Bathroom Remodeling in East Cobb, GA
A bathroom is the project where inspection sequence bites hardest, and out here the inspector works for the county rather than for a city. That is worth knowing before the tile is on site.
Rough-in, waterproofing, and a county inspector
A bathroom carries more held-work inspections than almost any other room its size: plumbing rough-in, electrical rough-in, and in practice a hold on the waterproofing assembly before any tile goes down. Every one of those is scheduled with Cobb County, because there is no city government out here — cityhood failed on 24 May 2022 by 73.41% to 26.59% — and the county's Development and Inspections Division issues and inspects every permit. The trap is the mailing address. All three residential ZIP codes out here return Marietta as their postal city, so a homeowner researching their own project finds that city's requirements, which include two separate historic-review regimes with no application to an unincorporated address whatsoever. We confirm jurisdiction against Cobb's own boundary map before anything else, and then we build the county's inspection sequence into the written schedule rather than absorbing it as delay.
The same caveat everywhere: waterproofing is not a finish
In every town on this list, the part of a bathroom that decides whether it is still good in fifteen years is the assembly you cannot see. Pan slope, membrane, corner treatment and the transition at the curb or the threshold are specified in writing and inspected before a single tile goes down. It is the least photogenic week of the project and it is the only week that cannot be redone later without taking the room apart again.
What this covers
Each of these is a service in its own right, offered in East Cobb and everywhere else we work. What follows is how it goes in East Cobb specifically, rather than a fifteenth thing we do.
Primary Baths
Layout, then drainage and structure, then the surfaces.
Guest & Hall Baths
Small, old, and constrained — which makes them interesting, not minor.
Aging-in-Place Modifications
A design problem, not a medical one — and best done years early.
Questions about bathroom remodeling
How long does a primary bath take?
Design is typically six to ten weeks. Construction runs about eight to twelve weeks for a primary suite bath, longer if the room is moving or growing. Tile and glass are the two lead times that set the end date, and both are ordered during design rather than after demolition.
What investment range does a primary bath usually land in?
Most primary baths land in our first two bands. We publish all four ranges, with what each one typically includes and who we are not the right firm for, on The Right Fit — the ranges are there rather than here because a number without those four blocks around it is worse than no number.
Can the shower be curbless?
Usually, and it is worth asking early rather than late. A curbless shower needs the slope built into the floor structure, which means we have to know before the framing is closed up. On a slab it is a different conversation from a house over a crawl space, and Discovery is where that gets settled.
What does the five-year workmanship warranty cover on a bath?
Our workmanship, including the waterproofing assembly and the tile setting. Fixtures, glass and surfaces carry their own manufacturer warranties. The scope, the exclusions and the term are printed in your contract and we will email a copy any time you ask.
Tell us about a house in East Cobb
The town is pre-filled. Four short steps, and it ends with a call from Priscilla within one business day.
Tell us about your house.
A Discovery visit is free, it happens at your house, and it ends with a written summary of scope and a realistic investment band.
