Bathroom remodeling Midtown Tulsa, OK

A new bathroom that still belongs to the house

Swan Lake, Yorktown, Gillette, Maple Ridge: Midtown's streets went up between about 1910 and the 1950s. We keep the tile, tub and trim worth saving, bring the plumbing behind them up to code, waterproof every wet wall, and remodel restrooms for Midtown businesses too.

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We look at the room before we price it
Every line itemized, in writing, in 1 to 2 days
Phone answered from 8 AM to 8 PM

Family ownedTulsa, since 2018
WaterproofedBehind every shower
Written warranty1 year, workmanship

Clawfoot tub on a wood floor beside a new white subway tile shower with a glass door, a rain head and a hand shower

The team and owner was very skilled with their crafts. I liked how responsive the customer service was.

Racheal T.Google review

7+Years in business
4.931+ Google reviews

Free estimates
Homes and businesses
Waterproofing on every wet area
Written 1-year warranty
We answer 8 AM to 8 PM
Bathrooms only
Registered federal vendor
Locally owned in Tulsa

Midtown bathroom remodeler reviews

Customers in their own words, then the owner you'll talk to

Two customers walk through their remodel on video, Jeremy says what he checks first in an older house, and Google reviewers cover the rest, copied exactly as they wrote it.

A husband and wife in their finished bathroom remodel by Oklahoma Bath Pros

I don’t think you could find anybody any better to work with than these people.The homeowners, in their video review

Jeremy Fuller, owner of Oklahoma Bath Professionals in Tulsa, with his family — Family owned, local **Jeremy Fuller** Managing Director, Oklahoma Bath Professionals

Luis and his whole team were timely, professional, kept us informed on all budgeting issues, and provided excellent recommendations and resources for our bathroom remodel. They kept everything as clean as possible during an in-home remodel, cleaned up the area each day, and were very responsive to questions and concerns. They made the whole experience as stress-free as possible. We are thrilled with our beautiful new bathroom, and highly recommend them.

Sharon M.Google review

I was impressed and pleased with the quick response. The owner was friendly!

Anna M.Google review

Great customer service, i will definitely recommend them around

WAA Inc.Google review

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ADA commercial restroom Midtown Tulsa

Your Midtown house, or your Midtown business

We work for homeowners on Midtown's prewar and postwar streets, and for the people who run its shops, restaurants, offices and churches. Choose your side.

Bathroom with a tiled soaking tub under a window and a glass shower with a mosaic accent wall

For your home

Residential bathrooms

Full remodels, custom showers, walk-in tubs and safer bathrooms, in Midtown houses from 1910s bungalows to the 1950s.

All home services

Commercial restroom with a long marble counter, round sinks and arched gold mirrors

For your business

Commercial restrooms

Restaurants, shops, offices and churches in Midtown: stalls, fixtures, counters, floors, tile and ADA upgrades.

All commercial services

Historic bathroom remodel, Midtown

What we see in Midtown's older bathrooms

Midtown holds Tulsa's oldest neighborhoods side by side, and most of its bathrooms have seen the better part of a century of baths and showers. These numbers come from the Census and the National Park Service. Beside them, what they mean once a wall is open.

Midtown's homes, counted

1 in 3^{Source 1}: Midtown homes was built in 1939 or earlier About 6,300 of 17,800 homes in ZIP codes 74104, 74114 and 74120. City-wide, it is about 1 in 11.
46%^{Source 1}: were built before 1950 About 8,300 homes, three times the city-wide share of 15%.
1943^{Source 1}: Median year built, ZIPs 74104 and 74120 In 74114 it is 1954, and the 1950s are that ZIP's biggest decade, about 36% of its homes.
1 in 4^{Source 2}: owners moved in before 2000 About 2,300 of 9,200 owner households. About 1 in 9 has been in the same house since 1989 or earlier.

What that means for the bathroom

Streets built from about 1910 into the 1940s

The National Register records give Swan Lake the key years 1910 and 1917, Yorktown 1921, and Gillette 1922 and 1936, and Maple Ridge's listing spans 1900 to 1949. Most of the houses are bungalows, Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival, with Prairie School houses in Maple Ridge. Before we plan anything, we work out which parts of the room are original and which came from a later remodel.^{Source 3}
Original tile, set in cement

Prewar bathroom tile was laid in cement, which is why so much of it is still on the wall. The National Park Service's guidance on historic tile names water around tubs and showers as one of the most common reasons it fails: water works into the grout and mortar and the tile comes loose. Hollow or loose tile at the tub edge is the first thing we tap.^{Source 4}
Pipes as old as the house

Houses from these decades were often plumbed with galvanized steel water pipe, which rusts from the inside until the flow drops, and cast iron or steel drains that scale up and crack. The same guidance notes how often earlier remodels broke original floor tile to reach pipes, then patched it with tile that did not match. We plan the pipe work and the tile together, so that does not happen a second time.^{Source 4}
Two Midtowns: prewar and postwar

In ZIP code 74104, nearly half the homes date from 1939 or earlier. In 74114, more homes were built in the 1950s than in any other decade. A 1920s bathroom and a 1950s one hide different things, so the year your house was built is one of the first questions we ask.^{Source 1}
Owners who plan to stay

One in four Midtown owner households has lived in the same house since before 2000. A bathroom remodeled now is often the one you will still be using in 20 years, so we ask who bathes and how, plan where grab bars could go while the wall is open, and keep the way in low wherever the room allows.^{Source 2}

Cutaway diagram of a 1920s bathroom, labeling the period details worth keeping in front (hex floor, wall tile, cast iron tub, window, pedestal sink) and what gets replaced behind them (supply pipe, drain, shower wall board and membrane, wiring, fan duct) — In a 1920s bathroom: what is worth keeping, and what we replace behind it. Housing ages from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates for ZIP codes 74104, 74114 and 74120.

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Walk-in tub with shower Midtown Tulsa

Which Midtown bathroom do you have?

Every older house has lived a different life. Pick the one that sounds like yours to see what we would keep, what we would change, and why.

Older bathroom with a clawfoot tub under two stained glass windows, a white hex tile floor and painted wainscot, the kind of room many prewar houses still have

Original pieces left

Save the pieces that make the room

If the hex floor, the wall tile or a cast iron tub is still there and sound, it can stay while everything behind it is renewed. Where a shower has to go in, that wall is rebuilt from the studs, and the new tile is chosen to sit next to the old without looking like a patch.

We find out which tile is still bonded before we plan
Plumbing behind what stays brought up to code
New tile sized and colored to sit beside the old

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Custom shower Midtown Tulsa, OK

What to save in an old bathroom, and what has to go

Remodeling a 1920s bathroom is a string of small decisions about what stays. This is how we sort them: the pieces worth keeping, the work hidden behind them, new tile and a custom shower that look as if they were always there, and the city's rules if your street has historic preservation zoning.

Bathroom in a classic style with a clawfoot tub under a window, a high-tank toilet and white paneled wall tile

Worth keeping, if it is sound

Original pieces are hard to replace and easy to lose. Each one gets a plain yes or no on the first visit.

The original floor: Small white hex or square mosaic, set in cement. If it is tight and flat, it can stay. Chiseling out one old tile tends to crack its neighbors, so a repair starts by sawing out the grout around it.
A cast iron tub: If the enamel is smooth and someone still takes baths, it is worth keeping. We do not refinish worn enamel, so a chipped or rough tub is usually one to replace rather than save.
Windows and wood trim: Original sash and casing are part of what makes the room. A window inside a shower can stay, with a sill and side returns built to shed water instead of soaking it into the wood.
A pedestal or wall-hung sink: Old china sinks often outlast everything around them. A new faucet has to fit the old holes, and if the wall behind is opened, the plumbing that feeds the sink is brought up to current code.

Old metal drain pipe and worn supply lines with shutoff valves coming out of an opened bathroom wall, the kind of plumbing replaced during a remodel

What changes behind them

These are the parts you never see, and the usual reason an old bathroom fails. They are replaced while the room is open, even where the tile in front of them stays.

Water supply pipe: Galvanized steel narrows with rust from the inside. Wherever the wall is open, we update the supply plumbing to current standards and code.
Drain lines: Old cast iron and steel drains clog with scale and crack at the joints. With the floor open under a new shower, the drain is brought up to code, sloped correctly and tied cleanly into the stack.
The shower wall: Plaster, or tile set in mortar over metal lath, does fine on a dry wall. Where water hits every day, it comes down to the studs and goes back on cement or foam board under a waterproofing membrane.
Wiring: Code calls for GFCI protection on bathroom outlets (International Residential Code E3902.1). If old cloth-covered wiring turns up near a tub or sink, the electrician on our team handles it while the wall is open.

Keep it, or replace it: original bathroom pieces compared

	Keep it when	Replace it when	Either way
Hex or mosaic floor	The tiles are tight, flat and not cracked across	Large areas are loose or hollow, or the floor under it is soft	Grout matched in color wherever it is repaired
Wall tile to the wainscot	It is outside the shower and still bonded	It is inside the new shower, or water has loosened it	A clean, finished edge where old tile meets new work
Cast iron tub	The enamel is smooth and someone soaks	It is chipped or rough, or nobody uses it	A new drain, overflow and valve
Pedestal sink	The china is sound and a new faucet fits	It is cracked, or the faucet holes do not fit	Plumbing brought up to code if the wall is opened
Window	It still opens; in an HP-zoned district, almost always	The sash is rotten; in an HP district, only with a matching window and an HP permit	A sill and returns that shed water

Black and white octagon and dot floor tile beside a gray stone-look wall

New tile that suits the era

The National Park Service describes what bathrooms of the early 1900s through the 1930s were made of: small white unglazed tile in round, square, octagonal or hexagonal shapes on the floor, and larger white glazed tile on the walls.

Floors: Unglazed porcelain mosaic in hex, octagon and dot, or basketweave. On a shower floor, all those small joints give bare feet something to hold.
Walls: White glazed tile to wainscot height, finished with a cap along the top, reads as original. Rectangular white subway tile is the usual modern match.
Color: The same guidance notes that colored tile was popular then too. A black border or a single colored band is true to the period; a busy glass mosaic is not.
Patching or relaying: New tile rarely matches old in thickness or shade. If more than a few pieces are gone, relaying a whole section looks better than a scatter of near matches.

If your street has historic preservation zoning

Gillette, North Maple Ridge, Swan Lake and Yorktown each have HP zoning, adopted between 1989 and 1995. The Tulsa Preservation Commission reviews exterior work there, not the bathroom itself. An HP permit application costs nothing, and a typical one is decided at a single Commission meeting.

Inside is yours to decide: The Commission's guidelines cover exterior alterations and repairs. Tile, fixtures and the layout inside the house are not part of its review.
The bathroom window stays put: The guidelines say not to remove, cover or move an existing window opening. A replacement has to match the original's sash, size, muntins and glass area; double-pane glass is allowed.
Vents go out the side or back: Ventilators, louvers and other mechanical parts belong on a side or rear wall, not the front of the house. That includes any bathroom vent that ends on an outside wall.
National Register is not HP zoning: All of Maple Ridge is on the National Register, but only North Maple Ridge has HP zoning. The Commission notes that a Register listing alone does not bring HP review.

Bathroom projects near Midtown Tulsa

Recent jobs in Tulsa and close by

Our written-up jobs so far are elsewhere in Tulsa and in nearby towns. Open one to see the scope, what turned up behind the wall, and the price range from the signed quote where there is one.

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- Bathroom Remodeling
- Tulsa, OK
A soaking tub inside the shower

South Tulsa homeowners wanted a freestanding soaking tub without giving up the shower. We took out the old tub and shower floor and built a wet room: the tub and the shower share one tiled, waterproofed space with a pebble floor.
See the full project
- Bathroom Remodeling
- Tulsa, OK
The garden tub became the shower

An east Tulsa master bath with a jacuzzi garden tub, a separate older shower and an oak double vanity. We built a full tiled shower where the tub was, then updated the rest of the room around it, and the guest bath vanity too.
See the full project
- Walk-In Showers
- Bixby, OK
A half-inch ledge, built for a wheelchair

A Bixby homeowner's master shower was a worn acrylic stall with a step-over threshold. We built a tiled walk-in shower with a half-inch ledge a wheelchair can cross, grab bars, a niche and a light overhead.
See the full project
- Wheelchair Accessibility
- Glenpool, OK
A safe shower for a U.S. military veteran

The Tinker Federal Credit Union Foundation asked us to build an accessible shower for a Korean War veteran in Glenpool, within a nonprofit budget. The corner jacuzzi tub came out, and a curbless roll-in shower with grab bars went in its place.
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Midtown Tulsa bathroom remodel cost

Questions from Midtown homeowners and managers

Can you remodel a historic Midtown Tulsa bathroom without losing its character?

Yes, and it starts with sorting what is original from what a later remodel added. Sound tile, a cast iron tub, the window and its trim can stay while the plumbing and wet walls behind them are renewed. Where new tile goes in, we pick shapes and whites that belong to the house.

What does a custom shower cost in Midtown Tulsa, OK?

It is priced after we see the room, because in an older house the work behind the tile moves the number as much as the tile does. For scale, two recent tiled showers of ours came to about $7,000 to $7,500 (a curbless walk-in in Bixby) and about $7,000 to $8,500 (a roll-in shower in Glenpool), and most full remodels run $10,000 to $25,000. Your quote is itemized and says what could change once the wall is open.

Do you handle older plumbing in Midtown Tulsa homes?

Yes. In a prewar house we expect galvanized supply pipe and cast iron or steel drains, and we replace what feeds and drains the new bathroom while the floor and walls are open. If something turns up beyond the quote, you hear about it before any extra work is done.

Can you fit a walk-in tub with a shower in an older Midtown Tulsa bathroom?

Usually, where the room has a standard 5-foot tub space now, and most walk-in tubs come with a hand shower for rinsing. In an older house the tub also has to make it up the stairs and through the door, and the floor framing has to be sound under a full tub. It needs enough hot water to fill it, per the maker's specs; if your water heater needs a look, our on-site plumber or a plumber we recommend checks it. If the old layout puts the tub under a window or behind the door swing, we will say plainly when a low-entry shower would serve you better. Walk-in tubs.

Do you install accessible bathing for seniors in Midtown Tulsa, OK?

Yes: grab bars on blocking, hand showers and seats, low-entry and curbless showers, and roll-in showers for wheelchairs. For veterans, the VA's HISA benefit can pay toward changes a VA doctor prescribes for a medical reason. We never cut material or labor to fit its limit; anything beyond what the VA approves is billed to you and gone over line by line. How we work with the VA.

Do I need the Tulsa Preservation Commission's approval to remodel a bathroom?

Not for the inside. In an HP-zoned district the Commission reviews exterior work, so a replacement window or a vent through an outside wall needs an HP permit first; the tile, tub and layout do not. If your street is in one of the four districts, tell us at the estimate and we will talk through what that means for your job.

Do you remodel restaurant restrooms along Cherry Street in Midtown Tulsa?

Yes. We remodel restrooms for restaurants, shops and offices across Midtown: stalls, fixtures, counters, floors and tile. The schedule is agreed with you before we start, and if the building has two restrooms, keeping one in service while we work on the other is possible; you decide. A typical commercial restroom is finished in 2 days to a week. Commercial restroom remodeling.

Can you bring an older Midtown Tulsa restroom up to ADA code?

Yes. We plan clearances, grab bars, fixtures and signage to the 2010 ADA Standards. In a qualified historic building, the Standards allow narrow exceptions where full compliance would destroy what makes it historic, agreed with the State Historic Preservation Officer; even then, at least one accessible restroom for each sex, or one single-user restroom, is required. ADA restroom compliance.

Midtown bath remodel, step by step

From the first look to the last tile

A free look at the room, and what is behind it
A written, line-by-line quote 1 to 2 days later
Most jobs start 1 to 2 weeks after you approve it

Call (918) 300-4870 Get a free in-home estimate

Step 1: Call or text, we answer

Tell us what is going on with your bathroom. Someone picks up between 8 AM and 8 PM, and after hours our answering service takes the message.

Someone picks up, 8 AM to 8 PM.
Step 2: Free in-home estimate

We look at the room, measure, and talk through what is possible and what we would not recommend, including how to future-proof the layout.

We measure and talk through your options.
Step 3: Written quote in 1 to 2 days

You get an itemized quote that spells out the work and the materials, and says plainly what could change the price once the walls are open.

An itemized quote, with what could change it.
Step 4: Build, with every wet area waterproofed

Work usually starts 1 to 2 weeks after you approve. Cement board and a waterproofing membrane go in every wet area, never sheetrock or green board. A full remodel runs about a week, up to two for intricate tile.

About a week. Waterproofing in every wet area.
Step 5: Walk-through and a written warranty

We walk the finished bathroom with you and leave it clean. The workmanship carries a written 1-year warranty, with manufacturer warranties passed through to you.

We walk it with you. Written 1-year warranty.

Free bathroom estimate in Midtown

Show us the bathroom you want to keep

Call, or book a free estimate. We come to the house, sort out what can stay and what cannot, and send an itemized quote within 1 to 2 days.

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Renovation contractor, Midtown Tulsa

Tell us about your house and its bathroom

The year your house was built helps us prepare. We usually reply the same day.

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We answer 8 AM to 8 PM
Locally owned in Tulsa

Bathroom remodeling Midtown Tulsa, OK

Residential bathrooms

Commercial restrooms

Streets built from about 1910 into the 1940s

Original tile, set in cement

Pipes as old as the house

Two Midtowns: prewar and postwar

Owners who plan to stay

Save the pieces that make the room

A custom shower in the style of the house

A walk-in tub with a hand shower, or no tub at all

Worth keeping, if it is sound

What changes behind them

New tile that suits the era

If your street has historic preservation zoning

A soaking tub inside the shower

The garden tub became the shower

A half-inch ledge, built for a wheelchair

A safe shower for a U.S. military veteran

Step 1: Call or text, we answer

Step 2: Free in-home estimate

Step 3: Written quote in 1 to 2 days

Step 4: Build, with every wet area waterproofed

Step 5: Walk-through and a written warranty

Free bathroom estimate in Midtown

Show us the bathroom you want to keep

Renovation contractor, Midtown Tulsa

Tell us about your house and its bathroom