Serving Matewan and nearby WV communities
Houses in Matewan sit tight together on narrow lots, and the bathroom usually got whatever space was left when plumbing came indoors. Bathroom remodeling in Matewan is mostly a small bathroom remodel: making a cramped room work with no more ground to build on.
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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.
Between the river and the hillside there is very little buildable ground, and additions here went where there was room rather than where a plan would have put them. The bathroom is often one of those additions, or a slice taken off a bedroom, and it tends to be long and thin with the door in the worst possible place.
Pocket doors framed in where a swinging door blocks the room
Tubs at the end of a narrow room swapped for showers
Shallow vanities and niches set between the studs
Cement board rather than drywall behind the tile
Old tubs and tile carried out where there is no driveway
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.
Usually, because small rooms gain the most from a few changes. A pocket door, a shower in place of the tub and a shallower vanity can make a narrow bathroom far easier to use without moving a wall.
Yes, and in a long narrow bathroom it often makes the biggest difference. The plumber moves the drain; we frame, waterproof and tile the shower.
It stands up to water far better, which matters in any shower and more so on the ground floor of a house near the river. Tile on cement board can be dried out; tile on drywall usually has to come off.
Yes. The old tub goes out in pieces, material comes in by hand as it is needed, and we settle where things get stacked before the first day.
About twenty minutes from Williamson down WV-49 along the Tug Fork. It's one of the closest towns we cover, so scheduling is easy and a second trip for material isn't a problem.
It affects staging more than anything — where material gets dropped and how far it's carried. It doesn't change the work itself. We'd rather see it before quoting so the time is in the number.
Frequently, yes. On anything that took water, the damage tends to show up low and late — sill plates, joist ends, the bottoms of door frames and porch posts. It's worth checking those before assuming a problem is only cosmetic.
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 Matewan.
The biggest gains are usually carpentry. A door that swings in and hits the toilet can become a pocket door, which frees a whole wall. A tub filling the far end can become a shower with a glass panel instead of a curtain, which makes the room read longer. A shallower vanity leaves a clear path, and a niche framed between studs gives shelf space that doesn't stick out.
Where the plumber can shift a fixture a short way, the layout often gets easier still. We sketch it with you before anything is ordered.
The 1977 Tug Fork flood reached a lot of this housing, and anything outside the floodwall or older than it carries that history in its framing. A ground-floor bathroom in one of those houses may have been put back together in a hurry at some point, and it shows when the walls open: paper-faced drywall behind tile, studs replaced with whatever was to hand, and bottom plates that have been wet more than once.
That changes what goes back, not how the room looks. Cement backer board handles water far better than drywall, and tile on cement board can be dried out rather than torn off. Bottom plates that have gone soft are replaced while the wall is open.
Damage in this town tends to show up low and late, so the sill and joist ends near the bathroom are worth a look too. If they have failed, that is floor joist repair and priced on its own.
Many houses in the old core sit right on the street with no driveway, so there is nowhere to stage a trailer and everything goes in and out by hand. A bathroom sends out more weight than people expect: a cast iron tub, sometimes a mortar bed under the old floor tile, and plaster from the walls.
The old tub usually leaves in pieces. Tile and backer board come in as the day needs them rather than stacked on the sidewalk, and waste goes out the same day. Near the floodwall and in the historic core, where things get parked and piled needs extra care.
Matewan is about twenty minutes from Williamson on WV-49, so a second run for material is easy, and Mingo County handles any permit.
Matewan is a small, dense town on the Tug Fork with a historic commercial core and housing that runs mostly to early 20th century wood-framed homes, many of them built during the coal boom on narrow lots close to the street. Front porches are near universal on this stock. Because the buildable ground is so limited between the river and the hillside, houses sit tight together and additions were built where there was room rather than where a plan would have put them.
Matewan's defining condition is water. The 1977 Tug Fork flood devastated the town, and the Corps of Engineers floodwall that now protects the downtown was built in response. Properties outside the wall, and anything that predates it, carry the history of repeated inundation in their framing — sill plates, joist ends, and the bottom courses of exterior walls are where that shows up as rot years later.
The old town lots are narrow and many sit directly on the street with no driveway, so material gets carried and there is often nowhere to stage a trailer. Work near the floodwall and in the historic core needs more care about where things get parked and stacked. It is a twenty-minute run from Williamson, so returning for a second load is not the problem it would be further out.
Tell us what you're building or repairing and get a clear, no-pressure quote. Free quotes, honest answers, and craftsmanship built to last.
