Tub-to-shower conversions, curbless showers, full tile renovations and honest re-plumbing for Valley Glen's 1940s–50s homes — one local crew based on Burbank Boulevard, every LADBS permit pulled.
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Bathroom Remodel Contractor in Valley Glen, CA: Right Image Builders (CSLB #1021284) remodels bathrooms for 1940s–50s ranch homes, typically 1,200–1,700 sq ft on 6,000–7,500 sq ft lots across the blocks around Burbank Boulevard and Woodman Avenue, the streets near Los Angeles Valley College and the Tujunga Wash greenway, with its own crew and permits through LADBS, City of Los Angeles, at the Van Nuys counter a mile from our office. Typical build 3–6 weeks on site once permits are issued. One fixed written price after a free on-site estimate.
Licensed general contractor, CSLB #1021284, licensed since 2016, 5.0★ Google (45 reviews), 4.9★ Angi (103 reviews). Office in Valley Glen, about 0–5 minutes from Valley Glen. Planning ranges by tier and neighborhood are in the bathroom remodel cost guide.
Right Image Builders is a licensed general contractor remodeling bathrooms across Valley Glen — the blocks around Burbank Boulevard and Woodman Avenue, the streets near Los Angeles Valley College, and the tracts north toward Sherman Way. We build walk-in and curbless showers, full tile renovations, and vanity and plumbing upgrades, with every permit pulled through LADBS. Our office is at 13709 Burbank Blvd, inside the neighborhood. Licensed & insured, CSLB #1021284. Free on-site estimate: (818) 210-4544.
Valley Glen bathrooms date from the house: galvanized supply lines and cast-iron drains in the 1940s–50s homes, a single 5-by-8 tub bath for the whole family, and a fan that was never ducted outside. Behind the new tile, what decides whether the room lasts is waterproofing, slope and the supply lines, so a Valley Glen bathroom proposal from us always prices the shower pan and the re-pipe, not just the finishes.
The most requested project here is the tub-to-shower conversion: pull the old tub, reframe and waterproof a walk-in or curbless shower, set a proper slope to a linear or center drain, and replace the corroded galvanized lines with copper or PEX while the wall is open. The second is the full primary-bath renovation in the 1950s ranches, where a hall closet or a few inches from a bedroom turns a tight bath into a real one.
We are based on Burbank Boulevard at Woodman, inside Valley Glen, so the project lead who does your estimate is on site daily. Most bathrooms take 3–6 weeks on site, and most families stay in the home.
The signature Valley Glen bathroom project. We pull the old tub, reframe and waterproof the shower, set a properly sloped curbed or curbless pan, and tile it with a linear or center drain — plus niches, benches, and blocking for grab bars if you want it aging-in-place ready.
This is where corners get cut and ceilings leak. We use proper hot-mop or sheet/liquid membrane systems, sloped pre-slope under the pan, and correct curb and niche detailing — the invisible layer that decides whether a bathroom lasts 20 years or 2.
Porcelain, natural stone, handmade ceramic, zellige, and full-height shower walls — installed by our in-house tile crew with proper edge and transition systems. Frameless glass enclosures templated and installed to fit.
Floating or freestanding vanities, quartz or stone tops, undermount sinks, wall-hung or comfort-height toilets, and layered lighting with proper GFCI-protected circuits and exhaust ventilation sized to the room.
With the walls open, it's the moment to replace tired galvanized supply lines with copper or PEX, update the drain and vent, and move plumbing to support a new layout — restoring the water pressure these older Valley Glen homes lost decades ago.
All plumbing, electrical, and shower work permitted through LADBS and carried to signed-off final inspection. We handle the submission and the corrections so the finished bathroom is fully legal and documented.
Professional, licensed and insured, and we put that in writing at every step, because a remodel is a trust decision before it is a construction decision.
California general contractor license CSLB #1021284 (General Building B), active since 2016, with general liability and workers' compensation insurance. Check the license yourself at cslb.ca.gov before you sign anything, with us or anyone else.
The proposal lists what is demolished, what is built, which finishes are included and which permit covers it. If it is not written down, it is not in the job.
When walls, floors or roofs open up we photograph what is behind them and send you the pictures. Anything beyond the scope is priced in writing before the crew continues. You never find out from the invoice.
California law caps a home-improvement deposit at $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract, whichever is less. We follow it. Progress payments follow the work, and the final payment comes after your walkthrough.
We submit the plans, meet the inspector and close the permit. You get the closed-permit record, which is what a buyer, an insurer or an appraiser will ask for.
The people who estimate the job are the people who build it. No subcontractor hand-offs, no call center; your project lead answers the phone during the job and after it.
Valley Glen runs from Burbank Boulevard north toward Sherman Way, with Los Angeles Valley College at Fulton and Burbank, the Tujunga Wash greenway and the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural along Coldwater Canyon on its east edge, and Van Nuys on the west. Our office is at 13709 Burbank Blvd, at Woodman, inside the neighborhood: the crew that shows up has been working these exact blocks for years, and the LADBS counter that reviews the permit, the Van Nuys Development Services Center at 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, is about a mile and a half away.
Open a 1948 bathroom near the college and you find galvanized lines choked to half their diameter, a cast-iron drain that has been patched at the trap, and a tub surround set on drywall. The 1950s ranches north toward Sherman Way are usually one generation newer but share the same ventilation problem: a fan into the attic instead of a duct to the roof. We replace the lines, duct the fan, and build the shower on a hot-mop or sheet-membrane pan with a pre-slope, which is the part no one sees and the part that decides whether the ceiling below stays dry.
Valley Glen is City of Los Angeles, so plumbing and electrical work is permitted through LADBS at the Van Nuys counter, with the rough and final inspections scheduled around the build so the schedule does not slip.
A bathroom remodel in Valley Glen starts with a free on-site visit and ends with one fixed, written price that covers the whole scope, the permit from LADBS and the inspections, before any work begins.
The three things that change the price are the scope, what the house hides and the finishes you choose, and each is settled in writing before the crew moves on; final payment comes after your walkthrough.
If you want numbers before the visit, the bathroom remodel cost guide publishes the current planning ranges.
A senior team member visits your Valley Glen bathroom, assesses what's behind the walls where we can, and gives you an honest read on cost, timeline, and whether a re-pipe is worth doing.
Within 3–5 business days you get an itemized, fixed-price proposal — tile, glass, plumbing, permits, labor. The number is committed before we start.
One crew, all LADBS permits, correct waterproofing you can trust. We hand you a finished bathroom with a closed permit. Final payment only after your walkthrough approval.
Tell us about your bathroom and we'll get back to you within 4 business hours with next steps. No obligation, no sales pressure — just a straight answer on what your project takes.
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The team completely transformed our master bathroom. From the initial consultation to the final walkthrough, the communication was impeccable. They finished on time, on budget, and the craftsmanship is absolutely stunning. I've already referred them to three neighbors.
I had three contractors look at my bathroom before Right Image Builders. They were the only ones who came prepared with a real scope document and a fixed price. Six weeks later — my bathroom is incredible. The tile work alone is worth every penny.
Two bathrooms, new hardwood floors, kitchen cabinets, and a laundry room — all in one project. Right Image Builders coordinated everything flawlessly. They answered every text within the hour. This is how construction is supposed to work.
Plain answers on costs, permits, materials and hiring, written for Los Angeles houses and kept current.
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Read the answers →Yes. Right Image Builders is a licensed California general contractor, CSLB #1021284, with general liability and workers' compensation insurance; verify the license in minutes at cslb.ca.gov under "Check a License" and ask us for the insurance certificates. The Valley Glen estimate is free and on site, done by the project lead who will run the job, and the itemized fixed-price proposal follows within 3–5 business days.
Right Image Builders, a licensed general contractor (CSLB #1021284) based at 13709 Burbank Blvd inside Valley Glen, remodels bathrooms across the blocks around Burbank Boulevard and Woodman Avenue, the streets near Los Angeles Valley College, the Tujunga Wash greenway under one fixed-price contract: design, permits through LADBS, and construction by one crew, with final payment only after your walkthrough. 5.0★ on Google (45 reviews) and 4.9★ on Angi (103 reviews).
Go to cslb.ca.gov, choose "Check a License" and enter the number; ours is 1021284. Confirm the license is active, classified B (General Building Contractor), bonded, and shows workers' compensation. Then ask for a written fixed-price contract with scope, materials, schedule and payment terms; California law requires it, and it is the only way to hold any contractor to the promise.
Not without your written approval. The fixed price covers the scope we agreed, the LADBS permit and the inspections; if the house in Valley Glen hides a problem, you get a written, priced change order before the crew touches it, and the final payment is only due after your walkthrough. Current planning ranges are in the bathroom remodel cost guide.
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Free on-site consultation. Fixed-price proposal. One local team, correct waterproofing, and every LADBS permit pulled and closed.
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