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A full bathroom remodel in Morton Grove typically runs $23,000 to $36,000 for a hall bath and $40,000 to $68,000 for a primary suite, and takes three to six weeks on site. Permits are issued by the Village of Morton Grove at 6101 Capulina Avenue. These are the tightest ranges we quote, for a simple reason: almost the whole village was built in one twenty-year stretch to a handful of plans, so there is very little that demolition can reveal that we have not already seen next door.
Morton Grove was built out almost entirely between 1950 and 1970, in brick ranches, Georgians and a smaller number of split-levels, on modest and very regular lots. It is one of the most uniform suburbs in the area, and we have a second base here, so this is housing we know street by street.
The bathroom in one of these houses is typically five by eight or a little larger, with a steel or cast-iron tub in an alcove, a single vanity, original ceramic tile to about four feet, and a fan that either does not work or is not going anywhere useful. Supply is copper. The waste run is below a slab or in a shallow crawl.
The result is that a good bathroom here is mostly a planning and finishing exercise. There is no galvanised supply to chase, no cast-iron stack to worry about and no plaster to cut. What limits the layout is the drain route under the floor, and what most needs correcting is the ventilation.
Morton Grove is the most uniform stock on our list, which is why these ranges are the tightest we publish.
| Era and style | What we find on site | What the project becomes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1965 — brick ranches | A 5×8 hall bath, steel or cast-iron tub in an alcove, tile to four feet in a mortar bed, copper supply, and a waste run under a slab. | Gut in place with a tub-to-shower conversion, a proper vanity, the floor rebuilt and extraction finally ducted outside. | $24k – $34k |
| 1950–1968 — Georgians and two-storey brick | A hall bath upstairs with a usable ceiling below it, sometimes a second bath added later at varying standard. | Gut with more freedom to move a drain than a ranch allows, and both bathrooms often taken together. | $26k – $36k |
| 1960–1975 — split-levels | Staggered floors that limit where a drain can go, a bathroom sometimes over a garage, and a 1960s panel. | Replan within what the floor allows, with insulation and pipe routing sorted where the room sits over unheated space. | $25k – $36k |
| 1995–present — rebuilds and rear additions | Modern rough-in, a bathroom already sized, and finishes that have dated. | Finish-level replacement, with stone, glass and fittings driving the number. | $22k – $36k |
These are the conditions that decide the schedule and the contingency on a job in Morton Grove. We price around them rather than discovering them.
The main constraint in this housing. The drain is cast into the slab or sits in a crawl with very little fall, so relocating a toilet means concrete work rather than plumbing. We establish the route before a layout depends on it.
There is rarely galvanised steel here. Supply is copper and generally sound, which is why a Morton Grove bathroom costs so much less than the same room in a pre-war village and why the programme is shorter.
Almost universal in this housing. The original extract either does not work or terminates in the roof space, which simply relocates the moisture. A proper duct to outside air is short and straightforward in a ranch, and it is part of the work.
The wall tile to four feet is set in a mortar bed rather than stuck to a board, so demolition is heavier and dustier than in a modern bathroom and the substrate has to be rebuilt before waterproofing.
The bathroom circuit predates GFCI protection and often shares with a bedroom. Anything we open comes up to current code and the bathroom gets a dedicated protected circuit.
Interior work inside the footprint is a straightforward permit. On lots this size any new exterior opening sits close to the side setback, so it goes through village review and is worth raising early.
Ranges, not a single number. Where a project lands depends on the scope, and we say which band we think you are in before you commit to anything.
Fixtures, tile, vanity, lighting and paint with every service staying put. Often genuinely enough here, because the rooms are already a workable size.
To the studs and subfloor, a tub-to-shower conversion or a double vanity, a rebuilt floor, a tested membrane and extraction ducted outside.
Space taken from a bedroom or closet, a double vanity, a glassed shower, heated floor and a structural opening. Less common in this housing but very achievable.
Most of a bathroom budget is not the things you can see in a showroom. This is how a full remodel here divides up.
Based on a $29,000 full remodel, the midpoint of what we actually build here. The plumbing share is the lowest of anywhere we work, because the supply is copper and stays and the waste rarely moves. Almost the whole budget reaches the parts of the room you see.
We walk the room, look at the basement ceiling below it and at the stack, and tell you what we can see and what we cannot.
A written scope with allowances you can actually shop against, not a single number.
Submitted to the Village of Morton Grove at 6101 Capulina Avenue. We prepare and lodge it; you will not be at the counter.
Plumbing, electrical and framing inspected before anything is closed. This is where surprises surface, and where we come back to you if the price has to move.
A tested waterproofing membrane before a single tile goes down. This is the step that decides whether the room lasts twenty years or five.
Fixtures, glass, paint and a walk-through list that we close out before the final invoice.
Tell us about the property and what you want to change. We will walk the space, look at what is behind the walls, and come back with a written scope, a schedule and a price.
A hall bathroom rebuilt to the studs generally lands between $23,000 and $36,000, and a primary suite usually starts around $40,000. A refresh that keeps the services in place runs $13,000 to $21,000. These are the lowest ranges we publish, because the housing is post-war and remarkably consistent.
Yes. The Village of Morton Grove requires a building permit for bathroom work altering plumbing, electrical or structure. Applications go to the village hall at 6101 Capulina Avenue and the work is inspected at rough-in and at completion. We prepare and lodge it.
Sometimes, but it becomes a concrete job rather than a plumbing one. The waste run is cast into the slab with a fixed fall, so relocating a toilet means cutting, re-routing and repouring. Moving a vanity or converting the tub to a shower is usually far simpler and is what most of these projects actually need.
Because there is no century of plumbing to deal with first. Supply is copper and stays, there is no cast-iron stack and no plaster to cut, and the room is already a usable size. Almost the whole budget goes into what you can see.
In this housing, usually not, and often it does not work at all. The duct terminates in the attic or simply stops, which relocates the moisture rather than removing it. A proper run is short and cheap in a ranch, and it is part of the work.
In most of these bathrooms, yes, without touching structure. The rooms are a usable size and the tub alcove is what is wasting the floor. It is a planning exercise rather than a building one.
Three to six weeks for a full remodel, two for a refresh. This is the shortest programme we quote, because there is less to strip out and less to replace behind the walls.
Yes — we have a second base here, so this is housing we know street by street. Skokie, Niles, Glenview, Park Ridge and the North Side of Chicago are all within the same daily area.
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