Serving Kermit and nearby WV communities
Kermit houses sit close together on a narrow flat against the Tug Fork, and when they needed more room they usually went up rather than out. Bathroom remodeling in Kermit often means an upstairs bathroom, on a floor that was framed to be a ceiling.
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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.
Where a house here gained a second floor or a finished attic, the bathroom up there can end up on joists that once carried only the ceiling below. Those were sized for plaster and not much else. A tub full of water with someone in it is one of the heaviest things in a house, and tile adds weight of its own.
Upstairs bathrooms checked from the ceiling below before tile
Floors stiffened to carry tile and a full tub
Leak stains in the ceiling below traced to their source
Tubs, tile and backer carried up narrow stairs by hand
Ground-floor bathrooms rebuilt on cement board and tile
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 is worth a look. Under an upstairs bathroom it can mean joists sized for a ceiling now carrying a tub, or a leak that never dried out. We check from below before the bathroom is remodelled.
Sometimes. The plumber decides whether drains can reach; if they can, we frame the room and build the floor for it. If not, the downstairs bathroom can be rebuilt with materials that tolerate getting wet.
A standard tub usually, a one-piece shower unit often not. Upstairs showers here are generally built in place from a base, backer and tile, which goes up any stair.
Often, upstairs. Tile cracks on a floor that flexes, so blocking and a stiffer subfloor are commonly part of the job. If the joists need more than that, it is priced separately as floor joist repair.
No. We stay on the West Virginia side — that's a licensing matter, not a distance one. Kermit itself is well inside the area we cover.
Yes. Flood damage in framing is biological, not immediate — the wetting starts rot that works through joist ends and post bottoms over years. The floor above it can feel solid the whole time.
No, it's normal in town here. It affects staging and carry time, which we allow for in the quote.
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 what we look at before quoting in Kermit.
The sign is usually the ceiling underneath: a crack that follows the line of the tub, a sag, or a stain from a leak that was fixed at the top but never dried out below. So an upstairs bathroom remodel starts by looking at the joists, from underneath or through the floor, before tile is chosen.
Stiffening the floor under the bathroom with blocking and a thicker subfloor is often part of the remodel. Where the joists themselves need sistering or replacing, that becomes floor joist repair, priced on its own.
The river has put water through this town repeatedly, and a bathroom on the ground floor sits in the part of the house that takes it. Some owners ask whether the bathroom should move upstairs when it is remodelled.
Sometimes that is sensible, and sometimes the plumbing makes it a much bigger job than it sounds. Drain lines have to run down through the house, and that is the plumber's call before it is ours. Where it works, we frame the new room, stiffen the floor for it and build the bathroom. Where it doesn't, the downstairs bathroom can be rebuilt on cement board and tile that dry out, rather than drywall that has to come off.
Either way the framing under a ground-floor bathroom gets checked first. Flood damage shows up long after the water is gone, at sill plates and joist ends, and a floor that feels sound is not evidence of much.
Lots here sit close to the street with limited parking, so everything gets carried from wherever the truck can stop. For an upstairs bathroom that carry continues up a narrow stair, and the old tub, tile and plaster go down the same way.
An old cast iron tub is usually broken up in place for that reason. A one-piece shower unit rarely makes the turn at the top of an old stair, so upstairs showers are generally built from a base, backer board and tile. The stair and the rooms along the route get protected before anything moves.
Kermit is about thirty minutes from Williamson on US-52, and we work the West Virginia side only.
Kermit is a small town on a narrow flat right against the Tug Fork, and the housing is packed onto what level ground there is — older wood-framed homes, close together, most on block or pier foundations with covered porches as standard. There is not much room between houses and not much room behind them, so additions here tend to go up or onto the porch rather than out the back.
The Tug Fork is the whole story in Kermit. The town sits low against the river and has taken water repeatedly, and what that leaves behind is rot in the parts of a house nobody inspects — sill plates, the ends of floor joists where they bear, post bottoms, and the base of exterior door frames. It shows up long after the water is gone, which is why a floor that feels sound is not evidence of much.
About thirty minutes from Williamson up US-52 along the river, and the drive itself is easy. Working in town is the tighter part: lots sit close to the street with limited parking, so material gets carried and there is often nowhere to leave a trailer. We plan the day around that rather than treating it as a surprise.
Tell us what you're building or repairing and get a clear, no-pressure quote. Free quotes, honest answers, and craftsmanship built to last.
