What sort of pan? What type of waterproofing? Marble? Have you seen other work they have done? Have you checked references? No other description of products to be used? What material did you specify? No where near info info on the estimate to determine much of anything. I will defer to the pro's but with the lack of info and description listed there that would the end of any discussion i would have with this contractor. Just my .02..............................

A few things are three times cheaper than I paid to have done. Specifically my waterproofing and tile installation for my shower was over 6000, excluding the cost of tile and my frameless glass door was 2500 maybe my shower is three times bigger, 3.5 x 6 ft or maybe I over paid but your quote seems low. I had three local quotes and all were on pare in pricing within 5 percent I suggest getting recommendations and multiple quotes to compare. I never want too pay too much or honestly too little for a project I want to last for years to come.

Listen to Roarah, she just went thru a shower debacle and had it re built... your quote is to vague in (detailed scope missing) and does not refrence standards of practices, nor mention of flood test/inspections.

Yes, I have seen the work they have done before. They just did the tiles on the whole house and did an excellent job. but want to know removing the tub, converting it to walking shower with glass door and marbl tiles, new floor, install new vanity with granite counter top and plumping work, mirror will $7500 is about right?

It looks way low. I'd get another estimate or two.

Yea I am very new to this kind of work, so don't know much.
But I know the contractor since he has done lots of work for my brother and done a awesome job.

So he will come to get the deposit for the work.

Please tell me what kind of questions I need to ask?

Thanks all for your help

You are not listening. You need to get other estimates and need him to specify everything. For example I see no mention of waterproofing the shower. Why isn't that listed?

Yes, I asked him about waterproofing, he went through details of what he is going to. He will put shower liner for floor and waterproof remembrance for the wall. I'll keep you up to date on the progress.
So far everything is gone from the bathroom

Did he give you a contract yet? I would not give a deposit on just an estimate. Your contract should a have change of order clause, a payment schedule and many other terms to protect you and the GC....

yes, I signed on the price and I gave him the initial deposit and you can see the job already started. Of course be brought all th sample that he will install and I selected what I want. Well let see how it goes

Take pictures every day of work in progress they can help if something is not done properly to trouble shoot the cause of the problem.

I guess it depends on many things, depending on where you are

the GC's we've interviewed wouldn't touch the small bathroom(vanity, toilet, tub-shower combo) for less than 10 K, plumbing not moved, finished materials on us.

If you personally know the GC and work he does-that helps.

That quote is half the cost of a new bathroom I just had installed....and that didn't include a glass shower enclosure. I got two separate quotes for a frameless enclosure with a single door and both were around $2k.

what products will your contractor be using to do the waterproofing.....Hydroban, Kerdi, Nobelseal? What is going on the floor?

Very low quote, but I'm in Los Angeles, a very high cost of living area.

You are using real marble in the shower???

Have you read all the posts on this forum about the issues many have endured when using real marble in showers? At that price you are most likely getting some Chinese cheap marble ... buyer beware!

I just spent almost 20k for a 5x9 bathroom to be done. But I am also in NYC so I'm sure that would make it more expensive, but that does still seem very low.

The contractor will be using travertine stone. I looked at the sample that he showed me and looked very nice. I am thinking to change that to porcelain since not sure how well travertine can be cleaned? Also this is the guest bathroom and the shower hardly get used.

Every product needs to be written in the contract. Every method in detail needs to be written in the contract. If you signed that estimate or a similar worded contract I can guarantee something will switched out. Again EVERY product, EVERY method needs to be specified and written in the contract

"Also this is the guest bathroom and the shower hardly get used."

Hardly used is no reason for it not to 100% correct.

I was also under the impression travertine or marble were poor materials for a shower.

Use porcelain in the bathroom. The natural stones don't consistently work well with water. What kind of floor is that, concrete? Any tile will work on concrete, but I recommend porcelain for consistency in product and durability.

I put in a Kohler cast iron shower pan in my bathroom remodel and it is excellent. No need to worry about the pre-slope, water barrier, drain, etc, that goes into a tiled shower pan. The cast iron pans will fit right in where that tub sat. The drains should line up too. The walls definately need a moisture barrier applied. Cement board is not a moisture barrier. Just in case he thinks it is. You apply the moisture barrier to product specs over the cement board. These products are called topical moisture barriers, and get rolled on.

By the way that window will need water proofing.

What a train wreck.

@Sophie: Here's what I don't get - the OP brags? about the deal they got, then they ask questions - I say get another bid, another says get a contract - then the OP ignores all the advice. At this point I'm done. But what amazes me are many people who are so driven to tell what they know (maybe nobody listens to them in real life) to someone that is so ungrateful in the first place.

I know I've learned so much just reading through both the good and the bad threads.

In fact I went by one of the builder's spec houses a few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon. The door was open so I went in. (I have permission from the builder to go into any of his builds, no matter what state it's in.) I went upstairs and there were two tile people tiling the upstairs shower. Only problem was there was no waterproofing on the durarock. I asked the tile guys and they said, "that's what their boss told them to do."

I reported it to our builder. The tile was torn out last week and they're redoing it. Our builder thanked me for letting him know since that's not how they build. As the builder's designer said to me, "We're building expensive, luxury homes. That is just not acceptable and those guys will not be tiling our homes again."

And I had learned about proper waterproofing here on this forum and seeing pics of what happens when things are not done correctly.

Of course, I'd expect the builder to do their own quality control and not rely on someone like cpartist to stop by.

Of course, I'd expect the builder to do their own quality control and not rely on someone like cpartist to stop by.

So would I, but as said this happened on a Sunday. No one here works on Sunday's. It really was a case of the tiler trying to pull a fast one.

Well I hope he comes to start the work tomorrow

I guess the price and the lack of details in the "proposal" were acceptable to you then. Good luck.

"I guess the price and the lack of details in the "proposal" were acceptable to you then. Good luck."

Yea, I agree. First time I am doing this so no prior experience. My trust was based on the previous work he did for friends and the old tile removal and the new installation he did for me, which I was very impressed with the level of details he put on it.