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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This North Auburn primary bath sits in a 1990s subdivision home. The original room had a corner garden tub the homeowner no longer used, a small fiberglass shower, an oak double vanity, and fluorescent lighting above the mirror.
The plumbing was sound — copper supply and ABS drains on a slab, with the existing layout still working — so no walls had to move. The design move was reclaiming the tub corner for a wider walk-in shower.
What we changed
- Removed the corner garden tub and reframed the wall for the new shower
- Built a 4×6 walk-in shower with frameless glass, sage stone-look porcelain floor to ceiling, a brushed brass rain head, and a built-in horizontal niche
- Replaced the oak double vanity with rift oak floating cabinetry on a honed quartz top
- Rebuilt the lighting: two sconces flanking the mirror plus dimmable recessed lights on a separate switch
- Replaced the floor with a complementary stone-look porcelain
Permit and inspection
North Auburn is unincorporated, so the building permit came from Placer County rather than the City of Auburn. Moving a shower drain and supply means rough plumbing is inspected before the walls are closed — the Placer County permit guide walks through the sequence.
Result
A tub nobody used became a walk-in shower used every day, and the vanity wall gained counter space and storage — all inside the original footprint.
