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Bathroom Remodeling · Cumming, GA
Bathroom Remodeling in Cumming, Georgia
Primary suites, guest baths, and the waterproofing underneath, built by one team that pulls the permit and stays until the glass is set.
Bathroom Remodeling in Cumming
The tile is what you see. The waterproofing is what matters
Walk into a primary bathroom built in Forsyth County between 1995 and 2010 and you can usually describe it before you open the door. A corner garden tub with a deck nobody has used in fifteen years. A shower barely wide enough to turn around in, tucked behind a half wall. Cultured marble tops, a strip of builder-grade lighting over the mirror, and a toilet closet with a door that hits the vanity. The square footage is almost always there. It was just divided up for a house nobody lives in anymore.
Most of what we do in that room happens before the tile. The shower gets a bonded waterproofing system, sloped to the drain and inspected, before a single piece of stone goes on the wall. The exhaust fan gets sized for the room and ducted all the way outside instead of into the attic. That is the difference between a bathroom that photographs well and one that still looks right in year eight, and it is the part of the job that is invisible on the day we hand it back to you.
Scope of Work
What a GHIR bathroom includes
Most bathroom remodels run 4 to 8 weeks of construction once selections are complete and materials are on site.
Layout and wall changes
Moving the tub, the shower, or the wall between the bath and the closet, including the structural work when a wall is carrying load.
Waterproofing and tile
A bonded waterproofing system behind the tile, sloped correctly to the drain and inspected, before anyone starts talking about pattern.
Custom vanities and storage
Built for your ceiling height and the way you actually store things, with stone templated to the cabinet rather than ordered to a stock size.
Showers and freestanding tubs
Curbless entries, glass panels, niches set into the framing, and the valve, drain, and blocking work underneath.
Plumbing, electrical, and ventilation
Relocated supply and drain lines, the circuits code requires, dedicated lighting, and an exhaust fan sized for the room and ducted to the outside.
Heated floors and finish details
Radiant mats under tile, trim, glass, mirrors, and hardware set to the same tolerance as the cabinetry.
Local Requirements
Permitting in Cumming and Forsyth County
Permitting is handled by Forsyth County Planning & Community Development, or the City of Cumming if the property sits inside city limits. Here is what actually shapes the schedule on a bathroom remodeling project in Cumming.
Two different building departments
Whether your project is reviewed by Forsyth County or the City of Cumming depends on which side of the city limit line your parcel falls on. We confirm jurisdiction before drawings are started, because the submittal packages are not the same.
A bathroom is a permitted renovation, not a cosmetic swap
Forsyth County issues bathroom work under a Residential Renovations Permit, and the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors each file a notarized affidavit under it. If the house is on septic, Environmental Health approval and the septic permit have to be in hand before the application is submitted rather than after.
Septic approval comes before the building permit
If your home is on septic, Forsyth County Environmental Health has to sign off on the proposed footprint before a building permit can be issued, and that review can take twenty business days or more. It is the item most likely to move your start date, so we file it first.
What actually moves a bathroom schedule
A renovation permit is a far lighter review than new construction, and the county is rarely what holds a bathroom up. The schedule risk is Environmental Health when the home is on septic, because that approval has to be in hand before the application is submitted, and after that it is whichever finish you fell in love with that ships in ten weeks.
Why GHIR
Why Cumming homeowners choose GHIR
We build the wet side first
Waterproofing, slope, blocking, and drain location are set and inspected before tile is ordered. Tile installed over a shortcut fails from the inside out, and by the time you can see it, the repair is the entire shower.
Septic is confirmed before we file
Forsyth County requires Environmental Health approval and the septic permit with the renovation application when the home is on septic. If your scope adds a fixture, that gets settled while the drawings are still moving, not at the permit counter.
One bathroom, not four trades pointing at each other
Plumbing, electrical, mechanical, tile, glass, and cabinetry all run under our permit and our schedule. When something has to move an inch, it moves once.
You keep living in the house
We seal the work zone, protect the path in, and stage the work so the rest of the house stays usable. A primary bath is four to eight weeks, and you are living there for all of them.
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Areas We Serve
Bathroom Remodeling across Cumming & Forsyth
Cumming grew faster than almost anywhere in Georgia between 1995 and 2010, which means a large share of its housing stock is now twenty to thirty years old: good bones, dated layouts, and closed-off kitchens that no longer match how the families inside them actually live.
How It Works
Your bathroom remodeling project, step by step
Free consultation
We measure, look at what is behind the walls where we can, and give an honest budget range for the scope you actually want.
Design and line-item budget
Layout options, elevations, and a trade-by-trade budget before anything is demolished.
Selections
Tile, stone, cabinetry, plumbing fixtures, and glass locked in early, because the long-lead item is usually the one you love most.
Permits and inspections
The renovation permit goes to Forsyth County Planning & Community Development, or the City of Cumming if the property sits inside city limits, with our electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors filing under it.
Construction and walkthrough
Demo, rough-in, inspection, waterproofing, tile, cabinetry, and finish, then a punch walkthrough.
★★★★★
“The shower work is what sold us. They walked us through the waterproofing before the tile went on, and explained why it mattered. Nobody else did that.”
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Common Questions
Bathroom Remodeling in Cumming FAQs
Do I need a permit to remodel a bathroom in Cumming?
Yes, for anything past a cosmetic swap. Forsyth County issues bathroom work under a Residential Renovations Permit, and moving plumbing, adding circuits, or changing ventilation all fall under it. The application takes a floor plan for each floor with every room labeled, plus notarized affidavits from the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors. If the home is on septic, Environmental Health approval has to be obtained before the application is submitted.
How long does a bathroom remodel take?
Plan on four to eight weeks of construction for a primary bath once selections are complete and materials are on site. The schedule usually breaks on a long-lead item rather than on labor: custom glass, a specific stone slab, or a vanity that ships in ten weeks. We lock selections early for exactly that reason.
Can you take out the garden tub and make the shower bigger?
Yes, and in the 1995 to 2010 houses around Cumming that is the most common scope we do. Removing the corner tub usually buys enough room for a real shower with a bench and a proper door. The drain and supply work is straightforward as long as we know what is under the floor before demo, and if the wall between them is carrying load, we engineer the header rather than guess at it.
What areas around Cumming do you serve?
We are based in Dawsonville and work throughout North Georgia, including Cumming, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Buford, Gainesville, Suwanee, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Dahlonega.
Are you a licensed general contractor in Georgia?
Yes. GHIR holds Georgia Unlimited GC licenses #GCCO006076 and #GCQA006072, plus Florida GC #CGC1527188. We are a NARI Atlanta member and fully insured.
Do you offer financing?
Yes. We offer unsecured project financing up to $150,000 with no home equity required. Ask during your free consultation.
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