Bathroom remodeling in Albuquerque is a small older room or a tract alcove, plus hard water and a real chance of a freeze in an exterior wall. Plaster and adobe do not forgive a casual opening. Slabs and wood floors both exist, so the drain question comes first. The daily temperature swing means a shower moved to an outside wall needs the lines protected from a clear cold night, not only from a design trend. Scale is already in the old valve. A window in the wet wall is a leak and a draft.
Say the scope. Tub stays, tub becomes a tiled shower, vanity only, or the toilet moves. If the drain moves, say so before finishes. Ask what waterproofing is behind the tile and whether the valve is new. Ask whether a softener feeds the room. Ask who patches plaster, because a drywall patch in an adobe bath looks like a patch. Ask where the fan duct ends. Cooler houses and monsoon weeks both add moisture, and a fan into the attic is not exhaust.
If the house already froze a hose bib or a bath line, say so. The new layout should not repeat that exposure. Accessibility, if you need it, means blocking and a curb decided while the wall is open. Foothill houses and valley adobes do not share the same wall. Northeast Heights tract baths are a third type. Name the one you have so the visit is not planned for a different building.
Nob Hill plaster, a valley adobe, and a Heights tract do not share a patch or a pipe path. If the tub window faces west, the afternoon bakes the new surround and the night drafts through the same opening. Say that exposure so the wall is built for both halves of the day, not for a picture of a bath in a milder town.
Skip the catalog until the drain, the wall, and the fan are clear. Call the number on this page.