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A full bathroom remodel in Park Ridge typically runs $25,000 to $39,000 for a hall bath and $42,000 to $74,000 for a primary suite, and takes four to seven weeks on site. Permits are issued by the City of Park Ridge at 505 Butler Place. Park Ridge is the most mixed of the northwest suburbs: a house near Uptown may have galvanised supply and a cast-iron stack, while one half a mile west has copper and a slab. The era of the house decides the budget more than the finish level does.
Park Ridge has a genuine pre-war core. Around Uptown and through the Country Club district the housing is 1920s and 1930s Colonials, Tudors and Chicago-style bungalows. Move west and south and it turns over to 1950s and 1960s ranches and split-levels. Teardown-and-rebuild activity has been steady since the 1990s, so newer houses are scattered through both.
That mix means the same question comes up on every first visit: what year was this house built. A 1928 Colonial near Uptown behaves like Wilmette — galvanised supply, a cast-iron stack, plaster on lath, a small tiled bathroom. A 1958 ranch behaves like Morton Grove — copper supply, a waste run in a slab, a roomier bathroom and a fan going into the attic.
Neither is difficult, but they are not the same job and they do not cost the same. We establish which one you have before quoting, because a pre-war house needs the plumbing replaced and a post-war one mostly needs the layout rethought.
Park Ridge is the most mixed of the northwest suburbs, and the era of the house decides nearly everything.
| Era and style | What we find on site | What the project becomes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1940 — Colonials and Tudors near Uptown | A small hall bath tiled in a mortar bed, cast-iron stack, galvanised supply, plaster on lath and deep joists. | Full gut with the supply replaced, the floor build-up rebuilt, and a shower and vanity won back inside the existing walls. | $28k – $39k |
| 1920–1935 — Chicago-style bungalows | The 5×7 bungalow bath: tub in an alcove, pedestal basin, one side window, and no storage at all. | Gut, with twelve inches won back for a real vanity and the tub converted to a walk-in shower. | $26k – $36k |
| 1950–1968 — ranches and split-levels | Copper supply, roomier bathrooms, eight-foot ceilings, a waste run under a slab or in a crawl, and a fan going into the attic. | Layout usually stays. A double vanity and a level-access shower fit without structural work. | $22k – $33k |
| 1995–present — teardown rebuilds | Modern rough-in, a primary suite already sized, and finishes that have simply dated. | Finish-level replacement, with stone, glass and fittings driving the number. | $24k – $40k |
These are the conditions that decide the schedule and the contingency on a job in Park Ridge. We price around them rather than discovering them.
Near Uptown and through the Country Club district, a house that has never been re-piped is on galvanised steel. It closes from the inside, so pressure fails before the pipe looks bad. We price the replacement in rather than discovering it.
Original and usually sound. Where it is not, replacing a length inside a finished wall on the floor below is the single biggest swing in a pre-war Park Ridge budget.
West and south, the waste run is cast into a slab or sits in a crawl with very little fall, so relocating a toilet means concrete work. The route is established before a layout depends on it.
The pre-war core is entirely pre-1978, so the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule applies: containment, HEPA filtration, a certified firm and documented cleanup, built into the schedule.
In both halves of the city, fans were routinely terminated into the attic rather than ducted to outside air. We check what the existing one actually does and run a proper duct as part of the work.
Interior work inside the footprint is a straightforward permit. On the tighter lots near Uptown a new exterior opening sits close to the side setback and goes through city review, which 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 exactly right in a post-war house where the room is already a good size.
To the studs and subfloor, supply replaced where it is galvanised, a tub-to-shower conversion or a double vanity, a rebuilt floor and a tested membrane.
Space taken from a bedroom or a closet, a double vanity, a separate tub and glassed shower, heated floor and a structural opening.
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 $31,000 full remodel, the midpoint of what we actually build here. In the pre-war core the plumbing share runs well above this figure and in the post-war half well below it, which is why we establish the era of the house before quoting anything.
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 City of Park Ridge at 505 Butler Place. 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 $25,000 and $39,000, and a primary suite usually starts around $42,000. A refresh that keeps the services in place runs $14,000 to $23,000. The era of the house moves the number more than the finish level does.
Yes. The City of Park Ridge requires a building permit for bathroom work altering plumbing, electrical or structure. Applications go to City Hall at 505 Butler Place and the work is inspected at rough-in and at completion. We prepare and lodge it for you.
Almost always the age of the house. A 1928 Colonial near Uptown needs galvanised supply replaced, a cast-iron stack checked and plaster cut, all before anything visible happens. A 1958 ranch has copper supply that stays, so the same finishes cost several thousand less.
Sometimes, but it becomes a concrete job. The waste is cast into the slab at 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 rooms actually need.
Yes. These rooms are badly planned rather than genuinely too small — a pedestal basin wastes the only usable wall and the tub alcove eats a third of the floor. Replanning inside the same four walls typically gains a full vanity, a walk-in shower and real storage.
In both halves of the city, often not. Fans were routinely terminated into the attic, which just relocates the moisture. We check what the existing one does on the first visit and duct it properly as part of the work.
Yes, and in the pre-war core it is required. Those houses are entirely pre-1978, so the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule applies: containment, HEPA filtration, a certified firm and documented cleanup, all priced and scheduled in.
Park Ridge sits beside Morton Grove, Glenview and Niles, and we work east into Chicago’s North Side neighbourhoods from the same base.
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