Tigard Bathroom Remodeling

A bathroom should work better, not just look newer

A bathroom remodel should make your home easier to live in, not just newer to look at. JDI Construction is a family-owned, Vancouver-based design-build remodeler, and that idea drives how we build: we treat a bathroom as two projects at once — the layout and finishes you use every day, and the waterproofing, ventilation, and plumbing you never see. Get both right and a Tigard bathroom looks good and lives well for years; get only the first right and you're back at square one before long. We've handled enough baths across the southwest metro to know that the room that photographs well and the room that holds up are built by paying attention to both halves.

Our designers and installers work as one team, so the bathroom you approve is the bathroom that gets built — we don't hand finished plans to a separate contractor and hope it translates. The layout you sign off on is executed by the same people who drew it.

Where a remodel is won or lost

For such a small room, a bathroom carries a lot: plumbing, waterproofing, ventilation, and finish work all crowded together. These are the places a remodel is won or lost, and where the difference shows up years later:

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   WaterproofingBehind the tile, it's what separates a shower that lasts decades from one that leaks in a few years.
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   StorageDrawers, niches, and a vanity planned around what you actually keep, so the counter stays clear.
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   The showerCurb or curbless, glass or tile — the spot where waterproofing and everyday use meet.
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   VentilationAn exhaust fan sized to the room and vented outside keeps moisture from damaging the finishes.

A few decisions worth making early

The decisions with the biggest reach are the ones best settled before demolition, while they're still cheap to change. Keeping the tub versus converting to a walk-in shower is often the first — many Tigard homes have a tub that rarely gets used, and its footprint tends to make a roomier, more practical shower, though a household selling soon or raising young kids may want at least one tub in the house. Whether a curbless, zero-threshold shower is worth it comes next: it reads clean and stays easy to step into as you get older, but it needs the floor framing built for it up front. And whether to move plumbing carries the clearest price — leaving the toilet and drain where they sit is the budget-friendly path, while relocating them means opening the floor and walls. We talk each of these through plainly so you're weighing real trade-offs, not reacting to a surprise mid-project.

What Tigard homes tend to need

Tigard is established suburban Portland — homes built out over several decades along the Highway 99W corridor and the neighborhoods around it. A lot of the bathrooms we see here are original to homes from the '70s through the '90s: functional but tired, with a fiberglass tub-shower, a builder vanity, and a fan that never quite clears the mirror. The most rewarding work is usually reworking that footprint into something that fits the household today — a walk-in shower in place of an unused tub, storage that actually holds what a family keeps, and lighting you can shave or do your makeup by.

The newer subdivisions on Tigard's edges bring larger primary baths that came finished to a builder's baseline — good space, generic execution. There the job is turning a stock layout into a genuine retreat: a proper walk-in shower, a double vanity, and a counter that stays clear because the storage was planned around real life. In both, the wet Pacific Northwest climate is why waterproofing and ventilation stay non-negotiable — they're what protect the finishes you're paying for.

Bathrooms we've remodeled around Tigard

A few recent projects near Tigard — click through to see the full before-and-after:

Beaverton · Nearby

Forest Green Kitchen and Bath Remodel in Beaverton, OR

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Beaverton · Nearby

Bright and Airy Bathroom Transformation in Beaverton, OR

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Portland · Nearby

Bathroom Renovation in Portland, OR

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Portland · Nearby

Vintage-Modern Bathroom Remodel in Portland, OR

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What does a bathroom remodel cost in Tigard?

What a Tigard bathroom costs comes down to how much you're changing, not the address. Keeping the existing layout and refreshing the surfaces sits at one end; moving plumbing, converting a tub to a walk-in shower, adding a double vanity, heated floors, and custom tile sits at the other. A hall or guest bath is a smaller project than a full primary suite. Because our design and our trades are both in-house, we can steer the plan toward the choices that matter to you and pull back where they don't — and you get an itemized estimate after we've actually seen the room, so the number reflects your bathroom rather than an average.

How long does a bathroom remodel take?

Most bathroom remodels run a few weeks once your materials are selected, with a full primary bath taking longer than a straightforward hall bath. The bigger variables are how much plumbing moves and whether anything unexpected turns up behind the walls once demolition starts. We give you a realistic schedule before that first day, pull the permits the work requires, and plan the sequence to keep a bathroom usable wherever the layout allows.

Why homeowners in Tigard choose JDI

Design-build means one team is accountable for the whole project — the layout, the plumbing, the tile, and the finish — so your design is never drawn by one company and handed off to trades who never saw the plan. We handle the permitting, coordinate every trade in order, keep you updated through our client portal instead of leaving you guessing, and stand behind the work with a five-year workmanship warranty. We're based across the river in Vancouver, but Tigard is a short drive, close enough for us to stay responsive during the project and long after it's done.

JDI Construction — "Built by family. Trusted by neighbors." Design-build remodeling based in downtown Vancouver, WA, serving Tigard and the greater Portland–Vancouver metro since 2007.