After 40 years of use, the main bathroom in our raised ranch house needed remodeling and a complete overhaul. Espenshades Plumbing had previously remodeled and upgraded the master bath in this house several years prior. Because of their excellent performance and track record, we contracted with them again and without fail they did another superb job. Overall, this project went smoothly without any major faults or delays; they were the first people in onsite and the last ones out when the project was completed. After the design plans were set, all selected material and new bathroom fixtures were ordered and received prior to the project start date. Espenshades Plumbing managed the entire project: assisted in design planning, ordered and purchased all the material and bath fixtures (faucets, shower unit assemblies, grab bars, glass doors, toilet etc.); They coordinated the work schedule for the painter and the tiling workmen company so that there were no gaps in the daily work schedule. On site they performed all the plumbing readiness tasks, did electrical work and installed all the new bathroom fixtures and new lighting we wanted. Workmanship was superior; carpets in the main part of the house were covered to avoid tracking dirt from outside the house, work area was clean and organized each day at quitting time, curtain was hung in bathroom door way to minimize dirt/dust extending to other part of the house.
The old fiber glass shower stall was taken out and the area was converted to a walk-in shower stall. The floor, walls and ceiling were framed and made ready for ceramic tile. Their master plumber began by taking out the old shower stall and fixtures, cutting/installing the cement board for tiling, built the frame for the shower door threshold, installed the lining for the floor drain, built the frame for the shower bench seat, upgraded the drain plumbing to 2 inch PCV pipe to the main outlet in the basement, added wall studs support beams for grab bars. Espenshades installed eyeball lights in the shower ceiling and wiring which connected to separate dimmer switches; previous work they installed a bathroom exhaust fan. The above phase one took approx. four days to complete. Once this work was completed the shower and bathroom area was ready for phase two; that being, ceramic tile installation for the shower walls, floor and ceiling of the shower area and tiling the four bathroom walls for the tiling company workmen to perform their work. Once the tile and floor covering work was completed, Espenshades master plumber returned for phase three; to install and connect plumbing fixtures, install internal shelves, grab bars, the shower glass door frame needed to complete the project and ready the shower for daily use.
I would highly recommend Espensahes to anyone who needs plumbing related services big or small, especially bathroom remakes and upgrades. More impressive is that they help with design ideas an procure fixtures on your behalf. They provide a project estimate in sufficient detail to know the total coast of labor, and materials. When the project is complete they provided a invoice that includes a detailed list of all on site man hours involved and a itemized list of all materials and supplies that were used in the project work for your review and compare to the approved estimate. Project price which included cost of selected bathroom fixtures and projected man hours was acceptable, indeed very reasonable for the high quality of work and the superior workmanship. You will certainly be pleased and totally satisfied when you select Espenshade's for your plumbing needs.