Bathroom Remodeling in Totowa, NJ

Totowa is a compact Passaic County borough of about 11,000 residents, and most of its homes went up during the post-war building boom — the median Totowa home was built in 1958. That means a lot of the bathrooms here date to the 1950s, 60s, and 70s: original tile, cast-iron tubs, and plumbing that has been working hard for sixty years or more. If your Totowa bathroom still looks and functions the way it did decades ago, a well-planned remodel can bring it up to how your household actually lives today. 3sixty Renovate handles full bathroom remodels in Totowa, from the first consultation to the final walkthrough.

Bathroom Services in Totowa

Every Totowa project is different, but most bathroom remodeling in Totowa, NJ falls into one of these categories:

• Full bathroom remodels — a complete renovation of the room: demolition, plumbing and electrical updates as needed, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, and finishes, rebuilt in the right order.

• Tub-to-shower conversions — replacing a hard-to-use tub with a walk-in shower, one of the most requested upgrades in Totowa's post-war homes.

• Walk-in showers — custom tiled showers with proper waterproofing, niches, benches, and glass, sized to the space you actually have.

• Tile and waterproofing — shower walls, floors, and surrounds installed over modern waterproofing systems, so the beauty on the surface is backed by what matters underneath.

• Flooring installation — bathroom flooring that can handle daily water and humidity, installed as part of a remodel or on its own.

You can see recent bathroom remodels by 3sixty Renovate in our project gallery, and when you're ready to talk about your own bathroom, request a free quote.

Our Work and What Homeowners Say

3sixty Renovate has been in business since 2017, remodeling bathrooms across New Jersey and Westchester County, NY. The photos in our gallery are our own recent projects — full renovations, walk-in showers, and tub-to-shower conversions — so you can see the standard of finish we bring to a Totowa home.

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“He did a beautiful job for my tub to shower renovation work. They were easy to work with and did excellent work! i definitely recommend working with them. the experience was great!!!!”

— JleMoH, Google review

“We appreciated their honesty and transparency throughout our project. Great quality and dependable service.”

— Andronic, Google review

“Amazing renovation experience from consultation to completion.”

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Bathroom Remodeling in Totowa: Local Guidance

Permits in Totowa

Construction permits in Totowa are handled by the Borough of Totowa Building Department, on the second floor of the Municipal Building at 537 Totowa Road. The department is the borough's enforcing agency for New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code, with a Construction Code Official and building, plumbing, and electrical subcode officials who review plans and inspect the work. On its official page, the borough notes that permits are needed for most improvements to a property, and it invites homeowners to contact the department and ask when they're unsure. You can read about the department on the borough's official website: Borough of Totowa Building Department.

New Jersey sorts renovation work into tiers under that statewide code. Surface-level work that doesn't touch plumbing, electrical, or structure — painting, like-for-like fixture swaps, finishes — is generally treated as ordinary maintenance and usually doesn't require a permit. Work that moves, adds, or relocates plumbing or wiring, or changes the layout or structure, does require a permit and inspections — typically a rough inspection while walls are open, before anything is closed in, and a final inspection when the work is complete. In Totowa, inspections are scheduled through the Building Department in advance, so they're built into the project calendar from the start rather than chased at the end. A tub-to-shower conversion, for example, often involves drain and supply adjustments, so it frequently lands on the permitted side of the line.

Because the specifics are confirmed per project, permits are part of the conversation from the start: our quote form asks whether you expect permits to be pulled — and "Not sure" is a perfectly good answer. We'll walk through what your project requires before work begins.

What Totowa's housing stock means for your bathroom

According to U.S. Census Bureau data, the median Totowa home was built in 1958, more than a quarter of homes went up in the 1950s alone, and nearly three-quarters were built before 1980. About seven in ten are detached single-family houses — many of them Capes, colonials, split-levels, and ranches from the borough's post-war growth. In practice, that shapes almost every bathroom renovation in Totowa, NJ:

• Dated 1950s–1970s bathrooms. Bathrooms of this era were often finished in colored tile and fixtures, with small footprints and one full bath serving most of the house — in a split-level, sometimes one bath shared across levels. Homeowners here tend to remodel for function first: better layout, a real shower, modern waterproofing, and storage that didn't exist in the original design.

• Aging plumbing behind the walls. Homes of this era commonly still have cast-iron drain lines and galvanized supply piping, which corrode from the inside over decades. A full remodel opens the walls once — the right moment to inspect those lines and replace what's failing before new tile closes everything back in.

• Old tile and mortar beds. Original tile was often set in thick mortar over metal lath, which makes demolition heavier work than modern builds — worth planning for in the schedule rather than discovering mid-project.

• Homes built before 1978 can contain lead-based paint, so renovation work in older Totowa homes calls for lead-safe work practices during demolition and surface prep.

None of this is a reason to avoid remodeling an older Totowa home — it's a reason to hire a remodeler who expects it and plans for it.