Bathroom Remodeling in Lake St. Louis, Missouri

Lake St. Louis homes and this kind of project

A bathroom remodel in Lake St. Louis means working in 1970s lake houses and the newer homes around Hawk Ridge, so on our first visit we look at the subfloor around the toilet and tub, where the fan exhausts and the age of the valve and piping.

The housing stock here: a mix of 1970s and 1980s contemporaries, ranches and split-levels near the lakes, and larger 1990s to 2010s two-stories and villas in the Hawk Ridge area and south of the interstate.

Fiberglass tubs and tile over moisture-resistant drywall are what fail in boom-era baths.

What we find inside Lake St. Louis homes

Older lake homes often have compartmentalized main floors, low soffited kitchens and original baths. Removing a wall to open the kitchen toward the lake view is a common request and usually involves a beam. Newer homes follow the standard 2000s plan and update easily.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in Lake St. Louis homes of this period. Tile was often set over moisture-resistant drywall, which has since failed. Everything wet gets rebuilt from the studs.

What is included

We also handle lighter Lake St. Louis bath updates: new vanity, top, faucet, toilet, lighting, mirror and paint in about a week, with no tile demolition.

We take on bathroom remodel work across Lake St. Louis, from Heritage of Hawk Ridge to Hawk Ridge and the Lake Saint Louis lakefront.

What we watch for

Under Lake St. Louis toilets and along tub edges we often find subfloor that has been damp for years. We budget a subfloor allowance in every bath proposal so that repair is a line you expected.

Lake St. Louis properties tend to be sloping, wooded lots that fall toward the water, and that affects how we stage materials, where a plumber, an electrician, a tile setter and carpenters park and how debris leaves the site.

Permits and approvals in Lake St. Louis

In Lake St. Louis, a bathroom remodel is reviewed by the City of Lake Saint Louis. What follows is plumbing and electrical inspections when lines or circuits change.

Interior work like this normally does not involve the Lake Saint Louis Community Association, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on three to four weeks of site work for a bathroom remodel in Lake St. Louis, once permits and materials are in hand.

From our Wentzville base, Lake St. Louis is a short run east on I-70 or down Highway 40/61. That is close enough that your project lead can stop by most days.

What moves the price in Lake St. Louis

We price bathroom remodeling in Lake St. Louis from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Condition of what is under the old floor and behind the old walls.
• Whether plumbing fixtures stay in place.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main bathroom remodeling page. More about the area is on our Lake St. Louis page.