Bathroom demolition in Reno

Dominic takes on bathroom demolition in Reno and the towns of the Reno-Tahoe area, and every broken piece of the old room rides off with him. The vanity and toilet come out first, then the tile and the tub, until the room is down to what you plan to keep. Text a photo to (775) 316-7470. Unlike a garage full of boxes, none of this is sitting loose and waiting to be carried. The pile gets made on the day, out of a small tiled room that often sits at the far end of a hallway.

If you're starting a remodel, this gets the old room gone before the new tile shows up. If you manage a rental, it clears a bathroom that has to be redone between tenants. Shattered tile and chunks of mortar make a heavy load, and a tiled room fills more of the trailer than you'd guess. Either way, the pile starts in the bathroom and ends up out of the house, with nothing left for you to drag outside yourself.

If the kitchen is coming out too, kitchen demolition has its own page, and you can send photos of both rooms at once. If a contractor already ripped the room out and the pile just needs hauling, remodel debris removal is the page for that. His range runs up to 75 miles out, which puts a gutted bath in Truckee or Fallon well within reach. Before you text, look over the towns on his route.

What goes on the truck

• Old vanity and countertop
• Toilets and sinks
• Tubs and shower pans
• Broken floor and wall tile
• Drywall and mortar
• Mirrors and light fixtures
• Old faucets and pipe
• Leftover paint cans

Text a photo of yours to (775) 316-7470.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: indoor demolition.

What comes out of a bathroom during demolition?

Usually the whole room comes out, down to what you're keeping. That can mean the vanity and its countertop, the mirror, the toilet, the tub or shower pan, the tile off the floor and walls, and the drywall behind it. Some jobs stop short of that. You might want the tub gone and the wall tile left alone, or only the old vanity and the flooring pulled. Say what stays when you send the photo, and point it out again on the day.

A bathroom pile is dense. Tile, mortar and an old cast iron tub weigh far more than a room of furniture, and much of it breaks into sharp pieces that don't belong in a trash bag. So the room gets taken apart first, then hauled.

Where do the old tile and tub go after the tear-out?

Most of a bathroom ends up at the landfill, because broken tile, mortar and old drywall have no second use. So the tile, mortar and drywall get hauled to the Stead landfill or the Carson City landfill. Anything still usable gets a shot at donation first. A solid vanity or an unchipped mirror can be dropped at Goodwill rather than dumped.

Metal gets pulled out of the pile and taken to a scrap yard, where it's recycled. In a bathroom that's mostly the old faucets, the towel bars, a steel or cast iron tub and any metal pipe that comes out with the fixtures. Old paint cans tucked under the sink can ride along too, and Dominic takes those to Greymar to be disposed of.

How much does bathroom demolition cost in Reno?

The floor for any job is $80, and a bathroom tear-out goes up from there based on how much of the truck the debris fills. A powder room with a toilet and a small vanity fills far less space than a full bath with a tub, a tiled shower and a torn-up floor. Send photos of the room as it stands, with everything that's coming out in the frame. From those, he prices the whole job.

That figure already covers carrying it out, the drive and the disposal, and the dump fees sit inside it rather than on a separate line. Once you have it, the quote holds unless the tear-out turns out bigger than your photo showed. Some bathrooms are hard to read from a picture, like new tile laid over old tile, and for those he comes out to quote it in person. Cash, a check, Venmo, Zelle or a credit or debit card all work for paying.

How does a bathroom tear-out day go?

Booking a tear-out begins with a message to his phone. He'll want to know which fixtures are going, may ask for a few more pictures, and then either sends an estimate or comes by to look at the room. After you say yes to the price, the two of you pick a day and time, and he gives you an arrival window of 30 minutes to an hour. Jake, his helper, works the job alongside him.

He walks you through the plan before the first tile cracks, so everyone knows which tub stays and which wall keeps its tile. Then the room comes apart and the debris is carried out through the house, even from an upstairs bath. Once the last of the debris is gone, he cleans the room up and walks through it with you a final time. If it's a rental you manage, you can set the whole thing up by text. Hours are Mon-Sat, 24 hours, with Sunday off, and he can get there same day, most days.

What won't Dominic haul out of a bathroom?

On a bathroom tear-out, asbestos is the refusal that matters most, and it stays off his load. Some older flooring and tile adhesive can contain it, and you can't tell by looking. If you have reason to think it's there, have the material tested and dealt with by someone who does that work before you book the tear-out.

Pests are a no as well. Anything carrying bed bugs or other pests stays put, so it's worth checking in a rental that's been neglected. Used sharps or soiled waste left in a cabinet count as medical or biohazard waste, and those need to be cleared out before he comes. Propane tanks are off the list as well, though they rarely turn up in a bathroom. The rest of the room, from the toilet to the last broken tile, can go on the load.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (775) 316-7470. Dominic looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back a quote for the whole job. The quote holds unless the job turns out bigger than the photo showed. No hourly rate. Jobs start at $80. More on how pricing works.

Where Dominic does this

All of the Reno-Tahoe area. See every town Dominic covers for bathroom demolition.