Contact UsBathroom Remodeling in St. Pete & Tampa Bay
Ethicore remodels primary suites, guest baths, and powder rooms across St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay, from new layouts and curbless showers to vanities, tile, and lighting. Our design-build team handles the plumbing, waterproofing, permits, and finish work, so the parts you see and the parts you don’t are built to the same standard.
Design your new bathroom
Bathroom work in three stages
We start by measuring the room and checking what’s behind it: where the drain and supply lines run, how the floor is framed, and whether the exhaust fan actually vents outside. Our designers then lay out the shower, vanity, toilet, and storage with real clearances and walk you through tile, stone, vanity, faucet, and lighting selections. Everything is priced before demolition, and if the plan moves a drain or a wall, we handle the permit and any condo or HOA approval.
Demolition goes down to the studs and subfloor where needed, with the rest of the house sealed off from dust. Plumbing and electrical rough-ins come next, including the shower valve, drain, and any new lighting or heated floor, and are inspected before the walls close. The shower gets cement or foam backer board and a continuous waterproof membrane, which is flood tested before any tile goes on. Then the tile is set and grouted, the vanity goes in, and the glass is measured from the finished walls.
With the glass, mirrors, fixtures, and accessories installed, we check the details that are easy to miss: water running to the drain without puddling, the shower door sealing and swinging clear, the exhaust fan pulling steam out, and GFCI outlets tripping as they should. Cement grout and natural stone are sealed, caulk lines are checked, and we work through a punch list with you before final inspections are closed. You receive care instructions for your tile, stone, and fixtures, plus your finish selections and warranty information.
Inside a bathroom remodel
Both are built to the same standard. In Florida’s humidity, the work behind the tile decides how long the finishes on top of it last.
A bathroom fits plumbing, electrical, ventilation, waterproofing, tile, glass, and cabinetry into a few feet of wall, and in Florida’s humidity any shortcut shows up fast as a loose tile, a musty smell, or a stain on the ceiling below. The slope to the drain, the membrane, and the exhaust matter as much as the finishes you pick. Every bathroom is quoted to your layout, fixtures, and tile, so you see where the budget goes before work begins.
Request a bathroom quoteFAQ
More on permits, timelines, pricing, and aftercare is on our full FAQ page.
It depends on the scope. When the plan moves a drain or a wall, we handle the permit for you, along with any condo or HOA approval. New plumbing and electrical rough-ins, including the shower valve, drain, and any new lighting or heated floor, are inspected before the walls close. We schedule each inspection, meet the inspector, and close out the final inspection before handover.
Yes. For a bathroom or other single-room project, many homeowners stay. Demolition goes down to the studs and subfloor where needed, so we seal the room off from the rest of the house to contain the dust and protect the floors and finished spaces around it. Your project manager tells you ahead of time when the water or power will be off.
Yes, curbless showers are part of the bathroom work we design and build. Before drawing one, we check how the floor is framed and where the drain runs, since the floor has to slope to the drain without a curb to hold the water in. We then build the shower on backer board and a continuous membrane, and check the finished floor for puddling before handover.Plumbing fixture installation
Usually the shower and anything that moves plumbing. Relocating a drain or a wall adds plumbing and permit work, and a shower fits the valve, drain, waterproofing, tile or stone, and glass into a few feet of wall. Natural stone and additions such as a heated floor raise the price further. Keeping the plumbing where it is lets more of the budget go to finishes, and every selection is priced before demolition, so you see where the budget goes.
Shortcuts behind the tile. In Florida’s humidity, a shower without a continuous waterproof membrane, a floor that doesn’t slope to the drain, or an exhaust fan that doesn’t vent outside shows up fast as a loose tile, a musty smell, or a stain on the ceiling below. The other common miss is drawing the layout before checking where the drain and supply lines run. We trace the plumbing first, flood test the membrane before any tile goes on, and check the finished floor for puddling before handover.
We remodel all three: primary suites, guest baths, and powder rooms. The process is the same whatever the size. We check what’s behind the walls, lay the room out with real clearances, price every selection before demolition, and close out the permit where one is needed. Smaller rooms get the same standards as larger ones, from protecting the rest of the house to the final walkthrough.
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Imagine stepping into your bathroom and feeling an immediate sense of calm instead of a mental checklist of everything that’s wrong with the room….
Imagine stepping into your master bath on a Tuesday morning and, instead of seeing peeling paint from the humidity or a cluttered vanity, you’re met…
You’ve spent weeks selecting the perfect marble slab and unlacquered brass fixtures, yet you’re still staring at a flat, uninspired drywall ceiling…
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