Rooms · Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
Kitchens and bathrooms, with the plumbing and wiring done in the right order
Cabinets, counters, tile and fixtures, fitted by the crew that opened the wall. Plumbing, electrical, cabinetry, countertops and flooring run as one job.
What decides the budget behind the tile
Two things separate a remodel that lands on budget from one that does not, and neither is the tile. The first is what is behind the wall. Older Rio Grande Valley homes hide galvanised supply lines, cast iron waste and circuits that were never sized for a modern kitchen.
The second is sequencing. A bathroom with one crew doing demolition, a second waiting on the plumber and a third arriving before the substrate is dry is how a three-week job becomes a three-month one.
Tile fails from underneath more often than from the surface. A walk-in shower with a pan that was not sloped and waterproofed correctly leaks under the grout within a couple of years, and a floor that still moves will crack new tile again. The cabinet wall in a Valley kitchen is also rarely as square as the drawing, which is why counters get templated on site instead of measured from a plan. Sinks and appliances sit where the room is actually used, and moving a line costs money, so that decision should be yours and should be priced before it is made.
Finished white stucco building with a concrete walk and lawn, three-quarter view of the Ariston Construction exterior work
Plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counters, floor: one crew, one estimate
Ariston surveys before it prices, and reports what it finds rather than issuing a change order later. Where a wall is opened and galvanised or cast iron turns up, you hear about it that day, with a price attached.
The trades then run in order: demolition, supply and waste lines, wiring, substrate and waterproofing, cabinetry, countertops templated on site, flooring and tile, fixtures last. Each step waits for the one before it to be right, so nobody stands around while a substrate dries, and the work area is protected and tidied as the crew goes.
Accessible work is easiest while the framing is open: curbless showers, blocking for grab bars, wider doorways and lever handles. If the floor under the room slopes, that is a house leveling job and it comes first.
Keeping a bathroom usable, and when to call
Where a house has only one bathroom, the work is sequenced to keep it usable for as much of the job as possible, and the survey tells you which days it will not be.
Call (956) 345-7700 from La Feria, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, Edinburg, Weslaco or Mission. Ariston is fully bonded and general-liability insured and licensed as a manufactured housing installer by the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, MHDINS00004804.
Estimates are free, itemized and written, with senior and military discounts and financing through Acorn Finance. Adding space instead of reworking it is a construction services job.
Fully bonded and insured, TDHCA license MHDINS00004804, free itemized written estimate.
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The order the trades arrive in
- 1Survey: walls opened, supply, waste and circuits checked
- 2Demolition and protection of the rest of the house
- 3Plumbing: supply and waste lines, rough-in
- 4Electrical: circuits sized for the room
- 5Substrate and waterproofing, left to dry
- 6Cabinetry, then countertops templated on site
- 7Flooring and tile on a prepared substrate
- 8Fixtures, final clean
Want the sequence for your room? Call (956) 345-7700.