Solid quartz shower walls, Auburn
A fiberglass stall under a skylight, rebuilt with solid quartz walls and a recessed niche — no grout lines to scrub.
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Completed bathroom work across the Auburn-area foothills.
Six case studies from Placer and Nevada counties — primary bath rebuilds, walk-in showers, tub-to-shower conversions and pre-war homes — with the scope of each job and the authority that issued its permit.
The six jobs, and who issued each permit
- Colfax Historic Bathroom Rebuild
- Colfax · permit: City of Colfax
- Lake of the Pines Walk-In Shower
- Lake of the Pines · permit: Nevada County
- Meadow Vista Well-Water Bathroom Rebuild
- Meadow Vista · permit: Placer County
- Nevada City Victorian Bathroom
- Nevada City · permit: Nevada County
- Newcastle Tub-to-Shower Conversion
- Newcastle · permit: Placer County
- North Auburn Primary Bath Rebuild
- North Auburn · permit: Placer County
Three of these are easy to get wrong: Lake of the Pines has an Auburn mailing address but permits through Nevada County; North Auburn is unincorporated, so it permits through Placer County rather than the City of Auburn; and Nevada City, though incorporated, contracts its building services to the county — the City approves the plans and the Nevada County Building Department issues the permit.
The jobs below are real, completed projects. The images on their pages are illustrations of the finished design, not photographs of these homes — the photos further down this page are ours, from recent foothill work.
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Colfax Historic Bathroom Rebuild
The single 7×9 ft bathroom in a pre-1940 in-town Colfax home. A full rebuild: compromised subfloor replaced, galvanized supply swapped for PEX, a real exterior vent for the exhaust fan, and a walk-in shower tiled in small-format hand-glazed tile.
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Lake of the Pines Walk-In Shower
A 1980s lakefront primary bath in Lake of the Pines, used as a second home. We replaced a fiberglass tub-shower combo with a low-threshold walk-in shower over the daylight basement and sent the owners weekly photo updates while they were away.
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Meadow Vista Well-Water Bathroom Rebuild
A 1970s ranch home on five acres in Meadow Vista, on a private well. We rebuilt the untouched original primary bath: replaced the visible galvanized supply with PEX, removed a failing fiberglass shower and an unused tub, and built a walk-in shower with a linear drain.
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Nevada City Victorian Bathroom
A 7×9 ft primary bath in an 1880s Nevada City Victorian. A period-respecting rebuild: original moldings saved and reinstalled, supply replaced with PEX, a first-ever exhaust vent, and a walk-in shower in soft sage small-format tile with a walnut floating vanity.
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Newcastle Tub-to-Shower Conversion
An 11×13 ft primary bath in a 1985 custom Newcastle home. We converted an unused garden tub into a 4×7 low-threshold walk-in shower along the longest wall and swapped the water-closet swing door for a pocket door.
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North Auburn Primary Bath Rebuild
A 9×12 ft primary bath in a 1990s North Auburn subdivision home. We removed an unused corner garden tub, built a 4×6 walk-in shower with frameless glass and sage stone-look porcelain, and replaced the vanity with rift oak on honed quartz — without moving walls.
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More recent foothill jobs, with real photos.
Unretouched job-site photos from Oakwood Remodeling Group projects in Auburn and nearby foothill towns. Each links to the full project write-up.
Tub-to-shower conversion, Auburn
A small-tile tub surround with an etched-glass slider, converted to a walk-in shower in marble-look tile with a pebble floor and sliding glass.
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Tub-to-shower with fold-down seat, Auburn
The tub came out for a low-maintenance acrylic-walled shower with a fold-down seat and a grab bar — built to stay usable for the long term.
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Tiled pony-wall shower, Loomis
Tile walls, a tiled pony wall, a niche with mosaic inlay, new custom glass and a new tile floor — replacing a textured-glass enclosure.
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