Master Bathroom & Shower Remodeling

Master Bathroom & Shower Remodeling in Skokie, IL

Skokie

About This Project

Project Overview

The homeowners of this Skokie home decided to completely rebuild their master bathroom — not a cosmetic update, but a full layout redesign with plumbing relocation, electrical upgrades for layered lighting and a radiant heated floor, and a fully custom shower built from framing through tile and glass enclosure. Every element of the original bathroom was demolished and rebuilt. Fairway managed the full sequence: plumbing first, electrical next, then framing, tile, and glass.

Project Details

Project Type

Master Bathroom & Shower Remodeling

Location

Skokie

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The Challenge

What We Were Up Against

The original bathroom had the wrong layout — poorly positioned toilet, small dated shower, and plumbing connections that limited renovation options. Meaningful improvement meant redesigning the room from the inside out, including plumbing relocation to reposition the shower drain and toilet. The addition of a radiant heated floor added coordination: the heating mat had to be installed after floor leveling but before tile, and the thermostat wired during electrical rough-in. Getting all parallel work streams correctly sequenced was the central challenge.

Our Solution

How We Solved It

Complete demolition opened the space to confirm the best routing for new drain lines and the optimal toilet position against actual site conditions. Rough-in proceeded in sequence: plumbing first, then electrical, then framing for the new shower walls and integrated bench. The shower was designed as the centerpiece: fully waterproofed pan with sloped mortar bed, large-format tile running floor to ceiling, and a frameless glass enclosure fabricated to exact field measurements.

The electric radiant floor heating mat was embedded in the tile adhesive layer before tile was set, then commissioned and tested with the homeowners before project sign-off.

Scope of Work

What We Did

The renovation covered every phase of demolition, rough-in, installation, and finishing for a complete layout redesign:

  • Complete demolition — to studs and concrete subfloor throughout
  • Plumbing rough-in: toilet relocation and shower drain repositioning
  • Electrical rough-in: upgraded circuits, GFCI, lighting, and heated floor wiring
  • Custom framing for new shower layout including integrated bench
  • Waterproofing membrane — shower pan, walls, and all wet areas
  • Electric radiant floor heating mat installation
  • Large-format porcelain tile — floor, shower floor, and shower walls
  • Custom tiled shower bench — framed, waterproofed, and tile-finished
  • Frameless glass shower enclosure — fabricated to field measurements
  • Vanity, lighting, all hardware and accessories
  • Interior painting, trim, caulking, and heated floor commissioning

Materials & Finishes

What We Used

  • Large-format porcelain tile — floor, shower floor, and shower walls
  • Waterproofing membrane system — sloped mortar bed and full wet area coverage
  • Electric radiant floor heating mat with programmable digital thermostat
  • Custom tiled shower bench — framed, waterproofed, tile-finished to match
  • Frameless tempered glass shower enclosure with brushed hardware
  • Thermostatic shower system — rain head and hand shower
  • Custom vanity with integrated undermount sink
  • Recessed LED lighting — warm color temperature, dimmable

The Result

Delivered

The finished master bathroom is a genuinely transformative space. What had been cramped, dated, and poorly laid out is now open and beautifully detailed. The layout redesign — made possible only by the plumbing relocation — created spaciousness and flow that no surface renovation could have delivered. The toilet is in the right place. The shower is the right size. The room works the way a master bathroom is supposed to.

The heated floor transforms the experience on cold Chicago mornings. Combined with large-format tile, a frameless glass shower, and layered lighting, this bathroom now performs at every level the homeowners needed it to.

BEFORE

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AFTER

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