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Bathroom Remodeling
Under One Roofat theHOME DESIGN AND REMODELING SHOW

September 4–7, 2026
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Broward County Convention Center 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
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Bathroom Remodeling

Every Bathroom Decision, In One Room

Your bathroom is the smallest room in the house. It is also the room that costs the most per square foot to get wrong. Tile, glass, vanities, valves, lights and the crew who installs it all get picked one at a time. You choose them weeks apart, from photos on a screen. One afternoon on a show floor replaces all of that. You stand inside a walk in shower, pull open a vanity drawer and feel how a faucet handle moves. Then you go home with three quotes to compare. See it in person at the Fort Lauderdale Home Show, September 4–7, 2026 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale.

300+Exhibitors
100K+Annual Attendees
40+ YearsIn South Florida
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Before You Sign Anything

What to Look For, and What to Ask

Most bathroom remodel regrets come from three things a photo cannot show you. What sits behind the tile. How the shower drains. What a bid leaves out. Ten minutes at a booth tests all three.

Ask what happens behind the tile

Waterproofing is the part you never see again. It is also the part that can make you pay for the whole job twice.

  • Sheet membrane, or liquid rolled on at the site? The membrane is the waterproof layer that goes on before the tile. Both kinds work.
  • Listen to how they answer that one. Real detail and no brand pitch means they have opened up a leaking shower before.
  • Pre-sloped pan, or mud set on site? The pan is the sloped base under the shower floor. Either way works, as long as they chose it on purpose.
  • How are the curb and the niche sealed? The niche is the built in shelf inside the shower wall. Those two joints start most leaks.
  • Who warranties a wall that gets wet? Get that in writing. “We waterproof it, don’t worry” is an answer too. It is just not a good one.
Step into the shower, don’t photograph it

Slope, door swing and glass decide a walk in shower. Step inside a display unit and move around.

  • Can two people pass, and does the door clear the vanity? Photos hide those inches.
  • Is the bench a height you would really use? Sit down on it and check that you can still reach the niche.
  • 3/8-inch or 1/2-inch glass? Thicker glass feels solid and costs more. A long panel may also need a brace across the top.
  • A linear drain is a framing decision, not a tile one. That is the long slot drain at one end of the floor. It lets you use bigger tile and it looks cleaner. It also needs one set slope and a deeper build up under the floor.
Compare bids line by line, not bottom line

Two bathroom quotes almost never cover the same work. Read every bid for these lines:

  • Tear out (bids call it demolition), haul away, permit and inspection fees. These are the lines a cheap bid leaves off.
  • Tile and fixture allowances, stated in dollars. An allowance is the cash they set aside for tile you have not picked yet. “Builder grade” is not a number.
  • Vanity top and plumbing trim: included, or “by owner”? “By owner” means you buy it. That is where budgets grow.
  • A written plan for rot in the subfloor or the studs. Ask what it costs if they find some. Ask who moves the drain if the layout changes.
  • The payment schedule. What is due up front, and what is due at each stage of the job.

Ask every bidder the same list. The lowest number is often the one missing the most lines.

On the Show Floor

Bathroom Remodel Ideas You Can Touch

Real photos from recent shows.

Close-up of chrome rainfall and handheld shower heads spraying water into a black basin with a couple watching the demo at a spa-shower booth.
Fixtures you can actually turn onHome Show 2024
A woman in a white blouse shows white vanity sinks to a couple browsing a sample catalog at a bathroom vanity booth with backlit mirrors and printed signage, landscape orientation.
Vanity ideas, side by sideHome Show 2025
A dark gray modern bathroom vanity with white sink sits against a bookmatched white-and-gray marble-look slab wall with a small green plant, in a portrait interior detail shot.
Slab walls and floating vanitiesHome Show 2024
Two children, one giggling with a hand over her mouth, stand by a white freestanding tub in a bath showroom booth as a staffer in pink walks up, landscape orientation.
Freestanding tubs, measured in personHome Show 2024
The Akuavitus bathroom booth centers on a white oval freestanding soaking tub in front of a wall of LED mirrors and vanities with marble-look backdrop, in a landscape show-floor shot.
Soaking tubs and lit mirrorsHome Show 2024
A teal-panelled powder room with floral-and-toucan wallpaper, framed bird and landscape prints, a gold-framed mirror and an arched marble niche, portrait orientation.
Powder-room color and patternHome Show 2024
A couple stands at a backlit bathroom mirror over a white vanity while a vendor's reflection is visible in the glass at a bath booth, landscape.
Backlit mirrors, seen switched onHome Show 2025
A man in a maroon polo demonstrates a brass faucet on a white sink vanity to attentive visitors at a tropical-themed kitchen-and-bath booth, landscape orientation.
Fixtures & Finishes

Where the Money Should Go

A bathroom budget rarely fails on the big items. It fails on ten small ones.

  • Spend on anything that ends up buried in the wall. The valve body, the drain, the waterproofing, the door hinges. To swap any of them later, you have to open the wall again.
  • Spend on the labor to set the tile truly flat. No amount of money fixes that later.
  • Save on anything you can swap in an afternoon. Mirrors, light fixtures, cabinet pulls, towel bars and paint. Often the vanity top too, if it is a standard size.

The valve is the one argument worth having. It is the part inside the wall that mixes hot and cold water. Ask the booth if theirs is pressure balanced or thermostatic. Pressure balanced holds your water at one heat when someone flushes a toilet. Thermostatic sets the heat and the flow with two controls. That is what makes a two head shower behave.

Ask the rep to hand you the cartridge so you can turn it yourself. A good one moves smooth and firm. Then ask what the finish is. A living finish is built to age and darken on purpose. A PVD coating is bonded to the metal and stays the way you bought it. Both get sold to you as “brass,” and they are two very different choices.

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Why It’s Worth the Trip

Three Things a Photo Can’t Tell You

How Big It Actually Is

Inches decide bathrooms. A double vanity can look great in a photo and still leave the two bowls too close to share. A walkway can read wide on a plan and tighten the moment a shower door swings. A free standing tub wants open space on all four sides, plus a filler that comes up out of the floor. Bring your measurements.

How the Hardware Feels

Soft close is not one thing. Open a dozen vanity drawers and you will feel it right away. Some glide and some stick. Watch whether a full drawer still pulls itself shut. Look at how the box is built, too. A dovetailed box lasts longer than a stapled one. Shower heads work the same way. Spray feel and reach at real water pressure is the one thing no spec sheet can tell you.

Who Is Actually Doing the Work

At a booth you can ask what feels awkward on the phone:

  • Volume. How many bathrooms does your crew finish in a year?
  • The crew. Are the tile setters your own staff, or hired subs?
  • Permits. Who pulls them and books the inspection?
  • References. Ask for two jobs within a few miles of your house.

Ask three companies in one hour. You will hear who answers plainly and who changes the subject.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bathroom Remodeling at the Home Show

Bring three things. A photo of your bathroom, taken from the doorway. Rough measurements, with the ceiling height and where the window sits. And an honest budget range. Booth staff give much better answers in five minutes when they can see the room. A photo of your shower valve and your breaker box helps too. Both of those decide how far the job has to go.
Dozens of bath specialists exhibit at every show. You will find full gut remodelers and crews who turn a tub into a shower. There are tile and stone suppliers, vanity and cabinet makers, and shops that build glass shower doors. Plumbing fixture brands are there too. So are pros who build baths for people who need grab bars and a step free entry. Because they are all on one floor, you can gather competing bids in one afternoon instead of six weeks of home visits.
Most booths will give you a ballpark price on the spot. They will also book a free in home measure to get you a firm number. Ask each one what the ballpark price covers. Does it include the tile and fixture allowances, the tear out, the permits, and moving the plumbing? Ask that same question at every booth. Then the numbers you carry home will line up against each other.
Yes. Turning a tub into a shower is one of the most common jobs on the floor, and several exhibitors do nothing else. Walking through full size display units is the fastest way to make the big calls. Do you want tile, or a solid surface system? A low curb, or a zero threshold entry with no curb at all? A hinged door, or a fixed glass panel? And how much glass do you really want to clean?
Tickets are sold online. The dates and venue for the next show are at the top of this page. Current admission details are on the tickets page.
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Bring Your Measurements

Walk in with a photo and a budget range. Walk out with real numbers from the people who install this work every week. September 4–7, 2026 at the Broward County Convention Center.

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