VCS Construction and Remodeling handles accessible bathroom remodeling in Houston, Texas. We pull out the tub, the step and the tight doorway. Then we build a room that works from a wheelchair or a walker. Master plumbers on our team move the drain and set the fixtures. Our own crew does the tile, the carpentry and the paint. We have been contracting in Houston since 2007, with over 20 years of hands-on experience. The estimate and the design consultation are free. Call (713) 828-3097.
Most of these jobs start after something changes. A hospital stay, a stroke, a knee or hip replacement, or a parent moving in. Houston has the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world. We plan the layout around how you move now, then build to ADA guidelines where the room allows. If you want a bathroom rebuilt for looks instead of access, that is the style side of a bathroom remodel.
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The ADA sets bathroom dimensions for public and commercial buildings. The 2010 Standards at ada.gov cover government facilities, public accommodations and commercial facilities. A private home lived in as a residence is not covered. In a house these become guidelines we build to, not a rule you have to pass. Where a room cannot hold a figure, we tell you which one we are giving up.
The U.S. Access Board publishes the figures we work from. A roll-in shower compartment runs at least 60 inches wide and 30 inches deep. A transfer shower is 36 by 36 inches. The threshold tops out at half an inch, which is why a real roll-in shower is curbless. Grab bars mount 33 to 36 inches above the floor. A shower seat sits 17 to 19 inches high, the same as a chair.
The rest of the room follows the same numbers. A toilet seat sits 17 to 19 inches high, which people call comfort height. A lavatory needs 27 inches of clear knee height so a chair rolls under it. That is why we hang the vanity on the wall and drop the base cabinet. A door opening measures 32 inches clear, and a pocket door can buy that back in a tight hall.
We rebuilt a bathroom in a 120-year-old Houston house for a rehabilitation nonprofit's residents. It has a curbless walk-in shower with a pebble tile floor and a fold-down teak bench. Black grab bars run inside the shower and beside the toilet. A handheld shower rides on a slide bar, so it works seated or standing. The wood vanity floats on the wall with a vessel sink, so a wheelchair rolls under it. The floors are wood-look tile.
Scope sets the price. A grab bar package and a comfort-height toilet in an existing layout is one number. Cutting a slab to move a drain, widening a doorway and tiling a curbless shower is another. The big drivers are how far the plumbing moves, how much tile goes in, and whether framing changes.
Published cost data puts an accessible bathroom remodel at about $2,700 to $16,000. HomeAdvisor's 2026 figures give an average near $8,400. That band covers small safety upgrades at one end and full rebuilds at the other. We price your job after we see the room, the foundation and the plumbing under it. For a wider look at local numbers, read what a bathroom remodel costs in Houston.
Some of this work has help behind it. The VA lists a HISA grant for home improvements and structural alterations. Its published lifetime benefit is $6,800 for service-connected disabilities and $2,000 otherwise, and VA names roll-in showers as eligible. Medicare.gov lists what Part B covers as durable medical equipment, such as walkers, wheelchairs and commode chairs. Remodeling is not on that list.
We set a date after the estimate, once the design is settled and fixtures are picked. The room is small, so the build moves fast. Waiting is what stretches the schedule: permit review, an inspection date, a custom vanity or a special order tub can each add days. We sequence demo, rough plumbing and rough electrical first, then inspection, waterproofing, tile, and last the fixtures and paint.
Houston housing stock decides how a curbless shower gets built. The 1920s bungalows in the Heights and Montrose sit on pier and beam. Our plumbers reach a drain from the crawl space. Postwar and newer homes sit on slabs. We do this work in the Heights, Montrose, Pearland and Bellaire, and across Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties. Read more about the remodeling we do in Bellaire.
A curbless shower needs the shower floor to sit level with the room. Schluter, a tile systems maker, lists three ways to get there. You recess the shower floor, set a prefabricated tray with a ramp, or raise the rest of the bathroom floor. Over a concrete slab, that last option means a mortar bed of the right thickness under the new tile. With a linear drain the floor slopes on one plane, which lets large tile lie flat.
Schluter also says recessing a shower floor must preserve the structural integrity of the construction. It may call for a qualified design professional. We work with an architect and two engineers for that reason. Moving plumbing or wiring in a Houston bathroom needs a City of Houston permit through the Houston Permitting Center. Master plumbers on our team pull the plumbing permit, and only registered master electricians can pull an electrical permit. We pull the permits and meet the inspector.
Some houses cannot give up the space. When the only full bathroom is upstairs and stairs are out, the answer is a bathroom on the ground floor. Sometimes that fits in a closet, a hall or a back porch we close in. Sometimes it means building a new room onto the house. Census Bureau estimates compiled by USAFacts put about 615,700 Harris County residents at 65 or older in 2024.
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(713) 828-3097From the first call to the last pass of the rake, here is how it goes.
Tell us about the house and the project. We set a time to come see it, usually within a few days.
We look at the space and the systems in person and talk through the plan. You get a real number before any work starts.
Drawings get done, permits get pulled, and the build starts on a set schedule. We review progress with you week by week.
Our own crew does the sheetrock, trim and paint, then walks the finished job with you. The project ends when you sign off on it.
Common questions about accessible bathrooms across Houston, inside Loop 610 and out. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We remodel bathrooms across Houston, from 1920s bungalows in the Heights to newer homes outside the Loop. Our master plumbers and our own finish crew take each bath from demo to paint.
We design and build home additions across Houston, from room additions to full second stories. One contractor takes your project from plans and permits through paint.
We replace old galvanized supply lines with new PEX, usually in a few days. Then we repair and paint every wall we opened, one contractor start to finish.
We remodel kitchens across Houston, from Heights bungalows to postwar ranch homes. One contractor handles design, structure, trades, and finish work on every job.
We build custom homes from the ground up on lots across Houston, inside Loop 610 and out. Bring the lot, and our crew carries the build from dirt to finish-out.
We convert Houston garages into gyms, home offices, man caves, and finished bonus rooms. Free estimates and design consultations at (713) 828-3097.
The team that opens your walls is the team that closes them. Trades, sheetrock, tile, cabinets, trim and paint all run under one contract, so nothing falls between companies.
Repipes, sewer lines, water heaters and remodel plumbing stay in house. That is rare for a remodeling contractor, and it is why pipe problems do not stall our jobs.
An architect, two engineers and interior designers work with us on plans, or we build from your designer’s drawings. Permits and city inspections are handled for you.
Pier and beam bungalows, slab ranches on clay soil, galvanized pipe, cast iron drains, deed restrictions and flood maps. We have worked these streets since 2007 and plan for all of it.
A kitchen that needs to open up, a bath past its prime, an addition, or pipes that are done? Call or send the form. We come to look at the house in person, and the estimate and design consultation are free.
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