Throughout the Greater Bay Area, Schicker Luxury Bath offers bathroom remodeling services to residential clients. The company handles everything from converting traditional bathtubs into accessible showers or walk-in safety bathtubs to remodeling entire bathrooms.
President Anya Schicker says Schicker Luxury Bath’s remodeling experience offers a seamless process compared to traditional remodeling. Customers work with their designer to choose bathtubs, showers, flooring, vanities, and countertops that fit their styles and budgets. Then all materials are ordered and installed by Schicker Luxury Bath employees. If a customer chooses an entire bathroom remodel, it can be completed in as little as one to two weeks.
Schicker Luxury Bath provides free in-home estimates. If customers wish to see installed products, they can visit the company’s showroom in Concord.
“We offer bathroom remodels with no stress, mess or inconvenience. Our shower and bathtub products are of the highest quality, and we back them up with expert installation and impeccable customer service. Our ultimate goal is to set the standard for the bathroom remodeling industry in terms of quality, reliability and service.”
When considering a bathroom remodel, there are four factors a homeowner should consider regarding any proposed design.
Adequate ventilation. Bath fans should supply at least one cubic foot per minute for every square foot of space. For larger baths, two smaller fans—one for the shower and one near the toilet—are usually better than one large fan.
Adequate lighting. Grooming and personal care requires good lighting. Ensure light placement doesn’t create shadowed areas. Frosted glass can cut glare. Shower lights need to be watertight, and a fan/light combination in the shower is often a good choice.
Safety. Statistically, bathrooms are dangerous places. Ensure you have slip-resistant finishes on floors, especially in the shower and tub. Rounded countertop edges are safer, as are properly installed grab bars in the shower and tub. Mature homeowners, or those with mobility issues, should consider converting tubs to showers or installing walk-in tubs.
Adequate space. Bathrooms are crowded places, but there should be at least 30 inches of space between the front of any fixture and the opposite wall.
Spend time on a bathroom remodeling plan and ensure it’s the right design for you. Once the plan is in place, don’t change it—that’s the most common cause of cost overruns and delays.
When it comes to comparing the cost of multiple bids, Anya Schicker, president of Schicker Luxury Bath, warns against low-ball bids that are often followed by change orders that increase the cost of a project. Having a specific and detailed plan at the start of work can protect against such practices. Be wary of bids that rely on allowances for yet-to-be-specified work. It’s usually better to choose a firm that provides a detailed, highly specific bid and stands behind it. When it comes to bathroom remodels, an experienced contractor should be able to provide accurate cost estimates if the design is properly detailed and specified.
When clients call Concord-based bathroom remodeler Schicker Luxury Bath, they immediately have the option of meeting with a designer who listens to their ideas and walks them through numerous design options and selections. According to President Anya Schicker, the designer will also provide an exact and fixed price for any project, so there are no surprise bills at the end.
Schicker Luxury Bath's designers revisit clients' homes and remeasure to ensure all specifications are correct. When the materials are in hand at its warehouse, the company starts installation, which takes one to three days.
According to Ms. Schicker, Schicker Luxury Bath's DuraBath Solid Surface Polymer (SSP™) bathtubs and shower bases offer numerous advantages over cast iron, pressed steel and fiberglass units. She says the company's durable high-gloss finish doesn't dent, rust, peel, or crack, and the SSP surface is warm to the touch and easier to clean than fiberglass units.
Ms. Schicker says bathroom remodeling isn't a one-size-fits-all business, so her company's designers and installers take time to understand each client's requirements and needs. Customers can visit Schicker Luxury Bath's 5,000-square-foot Concord showroom to see different options, color palettes, cabinets, countertops, and textures for wall systems.
Ms. Schicker says clients choose Schicker Luxury Bath because of its longevity, unmatched materials and ability to deliver turnkey solutions. "People have a number of different options when it comes to bathroom remodeling," she says. "They can go to any big box home store, find the material, buy it, and install it themselves. But how long will it take and how much will it ultimately cost?"