Bathroom Remodeling in Mountain Lakes, NJ
Mountain Lakes is known for its Hapgood houses: big stucco homes from the early 1900s, set on wooded lots around the lakes. Their bathrooms were built for another century. We rebuild bathrooms in older houses like these, with the waterproofing and the plumbing done properly behind the tile.
The houses of Mountain Lakes.
The borough started as a planned residential community in the early twentieth century, and a large part of it still looks the way it was laid out.
The houses the borough is known for are the ones built by developer Herbert J. Hapgood: large stucco homes with Craftsman details and deep porches. They sit next to later colonials, ranches and newer construction, so two neighbors on the same street can have very different bathrooms.
In a house of that age, the original bathroom is usually a small room. The walls tend to be plaster, the drain lines are often cast iron, and the supply lines may be older galvanized or brass pipe. Many of these rooms were updated once, decades ago, with tile set over whatever was there.
None of that is a problem if it is planned for. It becomes a problem when a new shower is tiled over old pipe and an uneven floor. So we look at what is behind the wall before we price the room.
What an older house usually asks for
- Plaster walls come down to the framing in the wet area, and the new wall is tied back into the old one cleanly.
- Old drain and supply lines inside the room are checked and replaced where they have reached the end of their life.
- Floors that have settled over the decades are leveled before any tile goes down.
- A window inside the shower gets a waterproof jamb, or the layout moves the shower off that wall.
- Radiators and their piping are accounted for in the new layout.
What we build in houses like these.
The usual request is a room that suits an older house and works like a new one: a real shower, good light, storage, and nothing that will leak into the ceiling below.
- Walk-in showers with a bench, a niche and glass.
- Tub-to-shower conversions in hall and guest baths.
- Primary baths, in the same layout or a new one.
- Small bathrooms and powder rooms reworked to use every inch.
- Schluter waterproofing behind every shower, to the manufacturer's spec.
What a bathroom costs in Mountain Lakes.
The ranges are the same in every town we serve. In an older house, the plumbing and the condition of the floor decide where your room lands inside a range.
| Project | Labor only |
|---|---|
| Tub-to-shower conversionThe tub comes out and a tiled shower goes in, in the same spot. | $6,500 – $16,750 |
| Hall or guest bath, full remodelFloor, walls, shower or tub, vanity and toilet. Size and finish level move the number. | $12,000 – $26,000 |
| Primary bathA larger shower, a double vanity, often a tub, a bench or a moved drain. | $23,000 – $50,000+ |
Labor-only pricing. Included: demolition, disposal, prep, Schluter waterproofing, installation and cleanup. Not included and bought by you: tile, vanity, fixtures, thinset, grout and the waterproofing kit, all from the product list we prepare. Permit fees and any surprise inside the wall are quoted in writing before we continue. The New Jersey bathroom cost guide goes row by row.
See where your room lands
Basking Ridge, NJ · June 2025
Finished work near Mountain Lakes.
Our closest finished project on the site is in Basking Ridge, south of Morristown: a curbless primary bath with a soaking tub under the skylight and a double vanity. We also finished a curbless walk-in shower with a pebble floor in Stewartsville.
- 4.9 stars from 51 reviews
- Bathrooms
- 200+ remodeled
- Waterproofing
- Schluter system behind every shower
- Warranty
- Written 1-year warranty on our labor
- NARI
- Certified Kitchen & Bath Remodeler (CKBR)
- Registered
- NJ HIC reg. #13VH10766600
How it works.
Four steps on every job, with one person to talk to from start to finish. See the ways to pay.
Free visit
A 30-minute visit to measure, see the room, and hear how you use it every day.
Priced by phase
A written scope and one price, broken out by phase, with every product listed.
Handled for you
One contact person from demolition to cleanup. When the work needs a permit, we file it with the borough and book the inspections.
Final walkthrough
We go through the room with you, finish the punch list, and then you make the final payment.
Mountain Lakes bathroom questions.
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Can you work with plaster walls and old plumbing?
The original bathroom is small. Can it be made bigger?
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Tell us which room and what is wrong with it. We come out, measure, and send one written price, with every product listed.
Registered and insured, NJ HIC reg. #13VH10766600. Also near you: Morristown, Madison, Chatham, Florham Park. All service areas.
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