Bathroom remodeling in Oklahoma City is usually a slab-and-brick problem with a wind-driven leak somewhere in the story. Fringe ranches put the tub on an outside wall and the water heater in the garage. Older houses in Heritage Hills and around the Plaza may have a basement or a crawl and a small bath that was never asked to be a spa. Say which one you own. The drain location and the floor type decide more than the brochure you liked.
Describe the break. Surround pulling off a wall, tile loose at the curb, a window in the shower that weeps when the south wind rains, a valve crusted with minerals, a hollow sound in the floor at the tub. If there is a stain on a garage ceiling or a hallway, water is already traveling. Do not lead with the finish. Lead with where the water went, because a remodel that skips that path will be redone during the next blowing rain.
Layout moves are serious trouble, not a casual idea, on a slab. If the toilet and the shower can stay put, say that and mean it. If you need a curbless entry, say whether the floor is slab, because the structure has to accept the slope. Blocking for grab bars matters if someone in the house needs them. You are not specifying every bar. You are flagging the wall that has to hold weight.
Fans and windows are the moisture plan. A noisy fan that never leaves the attic adds damp to a roof deck the hail is already bruising. A bath window that faces the weather is a leak until it is detailed like an outside opening. Know whether you can shut the water off in the garage. If other drains in the house are slow, say so before the bath becomes a nicer room on a bad line.
The wind, the minerals, and the slab will still be here when the new surround is up. Call with the part of town and the failure, tub, shower, or the whole small room. Mention the window and the soft or stained spots. Call the number on this page.
