bars costs almost nothing while the walls are open and costs a great deal to add later. A curbless shower entry, a wider door, or a comfort-height toilet are all easier to build in now than to retrofit. For anyone planning to stay in their home long term, these are the decisions people most often wish they had made during the renovation they already paid for.

Tile selection has practical consequences beyond appearance. Large-format tile needs a flatter substrate and shows every deviation in the floor beneath it. Small mosaic in a shower floor gives better grip and more grout to maintain. Natural stone needs sealing on a schedule that most people do not keep. None of these are wrong choices, but they are different commitments, and it is better to choose knowing what each one asks of you.