Bathroom remodeling in Lakewood's 1920s and 1930s homes
Lakewood's Tudors, Spanish-style houses and bungalows near White Rock Lake are loved for their character, and their bathrooms need remodeling that respects it.
D&T Contractor Services remodels bathrooms in Lakewood, East Dallas, from its Bryan St service office a short drive away. Most Lakewood homes date from the 1920s and 1930s, so the work is careful full remodels: new plumbing behind period-appropriate tile, small bathrooms reworked to fit a modern shower, and master baths added or enlarged in renovated houses.
Lakewood bathrooms
Lakewood's houses were built for a different idea of a bathroom: one or two small rooms with a tub, a pedestal sink and a lot of tile. Many owners love that look and want to keep it, while needing a shower that works, plumbing that does not leak and a master bath the house was never built with.
Our work here usually balances the two: modern plumbing, waterproofing and fixtures inside a room that still looks like it belongs to the house.
A neighborhood built in the 1920s and 1930s
Lakewood, just west of White Rock Lake in East Dallas, developed mostly in the first half of the twentieth century and hit its stride in the 1920s and 1930s, when builders put up many of its Tudor and Spanish-style houses. Older East Dallas homes commonly need plumbing or electrical updates during a bathroom remodel, and Lakewood's conservation district rules protect the architecture, which matters if a remodel touches the outside of the house.
Remodeling a bathroom in a period house
In a 1920s or 1930s house, opening a bathroom often reveals cast iron drains, galvanized supply lines and a mortar-bed floor several inches thick. We replace the plumbing while it is exposed and rebuild the floor and walls with modern waterproofing, then finish the room with tile, fixtures and details that suit the house, such as hexagon or subway tile, a console sink or a clawfoot tub.
Adding a master bath to an older Lakewood house usually means borrowing space from a closet or a small bedroom and running new drain and supply lines, which on pier-and-beam houses can often go through the crawlspace.
If the remodel adds or moves a window or vent on the outside of the house, we check the conservation district rules for your address before planning it.
The bathroom work we do most in Lakewood
Full Bathroom Remodel
Full remodels that keep the house's character.
Learn moreBathroom Layout Change
Small rooms reworked for a modern shower.
Learn moreBathroom Addition
Master baths added in renovated homes.
Learn moreBathroom Plumbing Relocation
Drains rerouted through crawlspace or slab.
Learn moreBathroom Tile Installation
Period-appropriate tile over modern waterproofing.
Learn moreBathtub Replacement
Clawfoot and cast iron tubs set properly.
Learn moreHow a Lakewood job runs
Lakewood jobs are scheduled from our Bryan St office. Dallas permit rules apply: cosmetic work that moves nothing is exempt, moving or adding fixtures needs plumbing and building permits, and electrical changes need an electrical permit. Exterior changes may also need conservation district approval, which we check first.
Ready to talk through your bathroom? Call (214) 646-2836, any hour.
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Rarely for indoor work. They matter if the remodel changes the outside of the house, such as a new window or exterior vent, and we check the rules for your address before planning that.
Yes. We replace the plumbing and waterproofing to modern standards and finish with tile, fixtures and details that suit a 1920s or 1930s house.
Often, by borrowing space from a closet or small bedroom. We check the framing, the plumbing routes and the electrical capacity during the walkthrough.
The City of Dallas. Moving or adding fixtures needs plumbing and building permits, and we file them and book the inspections.
Yes, every hour of every day.
Remodeling a Lakewood bathroom?
Call and tell us about the house and what you want to keep. We will plan a remodel that suits it.
Lakewood, Dallas, TX