Bathrooms — Nova Scotia, NB & PEI
Bathroom Renovations.
Waterproofed properly. Vented properly. Built to last.
Overview
Waterproofed properly. Vented properly. Built to last.
A bathroom is the smallest room in the house and the one most likely to cause expensive damage if it is built badly. Water gets into the framing through a failed shower membrane or an unsealed penetration, and because it is behind tile, nobody sees it until the subfloor is soft or there is a stain on a ceiling below. Almost every bathroom we demolish for a rebuild shows some version of this.
So we build the wet area as a waterproofing system first — continuous membrane through corners, over the curb, around the drain and every penetration, with slope formed to drain rather than mortar added afterward to fake it. Then tile goes on top. The order matters, and it is the part of a bathroom you cannot inspect once it is finished, which is exactly why it is where we spend the attention.
Ventilation is the other half of the job and the one most often done badly. A fan that is undersized, or ducted into an attic instead of outside, delivers a bathroom that grows mould on the ceiling within a couple of winters. We size the fan to the room, duct it to the exterior with insulated duct through unconditioned space, and put it on a timer or humidistat so it actually runs long enough to clear the moisture.
- Typical timeline
- About 1 week
- Typical range
- $8,000–$20,000
Typical ranges from completed projects, covering labour and materials. Timelines are for work on site once materials are ready. Your quote is confirmed after a site visit. Prices in CAD, excluding HST.
A job we finished
$8,000 · about 1 week · labour and materials included
Tub and shower rebuild
What’s included
Six things you are buying.
Concrete deliverables, not adjectives. Each of these is on the quote.
- Continuous waterproofing membrane through corners, curb and every penetration
- Shower base sloped to drain, formed rather than faked with extra mortar
- Fan sized to the room and ducted to the exterior, not into an attic
- Insulated duct through unconditioned space to stop condensation
- Plumbing and electrical rough-in, including GFCI protection and heated floors
- Tile, vanity, fixtures, trim and a deficiency walk before we call it finished
How it runs
Four stages, start to finish.
- 01
Scope and layout
We agree the layout, look at where the drains and vents actually are, check the floor structure, and quote against a written scope.
- 02
Strip out and inspect
Full demolition to the studs and subfloor, then we show you what was behind the old tile — water damage here is common and it is better found now.
- 03
Rough-in and waterproof
Plumbing and electrical rough-in, framing corrections, venting run to the exterior, then the wet area waterproofed as a continuous system and left to cure.
- 04
Tile, fixtures and finish
Tile set to an agreed layout, vanity and fixtures installed, trim and paint finished, silicone at movement joints, and a walk-through with the water running.
Why Anant
How the job is run, not how good we say we are.
- Seven trades kept in house, so handoffs do not wait on somebody else’s calendar
- A written scope and a quote broken out line by line
- Written change orders — nothing moves the price without your signature
- One point of contact who knows the state of your job
- Permit applications and inspection booking handled by us
- A deficiency walk with you before the final invoice
Where we do this
Bathrooms in 21 communities.
Each of these is a page about bathroom renovations in that specific community — local conditions, permitting and all.
Nova Scotia
- Bathrooms in Halifax
- Bathrooms in Dartmouth
- Bathrooms in Bedford
- Bathrooms in Lower Sackville
- Bathrooms in Cole Harbour
- Bathrooms in Hammonds Plains
- Bathrooms in Truro
- Bathrooms in Amherst
- Bathrooms in New Glasgow
- Bathrooms in Antigonish
- Bathrooms in Sydney
- Bathrooms in Glace Bay
- Bathrooms in Bridgewater
- Bathrooms in Kentville
- Bathrooms in Windsor
Prince Edward Island
Often booked together
What usually comes next.
Questions
Bathrooms, answered.
A bathroom renovation typically runs $8,000–$20,000 and takes about 1 week on site once materials are ready. That range comes from completed projects and covers labour and materials, in Canadian dollars and excluding HST. Where a job lands inside it depends on the size of the room, what is behind the walls, and the finishes you choose. We confirm your figure in a written, line-by-line quote after a site visit.
Less time than a kitchen, but there are unavoidable waits: waterproofing has to cure before tile, and thinset and grout each need their own drying time. Rushing those is exactly how a shower fails early. We give you a day-by-day schedule and, if it is your only bathroom, we plan the sequence to minimise the days it is genuinely out of use.
Only if the ventilation is corrected, and that is usually the actual problem — a fan that is too small for the room, ducted into the attic instead of outdoors, or that shuts off with the light switch before it has cleared the moisture. We size the fan, duct it to the exterior in insulated duct, and put it on a timer or humidistat.
You can retile a sound wall, but in a shower we would want to see what is behind it first. If the existing waterproofing is inadequate — and in anything more than about fifteen years old it often is — tiling over it just resets the clock on a leak. We will tell you honestly which situation you are in rather than selling the bigger job automatically.
A tiled shower with a proper membrane costs meaningfully more than a tub-and-surround, so that choice moves the number most. After that: tile selection and format, whether the layout and plumbing move, heated floors, fixture quality, and what we find behind the walls. We quote line by line and put any change in writing before we act on it.
Start here
Get a quote for bathrooms.
Call us on 647-864-2058, or send the form and we will arrange a time to walk the site.