Hedwig Village · 77024
Hedwig Village incorporated in 1954 and zoned itself the following year to stay out of Houston. What got built after that was a village of ranch houses on generous lots, which is why the median year built here still sits around 1970 even as teardowns replace originals one at a time.
The 2020 count was 2,370 residents in roughly 1,044 housing units across 0.95 square miles. That housing count is the interesting number — Hedwig also carries condominiums and townhomes, with three-bedroom plans from 1,089 to 1,452 sq ft and two-bedroom units near 1,044 sq ft.
Two very different shower problems live inside one small village. Both of them are geometry problems.
A 1960s or 1970s Hedwig ranch gives you a hall bath and a primary bath, both built around a 60-inch alcove tub. The alcove is framed at 60 inches long and 30–32 inches deep. That is the whole shower, unless somebody takes a wall down.
Compact plans buy their square footage back from the bathrooms. A 1,100 sq ft townhome bath is often a 5×8 room with a single 60-inch alcove and a door that swings inward. Removing four square feet of door swing changes that room more than any tile selection ever will.
Slab-on-grade over Gulf Coast clay means drain relocation is a saw-cutting decision. Original cast iron or galvanized lines behind older walls are worth knowing about before anyone promises a one-day install.
Slab-on-grade over Gulf Coast clay. Drain relocation is a saw-cutting decision, not a joist decision.
Original cast iron or galvanized drain lines behind at least some older walls — worth knowing before any one-day install promise.
One wet wall per bathroom. In a 5×8 bath, that wall cannot usually hold a niche.
Memorial Villages Water Authority surface water — hard enough that glass coating and grout sealing are worth specifying.
Separate municipal building department. Hedwig Village permits and inspects at 955 Piney Point Road, not through the City of Houston.
Tree canopy and lot coverage rules make adding on slower than rearranging what you already have inside.
Five companies, five different business models. The right one for you depends on whether your project is a surface swap inside an alcove that already works, or a layout rebuild where the inches have to come from somewhere.
Nobody on this list is a bad company. They are built for different jobs. The distance column matters more than people expect in this village, because a shower that needs three inspections needs a crew that can be at 77024 on a Tuesday morning without a 45 mile drive.
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Call (346) 678-4776Ranking Methodology
We ranked these five companies on how well each one solves a Hedwig Village bathroom, which is a small, closed, slab-built room with a fixed alcove and one wet wall. Sales polish does not move a wall. A company that can tell you before demolition what your finished interior dimension will be, and whether it clears the code minimum, is worth more here than one with a bigger showroom.
This ranking is published by Cascade Showerworks. We are on the list, and we are first on it, so the fair thing to do is show you exactly what we measured and let you check every claim yourself. Every company below is a real business with a verified address, phone number, and Google Business Profile linked in its section.
The Eight Criteria
| What We Measured | Why It Decides a Walk-In Shower Project |
|---|---|
| Shower specialization | How much of the company's work is showers rather than kitchens, floors, and whole-bath gut jobs |
| Installer model | Certified W2 employees who set showers daily versus rotating subcontract crews |
| Waterproofing system | A named, tested waterproofing assembly rather than "we seal it well" |
| Install timeline | Days the bathroom is out of service, and whether the quoted timeline is contractual |
| Pricing transparency | One flat written number before demolition versus an estimate that moves |
| Warranty | Length, what it actually covers, and whether it transfers to the next owner |
| Local accountability | Locally owned and reachable versus a franchise territory or a call center |
| Public rating | Google rating and review volume, verified at the time of writing |
We did not rank on advertising spend, showroom size, or how many services a company offers. A walk-in shower is a waterproofing project with glass on it, and the companies that do it best are the ones that do it most.
Call (346) 678-4776Select a company to open its full profile — what it builds, who it's right for, how it installs, the caveats worth pinning down, and where it's located.
We build showers. Not kitchens, not floors, not whole-house remodels. A shower is a waterproofing assembly with glass on it, and doing one thing every day is how a crew learns where the inches hide in a 5 by 8 bathroom.
For Hedwig Village that means tub to shower conversion out of the original 60 inch alcove, low-threshold and curbless builds on slab, linen closet bump-outs, and fold-down seat layouts for homeowners who want to stay in a house they have owned for thirty years.
You are right for us if the bathroom has to change shape. If the shower is going to be wider than the alcove, if the door needs to become a pocket door, if the vanity is coming off the floor, or if the threshold has to disappear, that is a specification problem before it is an installation problem.
You are also right for us if you want the finished interior dimension in writing before demolition. We measure the framing, subtract the backer board and the tile buildup, and tell you the number your shower will actually finish at.
Certified W2 crews, not rotating subcontractors, and Samuel Mueller certified installers. One flat written price before anything comes out, with changes only through a written change order you approve first.
One-day installs where the scope supports it, which in this village means an alcove that is keeping its footprint. When the layout changes, when the slab gets cut, or when the village inspects, we tell you the real schedule instead of the brochure schedule.
Certified W2 employees, not rotating subcontractors. Blocking for grab bars goes in while the wall is open, whether you are installing bars now or in eight years.
| Credential | What It Means Inside a Hedwig Village Bathroom |
|---|---|
| Shower-only specialist | Every crew day is a shower day, which is where layout instinct comes from |
| Samuel Mueller certified installers | A named, tested assembly rather than a generic waterproofing promise |
| Certified W2 crews, never rotating subcontractors | The same people who measured your alcove are the people who build it |
| A+ BBB rated | A verified track record and a formal resolution path |
| 4.9 star Google rated, 30+ reviews | Verify it live before you sign, the same way you should verify everyone on this page |
| One-day installs where scope allows | Applies to alcove replacements, not to slab cuts and wall moves |
| Flat written pricing, no surprise change orders | The number you sign is the number, and changes require your written approval |
| Lifetime transferable warranty | It follows the house, which matters in a village where homes trade at a premium |
| Free in-home design consultation | Including the finished interior dimension math before you commit |
We are not a general remodeler. If you want the shower, the flooring, the vanity, the paint and the lighting handled by one contract, we are the wrong call and we will say so on the phone.
We also will not sell you a curbless shower that your slab and your drain location cannot support. If the answer for your bathroom is a 1.5 inch low threshold instead of a true zero entry, that is what the estimate will say.
Shower-only specialization. Certified W2 crews. A named waterproofing assembly. A one-day wet-zone window. A flat written price. A lifetime transferable warranty. The eight criteria line up because the company does one thing, repeatedly.
Get one flat, written price in your own bathroom — before any demolition.
No moving estimates. No surprises after the tile comes off.
Simplicity Bath & Shower works out of Katy and focuses on bathroom and shower remodeling rather than general contracting. Their service area runs the I-10 corridor, which puts Hedwig Village inside the eastern end of it.
Homeowners who want a company whose work is concentrated in bathrooms, and who are comfortable with a crew based about 25 miles west. If your project is a conventional alcove conversion and the schedule has some flex in it, that distance is manageable.
A bath-focused remodeling model with in-home consultation and selections handled before the work starts. Ask specifically about the waterproofing system by name and who makes the drain, because that is the answer that separates shower companies from bathroom companies.
The drive is the main tradeoff. A Hedwig Village project that needs a plumbing rough inspection, a follow-up, and a punch visit will consume more windshield time than the same project would for a company based inside the Beltway.
We have no verified information about their licensing, certifications, or accreditations, so ask them directly and ask for it in writing.
Katy to Hedwig Village is manageable for a single-visit alcove conversion. It becomes a real scheduling constraint when a project needs multiple inspections or a callback, each of which puts a crew on I-10 during peak hours.
Weighing a Katy remodeler against a company ten minutes from 77024?
Get a flat written Cascade price to put beside the comparison.
Re-Bath is a national bathroom remodeling franchise, and the Houston location runs the full-bath model: shower or tub, flooring, vanity, fixtures and accessories under one contract with proprietary surface products.
A Hedwig Village homeowner who wants the entire bathroom handled at once, in one contract, with a design center to walk through. If the shower is one item on a list of six, a full-bath company is a reasonable structure.
Franchise process with in-home design consultation, product selection from their catalog, and installation scheduled after materials arrive. Product lines are proprietary, which is a benefit for consistency and a constraint if you want a specific tile or a specific drain.
Franchise territory means the person selling and the people installing may not be the same organization, so ask who employs the installers and who answers a warranty call in year six. Ask also how a catalog product handles a non-standard opening, because Hedwig Village alcoves are not always the size the catalog assumes.
We have not verified any licensing, certification or accreditation claims for this location, so confirm those yourself.
If the shower is one item on a longer list — flooring, vanity, fixtures, lighting — a single company managing all of it has a real coordination advantage over multiple trades with you as the general contractor.
Comparing the national catalog to a shower-only specialist?
Get a flat Cascade price to hold beside it.
Luxury Bath of Houston, formerly Bath Planet of Greater Houston, is an acrylic bath system franchise. The model is a fitted acrylic wall and base system installed over or in place of the existing surfaces, engineered for speed.
The Hedwig Village homeowner whose alcove already works. If you have a 60 by 32 framed alcove that finishes above the code minimums, the tub is coming out, the drain is staying put, and you want it done fast and low-maintenance, an acrylic system is a rational choice.
It is also a sensible answer for a rental unit or a townhome guest bath where a grout-free surface matters more than a custom footprint.
Fitted acrylic panels sized to the opening, typically installed in a compressed window because there is no tile, no grout, and no cure time. Ask what happens behind the panels, because the wall assembly under a fitted system still has to be sound.
A fitted system fits what is there. It is not the tool for a project where the shower needs to grow into a linen closet, lose a curb, or change its interior dimension to clear code. If your Hedwig Village bathroom needs the layout to change, this is the wrong category of company, not a bad company.
No licensing, certification or accreditation claims for this location have been verified here.
For a Hedwig Village townhome guest bath or a rental unit where the existing footprint works and speed matters, a molded acrylic system is a sensible and well-proven answer. No grout to maintain, one-day install, and a defined warranty on the product.
Comparing acrylic panels to a one-day solid surface system?
Get a flat Cascade price with materials spelled out in writing.
EZ Bath works out of Tomball and serves the north and northwest Houston suburbs with bathroom remodeling, tub-to-shower conversions, walk-in bathtubs, shower remodels and vanities. Their service area reaches south to the Memorial Villages corridor.
Homeowners in the northwest Houston suburbs. Hedwig Village sits at the far south edge of that footprint, which is the key variable to evaluate. If the project is straightforward and the schedule has flex, the distance is workable.
A bath remodeling model with in-home consultation, selections before the install date, and a schedule built around project scope. Ask specifically about the waterproofing system and who employs the crew, since that information does not appear on their website.
Tomball to Hedwig Village is a long drive through some of the worst traffic in Harris County. A shower that needs three inspections needs a crew that can be at 77024 on a Tuesday morning without a 45-mile drive each way.
We have no verified information about their licensing, certifications, waterproofing systems or installer credentials, so ask directly and get the answers in writing.
Nobody on this list is a bad company. EZ Bath is built for the northwest suburbs. The distance column matters more than people expect in this village — 77024 and Tomball 77375 are two different service territories on a Houston map.
Want a company that can be at 77024 on a Tuesday morning?
Cascade is ten minutes west on I-10. One flat written price before demolition.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion · Hedwig Village
This is the single most common project in Hedwig Village, and the numbers are almost always the same. Here is where every inch goes.
A standard alcove tub is 60 inches long and 30 to 32 inches wide, and it sits inside framing that is typically 60 inches stud to stud with a depth of 30 to 32 inches. Measure the framing. Once the tub is out, the tub dimension stops mattering.
Cement backer board at 1/2 inch, thinset at about 3/16 inch, and tile at 3/8 inch gives you roughly 7/8 to 1 inch of buildup per wall surface. You have two end walls and one back wall, so the length loses about 1 3/4 to 2 inches and the depth loses about 7/8 to 1 inch.
A 60 by 32 alcove therefore finishes near 58 by 31, which is 1,798 square inches. It clears the 900 square inch minimum by a mile and clears the 30 inch minimum dimension by about one inch. That single inch is the whole reason we measure framing before we quote.
A curb is built on the bathroom side of the alcove line, so a 4 to 6 inch curb does not shrink your shower. It shrinks your walkway. In a 5 by 8 townhome bath that is a real cost, and it is one reason a low threshold or a curbless build is worth pricing even when accessibility is not the driver.
Most Hedwig Village hall baths have a linen closet either at the end of the alcove or immediately across from it, framed about 24 inches deep and 24 to 30 inches wide. If it sits at the end of the tub run and the partition is not load bearing, that closet is the cheapest square footage in the house.
Removing a 3 1/2 inch stud partition and finishing into a 24 inch deep closet nets roughly 20 to 22 inches of finished shower length after the new wall surfaces go on. That takes a 58 inch shower to about 78 to 80 inches, which is enough for a bench at one end and a comfortable standing zone at the other, or for a genuine two-person layout.
It is worth doing when the closet is not the only linen storage in the house, when the partition carries no plumbing and no structure, and when you have somewhere else to put a 24 inch cabinet. It is not worth doing when the closet backs a wet wall, because relocating a vent stack costs more than the space is worth.
| Move | Inches Gained | What It Touches | Typical Cost Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use the full framed alcove instead of a tub-sized insert | About 2 to 4 inches of usable length | Nothing, this is measurement discipline | Included in a proper build |
| Wall-hung vanity in place of a floor cabinet | 4 to 6 inches of walkway depth | Blocking, drain height, supply height | $450 to $1,400 |
| Reverse the entry door to swing outward | About 4.9 sq ft of usable floor | Jamb, hinges, casing, hallway clearance | $350 to $900 |
| Convert the entry door to a pocket door | The full swing arc, plus wall thickness at the jamb | A stud bay wide enough for the pocket, no plumbing or wiring in it | $1,400 to $3,200 |
| Bump the shower front wall 4 to 5 inches into the room | 4 to 5 inches of shower depth | Framing, floor tile patch, curb rebuild | $900 to $2,400 |
| Absorb an adjacent linen closet | 20 to 22 inches of finished shower length | Non-bearing partition, ceiling and floor patch, storage relocation | $1,200 to $3,500 |
| Absorb a closet that contains plumbing or HVAC | 20 to 22 inches | Vent stack, supply lines or a duct chase | $3,500 to $8,000 and often not worth it |
| Move the drain to recenter the shower | Layout freedom, not floor area | Saw-cutting the slab, re-pouring, inspection | $1,200 to $3,000 |
Slab-on-Grade · Zero Threshold Builds
Curbless is the reason a lot of Hedwig Village homeowners call in the first place. It is also the point where the slab decides what is possible.
A shower floor has to slope to a drain, and the slope has to come from somewhere. If the shower floor starts at the same height as the bathroom floor, the drain end has to sit lower than the room, which means the structure under it has to drop.
In Hedwig Village that structure is almost always a post-tension or conventionally reinforced concrete slab. Recessing it means saw-cutting the shower footprint and lowering it about 1.5 to 2 inches, which is real work but is a known quantity on a slab house.
You can also build the bathroom floor up to meet the shower instead of cutting the slab down. That is sometimes cheaper, and it is sometimes a mistake, because it creates a threshold at the bathroom door instead of at the shower and you have moved the trip hazard rather than removing it.
In a townhome or patio home where the bathroom door opens off a hallway with a finished floor on the other side, we usually recommend cutting the slab.
A roll-in shower wants 60 by 30 inches of clear interior with the long side open, and a transfer-style accessible shower works at 36 by 36 with a 48 by 36 clear floor space in front of the control wall. In a 5 by 8 bathroom the transfer layout is often the only one that fits without taking the closet.
| Specification | Requirement or Range | Why It Matters in Hedwig Village |
|---|---|---|
| Slab recess depth | 1.5 to 2 in inside the shower footprint | The only way to hold slope and finish flush on slab-on-grade |
| Floor slope to the drain | 1/4 in per foot minimum, 1/2 in per foot practical maximum | We build at 5/16 to 3/8 in per foot so it drains and dries faster |
| Drain type | Threshold linear drain running the full opening | Intercepts water at the entry instead of asking a four-way pitch to fight it back |
| Waterproofing extent | Membrane carried past the opening onto the bathroom floor | A curbless shower has no curb to stop water, so the membrane has to |
| Clear interior, roll-in | 60 × 30 in minimum, long side open | Usually requires absorbing the linen closet in an original ranch bath |
| Clear interior, transfer | 36 × 36 in with 48 × 36 in clear floor at the control wall | The layout that fits a 5 by 8 townhome bath |
| Seat | Fold-down, 15 to 16 in deep, 17 to 19 in high, 250 lb rated | Keeps the 900 sq in requirement satisfied when stowed |
| Grab bar blocking | Continuous 2x blocking at 33 to 36 in, 250 lb rated | Cheap now, a wall demolition later |
| Controls | 38 to 48 in high, offset toward the entry | Reachable before you step into the spray |
| Handheld on a slide bar | Specified on every accessible build | The single most useful fixture in a seated shower |
| Threshold height achieved | 0 in curbless, 1/2 to 2 in low threshold | Low threshold is the honest answer when the slab will not cooperate |
| Added cost over a curbed build | $1,500 to $4,000 on slab-on-grade | Priced before demolition, in writing |
Surface Material · Tight Footprints
In a small bathroom this choice is not only about looks. It is about whether the surface can follow a footprint that is not a rectangle the factory planned for.
What Acrylic Is Good At
Acrylic and solid surface panels give you no grout joints, a fast install, and a wall you can clean with a rag. In a townhome guest bath, a rental unit, or a secondary bath in a ranch, that is a rational and durable answer.
Where it runs out: Fitted systems are built to standard openings. When the shower has to be 79 inches long because you absorbed a closet, when the depth is 28 3/4 inches and you are relying on the code exception, or when the entry has to be curbless, a panel system is being asked to do something it was not designed for.
What Tile Is Good At
Tile follows any shape. It handles a niche in the correct bay, a bench, a fold-down seat with blocking behind it, a linear drain, and a curbless threshold, because the surface is assembled on site over a waterproofing assembly rather than fitted to a mold.
Large-format porcelain over a linear drain also cuts the grout dramatically, which removes most of the maintenance argument against tile.
| Factor | Fitted Acrylic or Solid Surface | Tile Over Bonded Waterproofing |
|---|---|---|
| Non-standard opening | Limited to what the system can be sized to | Follows any dimension, including 79 in and 28 3/4 in |
| Curbless or low threshold | Limited, depends on the base offered | Built to whatever the slab recess allows |
| Recessed niche | Molded shelf only, no true recess | True recess in the correct dry stud bay |
| Bench or fold-down seat | Molded seat if the system offers one | Any seat, with blocking sized for 250 lb |
| Linear drain | Rarely available | Standard option, enables single-plane slope |
| Install window | Fastest, often a compressed schedule | Longer, because tile and grout need cure time |
| Grout maintenance | None | Sealing every 1 to 2 years, far less with large format |
| Repairability | Panel replacement, matching can be difficult | Individual tiles can be replaced |
| Resale in a Memorial Villages home | Reads as a functional update | Reads as a finished renovation |
| Best use in Hedwig Village | Guest baths and townhome baths keeping their footprint | Any project where the layout changes |
Shower-only specialists, certified W2 crews, one flat written price, and a lifetime transferable warranty.
Two companies can quote the same Hedwig Village bathroom and be $8,000 apart, and the gap is almost never the tile. It is whether the shower is going to keep the footprint it has or take inches from somewhere.
We will come measure the framing, identify the wet wall, check the door swing, look at the closet partition, and tell you what your finished interior dimension will be. Then we will put the entire specification in writing so you can hold it up against anything else you are considering.
Call (346) 678-4776 to book a free in-home measure for your Hedwig Village walk-in shower.
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