Bathroom remodeling and repair in Redwood City

Updating older Redwood City bathrooms, joints first

The median Redwood City housing unit was built in 1968, which puts half the homes here at that age or older, and a bathroom that old has often been patched more than once. Trouble starts at the joints. Caulk pulls away, grout cracks, and water works in behind the tile at the tub line. Found early, the fix is fresh caulk and grout; found late, it means soft wallboard and a bigger job.

Permitted remodels are contracted through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc, and Redwood City takes those permit applications only online, through eTRAKiT. Demo debris can't go in a dumpster on the street, so the bin sits in the driveway or yard. Send photos of the tub corners, the grout and the floor by the toilet, and we will tell you which kind of job it is.

Worth knowing about Redwood City

• Of Redwood City's 32,135 housing units, 64.2% were built before 1980 and 8.1% in 1939 or earlier; the 1950s alone account for 21.2%.
• Several Queen Anne cottages from before 1906 stand in Mezesville, a historic district in the Centennial neighborhood whose streets are named for Mayflower pilgrims.
• Redwood Shores is about 1,500 acres of former Bay marshland that Leslie Salt diked for salt evaporation after buying it in 1928; the city annexed it in 1959.