Bathroom Remodeling • St. Johns, FL
St. Johns is the fast-growing northwest corner of St. Johns County, and most of its homes were built inside master-planned communities: Julington Creek Plantation and the neighborhoods along Race Track Road, Durbin Crossing off County Road 210, and the newer streets of RiverTown, Shearwater and Beachwalk. These are family houses, most of them built in the last thirty years, and their bathrooms were finished the way production builders finish them — fiberglass tub units, a primary shower with a framed glass door, and tile chosen for the model home's price sheet. Braga Remodeling remodels bathrooms in St. Johns, FL — the builder-grade shower comes out, the walls and base are rebuilt over a waterproofing system, and the room is finished to match the rest of the house.
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5.0 · 36 Google reviewsA St. Johns bathroom usually is not failing — it is just tired, dated or never quite finished. We measure the room, tell you plainly whether it needs a surface update or a full shower rebuild, and put the complete scope in writing before any demolition starts.
Overview
The older half of St. Johns — Julington Creek Plantation and the neighborhoods that grew up around it in the 1990s and 2000s — is now at the age when original bathrooms show it. Fiberglass tub-shower units have gone dull and chalky, primary showers have cracked grout lines at the floor, and caulk at the tub deck needs redoing every year. A bathroom remodel in these homes usually starts with demolition of the original shower or tub unit, an inspection of the slab and wall framing once it is open, and a rebuild over a continuous waterproofing system instead of the builder's original pan.
The newer communities ask a different question. In Durbin Crossing, RiverTown, Shearwater and Beachwalk, the bathrooms are often only a few years old and nothing is leaking — owners simply want the room the builder never offered: a full-tile walk-in shower instead of a fiberglass insert, a niche instead of a corner caddy, porcelain on the floor instead of the base-level tile. Those projects are about finishing the house, and they are some of the most satisfying jobs we run in St. Johns County.
Then there is the household. St. Johns homes are built for families, so most have a primary bathroom plus a kids' or guest bath that sees heavy daily use — bath time, splashing, wet towels on the floor. That room needs grout, tile and sealant chosen for abuse, not for a showroom. Every St. Johns project gets the same treatment whatever the house — a free in-home measurement, a written scope that says exactly what Braga handles, and a price fixed before work begins. The area is a regular run for us alongside Nocatee, Mandarin and Ponte Vedra.
Builder-grade upgrades
Fiberglass units replaced with tile
Kids' & guest baths
Finishes chosen for daily abuse
Waterproofed showers
System build, not a buried pan
Written scope first
Price fixed before demolition
Family Bathrooms
Most St. Johns homeowners who call us have two bathrooms in mind, not one. The primary is the room they want to enjoy — a bigger, brighter shower, better storage, tile that matches the quality of the kitchen. The kids' or hall bath is the room that has to survive: daily baths, water over the tub edge, toothpaste on the counter and towels left on the floor. Planning both at once lets the scope, material orders and schedule work together, and it means the house is never without a working bathroom while one of them is torn out.
For the family bath, durability decides the details: the tub usually stays, because young children need one, but the fiberglass or thin-tile surround is replaced with porcelain wall tile over a waterproofed backer, with mold-resistant grout and flexible sealant where the tub meets the wall. For the primary, the conversation is about layout inside the existing footprint — whether the garden tub nobody uses gives way to a larger shower, and where a niche or bench fits. Both rooms get the same written scope, so you know which finishes go where before anything is ordered.
Primary and kids' bath scheduled together
Durable tile surround for family use
Better layout inside the existing room
The Common Project
The most requested St. Johns project is a tub-to-shower conversion in the primary bathroom: the corner garden tub or tub-shower combination the builder installed comes out, and a tiled walk-in shower takes its place, with a recessed niche and a bench where the space allows. In many of these homes the original primary shower is a narrow fiberglass stall, so the conversion can also mean combining the tub and stall footprints into one larger shower.
Because most St. Johns homes have at least two bathrooms, the usual pattern converts the primary and keeps a tub in the kids' or guest bath — for young children, visiting family and resale. If your plans also involve moving plumbing or electrical, we tell you at the measurement which parts Braga handles and which need a separate licensed trade (Braga does not do plumbing, electrical or structural work); nothing outside our scope is assumed, and the written estimate lists exactly what Braga is responsible for.
Straight answers
Braga Remodeling is a Jacksonville remodeling company at 4305 Napoli Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32207, phone (904) 520-1994. The crew remodels St. Johns bathrooms — fiberglass unit replacements, tub-to-shower conversions, kids' and guest baths and primary bath updates in communities like Julington Creek, Durbin Crossing, RiverTown, Shearwater and Beachwalk — starting with a free in-home measurement and a written scope.
Replacing the builder-grade fiberglass tub or shower unit with a real tiled shower built over a waterproofing system. In the primary bath that is often a tub-to-shower conversion; in the kids' or guest bath the tub usually stays with a new porcelain surround.
What We Build
Builder-grade fiberglass tub and shower units replaced with a real tiled shower or tub surround, with the walls and base waterproofed as a system before the first tile is set.
The garden tub or tub-shower combo becomes a tiled walk-in shower — niche, bench, glass-ready opening — detailed on the conversion page.
Hall and guest bathrooms rebuilt for daily family use: porcelain tub surrounds over waterproofed backer, mold-resistant grout and sealant at every moving joint.
Primaries in planned-community homes finished to the level of the rest of the house: a better shower inside the existing footprint, a vanity with real storage, and tile chosen by you, not a price sheet.
For older Julington Creek–era showers with cracking grout or soft spots at the floor: the base comes out, the slab is inspected, and the shower is rebuilt over waterproofing with a proper slope.
Floor and wall tile over a prepared substrate — porcelain that handles wet feet and daily cleaning, with grout lines laid out around the room's main sight lines.
Our Process
We measure the room, check the shower floor, grout, tub surround and wall bases, and talk through how your household uses each bathroom.
The scope and price are fixed in writing — demolition, repairs, waterproofing, tile and finishes — including which parts, if any, belong to a separate licensed trade.
The old unit and finishes come out, the slab and walls are inspected, and anything moisture reached is photographed and agreed with you before the rebuild.
New base and waterproofing, tile and finish work go in, the room is cleaned, and we walk the finished bathroom with you.
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“I had a great experience with this construction company. They were honest, reliable, and did exactly what they promised. The team was professional, hardworking, and paid attention to every detail.”
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Tell us about the bathroom — which room it is, whether the shower or tub is original to the house, whether you are planning more than one bath — and we'll measure in person and put the scope in writing, at no cost. Prefer to talk? Call (904) 520-1994. Prefer to talk? Call (904) 520-1994 or email braga@bragaremodeling.com.
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