Bathroom Remodeling in Costa Mesa
Serving 92626 · 92627 and Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana
The bathrooms in Costa Mesa's older stock were built to a different standard of expectation — one basin, one small window, a tub because a shower enclosure was not standard yet. Bringing one up to current expectations is mostly about drainage, ventilation and waterproofing. The tile is the easy part and the last part.
Post-war plumbing, modern expectations
What is behind the tile
Original supply plumbing in houses of this age may be galvanised, and waste routing was designed around fixture positions nobody would choose now. Whether the layout can change depends on what the floor structure allows.
Waterproofing done properly
The failures that cost real money in bathrooms are water failures, and they are invisible for years. Substrate and waterproofing detail matter more than the finish sitting on top of them.
Written by Onn Cohen-Meguri, founder and designer at Design Onn Point. Onn has spent 20+ years designing and building in Los Angeles. CSLB #1133368.
Pricing in Costa Mesa
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