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Bathroom Remodeling in Spicewood, TX

Before anything else in a Spicewood bathroom: can the septic take it? Adding a fixture adds load to a system that was sized for the house as it was built.

Board-and-batten bathroom with a marble waterfall wall and white oak door, Austin, TX
Spicewood

What this project actually involves here.

Most of Spicewood is on septic, and a good number of houses are on a well rather than a utility. Both of those change what a bathroom project involves, and both need answering before anything is chosen.

If your renovation adds a fixture — a second sink, a new powder room, a bathroom where there was not one — that adds load to the septic system. Sometimes there is headroom in the existing field. Sometimes there is not, and the honest answer is that the septic has to be dealt with before the bathroom can be. On the Burnet County side a county building permit comes before the septic permit, and system fees run $250 for most and $400 for aerobic.

Well water matters too. More fixtures means more demand, and a well and pressure tank sized for two bathrooms may not comfortably carry three with a rain head on one of them.

None of this is a reason not to do the work. It is a reason to find out on the first visit rather than the fifth week, and it is the kind of thing a contractor who mostly works inside the city will not think to ask.

What it costs

Usual ranges in Spicewood.

Where most projects land. Not a ceiling — we build above these when the house calls for it.

Scope
Usual range
What it covers
Full gut, plumbing stays
$35,000 – $50,000
New everything in the existing layout. No new fixtures, so no septic question.
Reconfigured
$50,000 – $80,000
Plumbing relocated or the footprint expanded. Septic capacity checked first.
Primary suite
$80,000 – $130,000
Stone slab walls, custom millwork, heated floors, freestanding tub.
Above that
Quoted on the house
No upper tier
Stone slab walls floor to ceiling, a bespoke vanity and closet package, and fittings that are specified rather than chosen. Priced off the drawings, not off a tier.
Our work

Bathrooms we have finished.

Cream tiled shower with brass fittings and a full-width niche, Austin, TX
Walk-in shower in gray marble with frameless glass, Austin, TX
White oak slat wall with a stone vanity top and brass mirror, Austin, TX
Marble shower with brass hardware in a frameless enclosure, Austin, TX
Common questions

What people ask us.

What does a bathroom remodel cost in Spicewood?

Most land between $35,000 to $130,000. That is where projects usually fall, not a ceiling — we build above it when the house calls for it, and every range is published in full on our pricing page.

Do I need a permit for a bathroom remodel in Spicewood?

For anything structural, electrical, mechanical or plumbing, yes. Permits go through Travis or Burnet County, depending on which side of the line your parcel sits. We pull and track them for you as part of the job.

How long does a bathroom remodel take in Spicewood?

Three to four weeks on site with the plumbing in place, four to eight if it is reconfigured. Permitting runs before any of that, so ask for the full calendar rather than just the build window.

Do you work in Spicewood regularly?

Yes. We build across Austin and the hill country from one office, with one crew and one phone number. Tell us the address and we will say straight away whether it is in our area.

Start here

Want a real number for your Spicewood house?

Septic capacity first, tile second. We will tell you on the first visit whether your system can carry another fixture.

Straight to a person

(512) 948-9398

We answer every message ourselves, the same business day during work hours.

Two years on workmanship · lifetime warranty on our shower pans · fully insured · NARI member

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