Serving Williamson, WV and nearby communities
Whole-bathroom remodels that start under the old floor, planned so a house with one bathroom gets it back as soon as it can.
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The kind of bathroom remodeling work we take on across Williamson and the surrounding West Virginia communities.
Jack Smith
4 months ago
Had them out after the back steps started going soft underfoot. He came and looked properly before quoting anything, and told me the structure underneath was still sound — so it ended up a smaller job than I had braced myself for. Turned up when he said he would, cleaned up after himself, and the price at the end was the price we agreed. Not much more you can ask for.
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Skyler White
9 months ago
Called on a Tuesday and had someone out the same week. What I appreciated most was being told straight what needed doing now and what could safely wait until spring. No pressure and no trying to talk me into the bigger version of the job. It has held up fine through the winter since.
Trevor Alford
2 months ago
The quote came through itemised and the final bill matched it, which has honestly not been my experience with everyone around here. They worked around an awkward driveway without once making it my problem, and left the place tidier than they found it. Would have them back.
Kaleb Withrow
3 weeks ago
Fair price, showed up on time, tidy work. No complaints.
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Send a few photos and we'll tell you what it'll take — free written quote, no pressure.
A bathroom is a small room with a lot happening in it, and in an older house its floor has usually been wet at some point. Mackwood Construction remodels the whole bathroom: tear-out, subfloor and framing, the tub or shower, the vanity, flooring, tile and trim.
A wood vanity set level on a new tile floor, with beadboard and baseboard trimmed in around it
Tear-out down to the studs and subfloor where the room needs it
Soft subfloor around the toilet and tub cut out and replaced
Tub to shower conversions and walk in shower framing
Tub replacement and shower remodels in the same footprint
Backer board, waterproofing and tile on walls and floor
What you get when Mackwood does your bathroom remodeling — and what we won't do.
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From first call to finished work — no surprises in between.
Step 1
Call, text, or send a message with what you're looking to build or repair. No form to fill in and no call centre — it comes straight to us, and you'll get a real answer about whether it's something we do.
Step 2
A few photos are often enough to tell us what we're dealing with. Where it isn't — anything structural, anything hidden underneath — we'll come out and look properly before quoting rather than guessing from the kerb.
Step 3
You get a written quote that itemises the work, so you can see what you're paying for and what you aren't. If we think part of it isn't worth doing, we'll say so. No pressure and no surprises at the end.
Step 4
We turn up when we said we would, work clean, and haul the offcuts away with us. The job gets built to last in this climate — and we'll walk it with you before we call it finished.
We'll come and look, then tell you straight — including if it isn't worth doing.
Straight answers to what we get asked most.
It depends on what's under the floor, whether anything moves, and how much tile goes in. A tub replacement in a sound room is one job; a curbless shower over rotted subfloor is another. We quote free and in writing, with the certain costs kept apart from the contingencies.
No. Those go to licensed trades and we coordinate around them. We handle the tear-out, subfloor, framing, tub or shower, tile, vanity and trim, and we plan the order so nobody is waiting on anyone else.
Usually. The drain moves, which is the plumber's part, and the floor and walls get framed and waterproofed for the shower. Whether it can be curbless depends on the framing under it, and we check that before promising it.
In an older house, often. Soft subfloor around the toilet and along the tub is the usual finding. We show you what's there and agree the repair in writing before the price changes.
It's the normal situation here. Everything is on site before the old room comes out, and where the job runs past a day we aim to leave a working toilet overnight.
Yes, on walls and floors, over proper backer board and waterproofing rather than plain drywall. The tile is only as good as what's behind it.
Yes. We check it against the room before it's unboxed, so a wrong size gets caught while it can still be swapped. Then it's set level, fixed into studs or blocking, and scribed to the wall.
Yes, and a remodel is the best time. A low-threshold shower, blocking for grab bars wherever they might be needed, a wider door where the framing allows, and a vanity at the right height all fit into the same job.
It depends on your address and the scope. Requirements differ between incorporated towns and county addresses, and between Mingo and Logan counties. We'll tell you what applies before starting.
We handle bathroom remodeling across Williamson and the surrounding West Virginia communities.
The full picture
Most people are buying a result, not a list of tasks. Pick a topic to see how bathroom remodeling actually gets done and what moves the number.
Most of the bathroom remodeling WV homeowners call about happens in houses built long before anyone planned for a shower. The bathroom remodeling West Virginia houses of that age actually need starts under the floor and behind the old tub surround, so that is where we start, and the room gets built back up from something solid.
What's involved
Nearly every bathroom in an older house here has leaked at some point: a wax ring that let go, a tub edge never sealed, a curtain that let water past every morning. The water went into the subfloor and stayed, and the vinyl on top hid it.
New tile laid over soft subfloor cracks along the grout lines and lets the rot carry on underneath. So when the old floor comes up we probe around the toilet flange, along the tub and under where the old vanity stood, and cut back to sound wood before anything new goes down. Tile also needs a stiffer floor than vinyl, so where the framing flexes it gets support first.
Soft subfloor is part of the remodel. If the joists under it have rotted through or dropped, that is structural floor joist repair, priced separately and raised before it starts.
Plenty of people want a tub nobody uses swapped for a shower, often for safety as much as looks. Stepping over a tub wall gets harder every year.
A tub to shower conversion is more than swapping one for the other. The drain usually has to move and often has to get bigger, which is the plumber's work. The floor has to be framed for a shower base or a sloped bed, the walls need blocking and a waterproof backer before tile, and the old tub opening rarely matches what a shower wants. We frame and prepare all of that, then build the shower back.
A walk in shower with a low threshold, or none at all, takes the most planning, because the floor has to fall to the drain without a step. In an older house that can mean lowering the subfloor between the joists or building the rest of the room up to meet it. We look at the framing before promising a curbless shower, and where the structure won't allow one, a low curb gets close.
Not every bathroom needs a new layout. Sometimes the tub is cracked or worn through and the right answer is a tub replacement in the same spot, or a shower remodel that keeps the footprint and replaces everything inside it.
The old tub is often the hardest thing in the room to get out. A cast iron tub can be heavy enough that breaking it up in place beats carrying it down a narrow stair, and a one-piece tub and surround may have gone in before the walls did. We work out how the old one leaves and how the new one gets in before the day.
What's behind the old surround matters more than the tub. When tile glued to plain drywall comes off, the studs and bottom plate are often soft. Those get replaced, the wall gets a proper backer, and the new tub is set level and supported so it doesn't flex and break the seal.
Most bathrooms here are small, and many were fitted into houses never built to have one: a corner of a bedroom, a closed-in back porch, the space beside a stair. A small bathroom remodel is about making every inch work rather than finding more square feet.
A few carpentry changes do most of it. A pocket door frees the wall behind it. A shower in place of a tub gives back floor space. A narrower vanity opens the path to the toilet, and a niche set between studs adds storage without taking room. Where a fixture moves, the plumber decides what's possible and we frame to suit.
Sometimes the better bathroom renovation is borrowing space from a hall closet or the room next door. We'll tell you when a few feet of framing would change the room more than new finishes would.
Tile only lasts as long as what it's stuck to. In a wet area that means a cement or waterproof backer board, a membrane where water will sit, and seams and corners sealed before the first tile goes up. Plain drywall behind a shower is a common reason old bathroom walls are soft behind the tile.
The walls also get what they need inside them while they're open. Blocking goes in for grab bars, towel bars, a shower door and the vanity, so nothing hangs on drywall anchors.
The vanity is the part of the room you look at every day. Good bathroom vanity installation starts with the floor and the wall: the cabinet is set level off the high point, shimmed, fixed into studs or blocking, and scribed where it meets the wall so there's no gap to fill with caulk.
The top and sink go on after, and the plumber makes the connections. If the room calls for a vanity no stock cabinet fits, one can be built to size as custom carpentry.
Then trim closes the room out: baseboard, door and window casing, beadboard where it suits the house, and the door rehung to clear a floor that may now sit at a different height. In a bathroom we keep MDF out and use trim that can take damp air.
When someone can no longer get in and out of a tub safely, the bathroom is the first room that has to change. A single grab rail is a small handyman job. A remodel can do far more.
That means a walk in shower with a low threshold or none, room planned for a seat, blocking behind every wall where a grab bar might ever go, a wider doorway where the framing allows, and a vanity at a height that suits the person using it. Blocking costs very little in a wall that's already open and a lot once the tile is up.
We remodel the whole room, but we don't do every trade in it, and saying so up front saves everyone time.
Plumbing and electrical go to licensed trades. That covers moving a drain, new valves, the toilet and faucet connections, lights, outlets and the fan wiring. We coordinate around their schedule and plan the carpentry so their work has room.
Kitchens have their own page under kitchen remodeling. Structural joist and sill work is floor joist repair, and rot elsewhere in the house is wood rot repair. If a bathroom turns out to need one of those, you hear about it first.
Bathroom remodeling cost is hard to judge from a photo, because the biggest unknowns sit under the floor and behind the tile. We give a firm number for what we can see and a clear range for what we can't, and we talk before anything changes.
What's involved
Most older houses here have one bathroom, and remodeling the only one is a different project from the same job in a house with two. The order of the work and the timing of the other trades matter more than any finish.
So everything is on site and checked before the old bathroom comes out: the tub or shower base, the vanity, the tile, the backer and the trim. The plumber and electrician are booked for the days they're needed. Where the job runs past a day, we aim to leave a working toilet overnight rather than stripping the room bare on the first morning.
What's involved
We're a bathroom remodeling contractor based in Williamson, covering Mingo and Logan counties within about an hour: Delbarton, Matewan, Kermit, Logan, Holden, Chapmanville, Man and the communities between. West Virginia only.
Searching bathroom remodeling near me or bathroom remodel near me turns up plenty of lead sites that sell your number to whoever pays. We're a local crew you can get on the phone, and one small bathroom is a normal job for us.
Tell us what you're building or repairing and get a clear, no-pressure quote. Free quotes, honest answers, and craftsmanship built to last.
