Primary and Ensuite Bathroom Renovation in Barrie

Reworking Barrie’s builder-grade primary bedroom bathrooms

Are you tired of stepping around an oversized corner whirlpool tub deck just to squeeze into a 36-inch shower stall in your primary suite? Across Barrie—especially in the 1990s and 2000s subdivisions of Holly, Ardagh Bluffs, Painswick, Letitia Heights and Little Lake—builders repeated the same upstairs layout for twenty years: a wide tiled corner tub platform under the window, a dark acrylic or framed-glass stall beside it, and a builder vanity with a cultured-marble top.

After two decades of daily steam and Simcoe County winters, the shower caulk splits, the corner tub collects dust, and two people cannot use the vanity together. Remodelling your primary ensuite reclaims that floor space for a room built around your daily routine—with a 10 mm frameless glass walk-in shower, a 60- or 72-inch double-sink vanity, electric radiant floor heat and, when desired, a sculpted freestanding soaking tub.

Three primary ensuite layouts we build across Barrie

1. Corner tub platform and stall replaced by a spacious walk-in glass shower

When nobody takes baths in the primary bedroom, demolishing both the corner tub deck and the narrow stall opens up a full wall. We use that span to build a five- or six-foot frameless glass walk-in shower with a built-in bench, recessed shampoo niches, a ceiling or wall rainfall head and a slide-bar hand shower, leaving room alongside for a wider double vanity—just like our black-veined stone and brass double-vanity ensuite case study.

2. Five-piece primary bathroom with a freestanding tub and glass shower

If you still want a soaking tub in your primary bathroom, removing the framed corner deck and placing a freestanding oval or clawfoot tub under the window frees up enough floor space to widen the glass shower and install a double-sink shaker or solid-wood vanity—as shown in our clawfoot soaking tub and glass shower case study.

3. Custom 15 x 8 ft wet rooms in Tollendale, Tyndale & waterfront homes

In larger custom properties near Kempenfelt Bay, Tollendale, Tyndale and nearby Springwater or Innisfil, we build continuous waterproofed wet rooms where the freestanding soaking tub and curbless walk-in shower sit inside one shared, glass-screened bathing zone with a full-length bench and heated porcelain slabs.

Published Barrie ensuite labour packages

Our Barrie labour packages are priced separately from finish materials so you can review the exact trade labour cost before selecting your porcelain, stone and cabinetry:

When you pair our labour package with mid- to upper-tier porcelain slabs, a solid-wood double vanity, quartz counter, two faucets, a comfort-height toilet, a freestanding tub and 10 mm frameless glass, a full primary ensuite in Barrie typically starts around $30,000 or more all-in (with large rooms over 10 x 10 ft in our size guide spanning $18,500 to $41,200 by finish tier). See full price breakdowns on our Barrie bathroom renovation cost page.

Plumbing, electrical and City of Barrie APLI permits

• Upgrading from one basin to two: Converting a single sink into a double vanity requires opening the wall framing to split the hot and cold supply lines and tie a dual-trap drain and vent assembly into the plumbing stack.
• When a City of Barrie APLI permit is needed: Keeping fixtures on their exact existing drain traps does not require a municipal building permit. Relocating the toilet flange, shifting the shower drain across the subfloor, or altering drain and vent piping requires a City of Barrie building permit submitted via the APLI portal (eservices.barrie.ca/apli). Source: City of Barrie: Residential Plumbing, Drains & APLI Permit Applications (accessed November 7, 2026) Read our article on bathroom renovation permits in Barrie and our breakdown of builder-grade ensuite upgrades in Barrie.
• Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) filing: Installing electric floor-heating mats, wet-rated shower pot lights, backlit LED mirrors and dedicated GFCI vanity outlets is completed by our licensed electrical contractor and inspected through the ESA.

Across Barrie, a standard four- or five-piece primary ensuite renovation runs three to four weeks on site (or roughly four to five weeks for a 15 x 8 ft wet room). Upload a few photos of your primary bathroom on our free quote page or call (705) 300-5400 to receive an itemized written quote before an in-home visit.