Bathroom remodeling in Washington means a small bath in a District rowhouse, often stacked over the kitchen, sometimes tucked in the rear ell, with a door that barely clears the lavatory. The fan may never have reached the roof. Plaster is old. The party wall limits where the stack can move. Say the floor and whether this is the only full bath, including any bath in the English basement.
Galvanized lines and a cast-iron stack are the usual find. Opening the floor may open the kitchen ceiling. A stained ceiling means you are calling about a leak that grew a remodel around itself. Tile on loose plaster will not hold a new surround by optimism. A basement bath may need a pump to reach the sewer. The ell bath may have a long, slightly sad drain run back to the main stack. Say which room you mean.
Humidity in this city will punish a shower with no real exhaust. Dark grout, a soft floor at the tub, and a window inside the spray are the typical start. If you need a low threshold, say so, because the plan has to fit a footprint that will not grow. The chase that serves the kitchen below is part of the design whether you wanted it to be or not. Keep the first minute on the failed part.
Hauling debris down a narrow stair and out to a city sidewalk is part of the job. A powder room carved under the stairs has its own tight drain. Do not lead with tile color. Lead with size, stack, and what is already rotten or wet. Mid-block houses have less light in the bath than end houses. The fan has to make up for that.
Say repair or gut. Bathroom remodeling in Washington is a tight wet room in a long brick District house, with humid air always ready to feed mildew. Call the number on this page.