Bathroom Renovations in Calgary & Okotoks

What's Included in a Parkside Bathroom Renovation

A complete bathroom renovation involves more trades than most homeowners expect. We handle demolition (including tile, cement board, and old shower pans), rough plumbing changes, electrical alterations (new circuits for heated floors, fans, vanity lighting, GFCI outlets), framing for niches and bench seats, waterproofing, drywall and paint, full-tile installation, vanity and counter install, plumbing trim, electrical trim, custom shower glass, mirrors, hardware, accessories, and a final clean. Underneath all of that is the part nobody sees: the waterproofing system.

Calgary bathrooms have a particular failure mode. The dry winter air pulls moisture out of poorly-vented showers, which sounds like it would help. But the moisture has already migrated into the wall cavity, where it sits trapped behind tile that's only sealed by grout and silicone. We have torn out enough rotted shower walls from 1990s and 2000s Calgary homes to know that grout is not waterproof. Every Parkside shower is built on a continuous waterproof membrane (Schluter-Kerdi or a liquid-applied alternative), with a properly-sloped pre-pan or pre-formed shower base, and a fan large enough to clear the room within minutes after a shower.

Our Bathroom Renovation Process

1. Walkthrough and design

We meet on site, measure the room, look at the venting and the rough plumbing locations, and talk through what you want. Walk-in shower or tub-shower combo? Single vanity or double? Linear drain or center drain? Heated floor? Each decision changes the rough plumbing layout, so we lock these in before any walls open.

2. Material selection

Tile drives the entire schedule and the bulk of the visual identity, so we make those decisions first. We bring you to local Calgary tile suppliers (places like Ames tile and Stone, Stone Tile Source, Julian Tile and several other suppliers) to look at samples in person under actual lighting. Tile is one of those materials where photos lie.

3. Demolition and rough-in

Once tile and fixtures are ordered, we demo the existing bathroom (usually 1-2 days), do any required framing changes, run new plumbing and electrical, and call for inspections. This is also where we discover what's behind the walls (old galvanized pipe, undersized vent stacks, dead circuits) and address them before they become tomorrow's leak.

4. Waterproofing and finish

Membrane goes on, gets tested, and then tile starts. After tile, we install the vanity and counter, plumbing trim, electrical trim, glass, mirror, and accessories. The final walkthrough covers every silicone seam, every grout line, every drain test, and every fan minute.

Common Bathroom Projects We Handle

• The builder-grade ensuite refresh. Cranston homes built between 2005 and 2015 have spacious ensuites that came with builder-grade fiberglass tubs and prefab shower pans. Replacing the prefab shower with a tiled walk-in, swapping the tub for a soaker, and updating the vanity is one of our most-requested southeast Calgary projects.
• The cramped primary bathroom reconfiguration. Willow Park, Lake Bonavista, and Acadia homes from the 1970s and 80s often have small primary bathrooms with cramped layouts. Reconfiguring (sometimes by stealing a foot from an adjacent closet) to get a real walk-in shower transforms how the room feels.
• The basement three-piece add-on. Adding a basement bathroom during a development is one of the highest-value upgrades you can make. We coordinate the rough plumbing, the floor break-out, and the venting with the rest of the basement build so it doesn't add weeks to the schedule.
• The main-floor powder room refresh. A surprising number of Okotoks homes have main-floor powder rooms with tile that's lifting, vanities that wobble, and toilets that leak. A 7 to 10 day refresh (new floor tile, new vanity, new toilet, fresh paint) is one of the highest-impact small renovations we deliver.
• The full spa-style ensuite rebuild. Heritage Pointe, De Winton, Bragg Creek, and Priddis acreage primary bathrooms tend to be large and dated. A spa-style rebuild (large-format porcelain, freestanding tub, double vanity, heated floor, separate water closet) is a 8 to 10 week project that completely changes the feel of the home.

Why Calgary Homeowners Choose Parkside for Bathrooms

Bathrooms are unforgiving. A kitchen with a slightly off counter is annoying; a shower with a poorly-sloped pan is a future insurance claim. We build bathrooms knowing that every piece of waterproofing, every silicone bead, and every drain assembly has to perform for the next two decades. Our crew has poured pre-pans, hung Kerdi, and set tile in hundreds of Calgary bathrooms; the lessons from each one go into the next. We are not the cheapest contractor in the city, and we don't try to be. We are the contractor whose showers don't leak ten years later.

Service Area

Calgary (all quadrants), Okotoks, Airdrie, Cochrane, Chestermere, High River, Heritage Pointe, De Winton, Priddis, Bragg Creek, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, and Strathmore. We are happy to come look at projects further out; we just confirm that we can get on site quickly enough during construction to maintain quality.

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