Most Ravenna bathrooms were built with a standard 5-foot alcove tub-shower combo. For the 80-year-old homes common here, these combos are showing their age: cracked fiberglass, mildewed grout, outdated tile, and valves that barely work. The #1 upgrade we do is converting that tub combo to a spacious walk-in shower. In Ravenna, where homes average $950,000, shower remodel projects range from $8,000 for a basic upgrade to $24,000 for a high-end custom shower with steam, body sprays, and premium stone.
Ravenna is a quiet, tree-canopied residential neighborhood in northeast Seattle, anchored by Ravenna Park, a 58-acre forested ravine. The streets are lined with Craftsman bungalows, Tudor cottages, and Colonial Revival homes built in the 1920s through 1950s, many on generous lots. Kitchen remodels follow a familiar pattern: opening walls for sightlines, replacing galley layouts with island-centered designs, and updating plumbing to modern code. Homeowners value quality materials over trendy design.
Our shower remodels include complete waterproofing with the Schluter Kerdi system — this is non-negotiable in the Pacific Northwest. We see too many Ravenna homes with hidden mold damage from showers that relied on outdated waterproofing methods. Beyond waterproofing, we handle everything: framing adjustments for curbless or zero-threshold entries, plumbing rough-in for rain showerheads and body sprays, custom tile installation, frameless glass enclosure fabrication and install, and accessories like built-in benches, recessed niches, and grab bars. One contractor, one timeline, one point of contact.
Ravenna's larger lots and generous floor plans provide more flexibility for bathroom additions and expansions than most Seattle neighborhoods. Master bathroom suites — carved from adjacent bedrooms, bump-outs, or second-floor additions — are feasible here because the lot coverage ratios allow the additional square footage. The neighborhood's 1920s-1940s homes have the expected mid-century bathroom constraints: single full baths, compact dimensions, and aging plumbing. But the ability to expand changes the conversation from 'how do we fit modern function into this five-by-eight room' to 'how large should the new master bathroom be.' Ravenna homeowners, influenced by the academic rigor of the nearby UW community, approach bathroom design with an analytical mindset — they want to understand the waterproofing system, the tile installation method, and the ventilation engineering, not just the aesthetics.
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