People who buy in Murrysville tend to stay, and the stairs up to the main bath get longer every decade. Our carpenters rebuild the baths these big hillside houses already have, and add the ones they should have had.
Murrysville Bathrooms
A third of Murrysville homes count at least nine rooms, 43 percent of owners are past 65, a quarter of households include kids, and hillside lots put many lower levels at yard grade. Six bathroom projects that follow from those facts.
Forty-three percent of Murrysville's homeowners are past 65, and the town's own plan says people here keep a house for 35 to 40 years. When the only full bath is upstairs, the ask is one on the floor you actually live on.
We join a powder room to the closet beside it, or claim a corner of a den, for a full bath with a curbless shower, grab-bar blocking and a wider door. The new drain and vent need a permit, which we pull.
Accessible bathroomsOne Murrysville home in three has nine-plus rooms, and 45 percent have at least four bedrooms. If yours came with a primary bath smaller than the bedroom closet, the ask is one in proportion to the house.
We borrow space from a closet or an adjoining room, then lay out a separate shower, two sinks and a water closet with its own door, so mornings for two run side by side instead of in turns.
Primary bathroomsWhere a Murrysville house steps down its hill, the bottom floor is often dug into the hill at one end and at ground level at the other. Once that floor becomes a family room or guest suite, a bathroom down there is next.
The drain path comes first; a drain below the sewer or septic line needs a pump to lift it. Water-resistant backer goes on the walls, a full membrane in the shower, and the fan exhausts through the exposed side of the house.
Bathroom ventilation and moistureAbout a quarter of Murrysville households include children under eighteen. When they share one hall bath, the wish list is a room that survives splashing, handles two at the sink and keeps a tub for the little ones.
A tub with a tiled surround kept for bath time, a double vanity or a long single top with two faucets, a floor tile with grip, and towel hooks at kid height. Everything in the room wipes clean in a minute.
Full bathroom remodelsIn a house this large, guests should not have to climb the stairs to wash their hands. If yours has no half bath near the kitchen or the family room, that is usually the first one worth adding.
We look for space under a stair, in a hall closet or at the end of a mudroom, check that a drain and vent can get there, and build a compact room with a quiet fan and good light. Small, but still permitted plumbing.
Powder rooms and half bathsThe 1960s and '70s built a third of Murrysville's homes, and the median house dates to 1979. If your bath has never been taken back to the studs, what is behind the tile may be as old as the house itself.
We expect older supply lines, a subfloor softened by decades of small leaks, and a fan that may vent nowhere useful, and we price those before you pick tile. The new room is rebuilt from sound framing up.
Hidden damage behind tileFigures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, Municipality of Murrysville. Length of stay: Murrysville comprehensive plan, 2015.
The rest of the job
How it runs, what it costs and who builds it are on our main bathroom remodeling page.
A Bathroom in Murrysville
The municipality's permit and noise rules apply to a bathroom the same way they do to a kitchen. Two more things matter for baths here: the septic systems on the rural side, and radon in the lower levels.
Sardis Rd.Murrysville permits
Murrysville's permit office, its fee for structural work and its rule keeping loud construction to weekdays all apply to a bathroom. Our Murrysville kitchen page explains each. New drains, vents and circuits fall under the state code too, and we file it all.
Murrysville rules, explainedEvery yearRequired septic inspection
On the rural side, a septic system cannot be loaded beyond what its permit allows, and altering one takes a repair permit from the sewage enforcement officer. Owners also have to inspect their systems every year. Before we add a bathroom on septic, talk to the SEO.
Murrysville on-lot sewage rules (Ch. 193) (opens in a new tab)46%15668 basement tests, 4 pCi/L+
Of the basement radon tests on file from the 15668, 46 percent reached 4 pCi/L, the reading at which Pennsylvania advises fixing a house. A lower-level bath gets daily use, so test first; a high result means mitigation, then our framing.
PA DEP: Radon in the Home (opens in a new tab)Bathroom Questions
Five things Murrysville owners want to know before a bathroom project starts. The general steps of a job are on the bathroom service page.
Ask a QuestionIt tracks the size of the change. Updating a bath without moving anything runs well below a full gut, and building a new bath on the main floor or the lower level costs more again because of the new drain and vent. Price in writing follows the walkthrough, with usual ranges listed on our bathroom service.
Bathroom cost rangesA rebuild in the same footprint usually takes a few weeks of work. Adding a new bath elsewhere in the house does not take any existing bathroom out of service until the very end, when the new one is tied in. We set the order of work with you at the walkthrough.
How a bathroom job runsEvery year, under Murrysville's on-lot sewage rules, and the tank must be pumped once solids or scum fill more than a third of its liquid depth. Keep the pumper's report, because the sewage enforcement officer can ask for it. If you are planning a new bathroom, that report is a good place to start.
Murrysville Code §193-33 (opens in a new tab)Yes, if it is built for where it sits. Where the house steps down the hill, we check the buried wall for moisture before framing, use water-resistant backer and a full shower membrane, and send the fan's exhaust out the exposed side. A dehumidifier helps in summer, but the room should not need one to stay dry.
Bathroom ventilation and moistureOften, when the primary bath can borrow space from a closet or an adjoining room: a separate shower set beside a freestanding or drop-in tub. In a smaller hall bath, one or the other usually has to win, and we sketch both options for you at the walkthrough.
Primary bathroomsOther Services
Murrysville's big houses also need kitchens opened up, lower levels finished and decks set on the slope. One crew handles each; pick a card for any of them.
Kitchen RemodelingNew layouts, new cabinets, new counters: framed, built, and installed by the same crew.View Service
Attic FinishingUnused attics framed into bedrooms and offices: subfloor, insulation, drywall, and a proper stair.View Service
Basement FinishingUnfinished basements turned into real rooms: framed, insulated, drywalled, and finished by our crew.View Service
Additions & ADUsAdditions and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), framed from the ground up and tied in clean.View Service
Windows & Exterior DoorsWindows and exterior doors set, flashed, and trimmed so water stays out of the wall.View Service
Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsRotted trim and siding, sagging joists, failed sills: opened up and repaired to solid wood.View Service
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