Louisville, KY
BATH REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bath Remodel Estimating in Louisville, KY Louisville's housing stock is old. Highlands bungalows, Germantown row houses, St. Matthews ranches built in the 1950s and 1960s — most of them are on their second or third bath renovation. That means you're regularly dealing with cast-iron tub removal, galvanized supply lines, and subfloor rot that doesn't show up until demo day. Estimate.Pro is built around that reality. You walk the job, capture it in the app, and the AI scope engine turns your notes and photos into a line-item estimate. Median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid: 8 minutes. ### What Louisville Bath Jobs Actually Cost You Labor is the variable that kills margins on bath remodels in Louisville. Jefferson County licensed plumbers bill at roughly $95–$115/hr for residential work. Tile setters running large-format porcelain on heated floors are at $85–$105/hr. When you're working inside a 1960s ranch with a 5x8 bath, material quantities are tight but labor hours stack up fast — especially if you're cutting into the slab for a drain relocation. Estimate.Pro lets you save your own material cost workspace. You enter your actual supplier pricing from Ferguson, Sloan Supply, or wherever you're buying, and the calculator holds those numbers across every estimate you build. No re-entering tile costs every time. ### Permits in Louisville Metro Jefferson County Metro Development operates the permit office for most Louisville addresses. A standard bath remodel permit — covering plumbing rough-in, electrical (GFCI branch circuits, exhaust fan), and any structural subfloor work — typically runs $150–$250 depending on declared project value. If you're moving a load-bearing wall to open a bath configuration, expect a separate structural review fee. Electrical work in Louisville bathrooms must conform to NEC 2020 as adopted by the Kentucky Board of Electrical Examiners. GFCI protection is required for all receptacles within 6 feet of a water source. Estimate.Pro's bath remodel scope templates include electrical line items flagged to NEC 2020 requirements so you're not guessing what the inspector expects. Plumbing rough-in inspections are required before closing walls. Build that inspection hold into your schedule — Metro Development is running 2–4 business day inspection windows currently. If you skip the rough-in inspection and close the wall, you're opening it back up. That cost lands on you. ### AR Measurement on Old Louisville Layouts Bath dimensions in pre-1970 Louisville homes rarely match what the previous remodeler said they were. Estimate.Pro's AR measurement tool lets you capture actual room dimensions on supported devices during the walkthrough. Camera and photo measurements are clearly marked as estimates in the output, so your client sees exactly what's verified versus what's approximated before they sign. For tight spaces — a 36-inch door clearance to a 5x7 bath — having accurate linear footage before you price tile, backer board, and waterproofing membrane matters. Even a 6-inch error on a subway tile layout changes your material count. ### Pricing That Works for Solo Ops and Crews Estimate.Pro runs at $0 on the Free tier — no credit card, no expiration. If you're running a two-man bath crew, Pro is $39/seat/month. Running a larger remodeling operation with dedicated estimators, the Crew plan is $399/month flat regardless of seat count. Pro and Elite tiers include Stripe Connect for invoicing directly from the platform. Elite drops the platform fee to 0% on payments processed through Stripe Connect. Free tier is 3%. ### What the App Builds for a Typical Louisville Bath Job A mid-range Louisville bath remodel scope — tub-to-shower conversion, new vanity, tile floor, GFCI update — gets broken into: demo and disposal, plumbing rough-in and trim, electrical (exhaust fan, GFCI circuits), waterproofing membrane, tile setting (floor and walls), fixture installation, drywall and paint, and permit fees. Each line carries your saved labor rate and material cost. You adjust, you send. The client gets a professional document with your company name on it, not a spreadsheet screenshot. ### Start Without a Credit Card Create a free account, run your next Louisville bath estimate through the app, and compare it to however you're building bids now. The Free tier doesn't expire and doesn't require a card.