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PGT Bathroom Remodeling: The San Antonio Owner’s Guide
PGT bathroom remodeling in San Antonio typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 installed, depending on whether you’re refreshing a small bath or rebuilding a full primary suite with a walk-in shower and custom vanity. Most homeowners discover the need for this work the hard way: a shower valve that won’t hold temperature, tile that’s pulled away from the wall, or a vanity that’s swollen at the base from years of Texas humidity. At Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio, we handle PGT-compatible bathroom work from first measurement to final grout seal, with a written price before anything gets torn out.
Which PGT Models This Applies To
PGT is best known in San Antonio for impact-rated windows and doors, but plenty of homes across the city have PGT products in or adjacent to the bathroom: sliding glass doors that open onto a patio, fixed glass panels in a shower enclosure, and window units above garden tubs. We work with PGT’s 5400 and 5500 series sliding glass doors, the 6600 series French doors, and the PGT WinGuard line, which shows up on a lot of homes built after 2010 in neighborhoods like Alamo Ranch and Stone Oak.
Here’s the compatibility gotcha: PGT’s WinGuard laminated glass uses specific frame depths that don’t play well with generic shower curb profiles. If you’re converting a tub to a walk-in shower and a PGT window sits in the wet zone, the window needs to be re-trimmed and its frame re-flashed with the same depth tolerance PGT engineering specifies, not whatever the tile setter has in the truck. That’s the difference between a shower that stays dry for 20 years and one that rots out the wall behind it in five. We’ll check the glass etching and the AAMA label on the frame edge to confirm exactly which PGT series you have before we order anything.
For OEM versus aftermarket: PGT weatherstripping, rollers, and sill wedges are worth buying as genuine parts. They’re not expensive, and the tolerance is tighter than what you’ll find in a universal replacement kit. Tile, grout, valves, and vanities are a different story: we spec those from Kohler, Moen, and KraftMaid because those brands give us reliable supply and documented specs, and they install cleanly around PGT openings.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your PGT Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Water staining on the drywall below a window or slider. This usually means the PGT frame’s weep system is clogged or the sill pan underneath was never flashed correctly. Water pools inside the track, then finds the path of least resistance into the wall cavity.
- Rollers that grind or catch when you slide the door. PGT slider rollers are nylon-wheeled and pick up San Antonio’s fine limestone dust fast. Once the wheel wears flat, the door drags and the frame starts binding at the corner joints.
- Glass that fogs between the panes. A failed thermal seal on a PGT insulated unit. The glass can’t be repaired as a unit; it gets replaced. If it’s a WinGuard laminate unit, the glass is thicker and the replacement has to match the original impact rating, not just the size.
- Warped or soft spots near the shower base. This is rarely a tile problem alone. It’s usually water penetrating behind the tile at the transition where the shower pan meets the PGT door jamb. By the time you can see it, the damage in the subfloor is already underway.
- Mold staining at the bottom corners of a shower enclosure. That corner is where grout meets glass meets metal. When the PGT frame trim wasn’t sealed with backer rod and continuous silicone on the original install, water wicks behind it and never dries in San Antonio’s damp heat.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Expect $9,000 to $28,000 for a PGT-related bathroom remodel in San Antonio. A small bathroom with a vanity swap, new tile floor, and a basic tub surround starts around $9,000. A larger job, like a full primary bath rebuild with a walk-in shower, new PGT slider re-trim, custom cabinet installation, and countertop work, lands between $18,000 and $28,000.
| Scope | Typical Installed Range |
|---|---|
| Small bathroom remodel (tile, vanity, toilet, fixtures) | $9,000 – $12,000 |
| Walk-in shower installation with PGT glass trim | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-shower conversion with PGT window re-flash | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Full primary bath remodel including custom vanity and countertop | $15,000 – $28,000 |
What drives the range: tile square footage, whether you’re moving plumbing or keeping the existing rough-in, the condition of the PGT frame, and whether we’re replacing the glass or just re-trimming it. You’ll get a written line-item price from Isaac Pruett’s team before any work starts, and the workmanship is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t right within a year of completion, we make it right at no cost to you.
DIY or Call Us?
An owner can safely check a few things: look for puddling water in the PGT track after rain, run a bead of silicone along loose trim at the shower-to-glass seam, and note any fogging between panes. That’s diagnosis, and it’s useful when you call us.
What goes wrong fast is when DIY meets tile removal around a PGT frame, or when someone tries to re-shim a sagging door without knowing the frame was set with specific reveal tolerances. One wrong cut into the frame flashing and you’ve turned a $400 re-trim into a $4,000 water-damage repair inside the wall. If your shower glass is tempered or laminated impact-rated, that’s not a cutting job for a homeowner, period. Call (254) 269-5071 and we’ll look at it with you. The estimate is free.
FAQs
With proper flashing around the PGT frame and the right materials for our humidity profile, a bathroom remodel in San Antonio should give you 15 to 25 years before any major failure. The two things that shorten that are unsealed trim lines and cheap thinset that loses bond in the first few years.
Call (254) 269-5071 for an honest evaluation of your current bathroom and what’s realistically left in it.
Yes, in many cases. Rollers, weatherstripping, latch mechanisms, and re-leveling are repairable with genuine PGT parts. The glass itself cannot be resealed: if it’s fogged, the insulated unit gets replaced. We’ll tell you which one you have before we quote anything.
Most PGT-related bathroom remodels in San Antonio take two to four weeks from demo to final tile seal, depending on scope and whether we’re working around a PGT slider that stays in place. A straight tub-to-shower conversion on a standard five-foot opening often runs two weeks or less.
We keep the common PGT replacement parts on the truck: 5400 and 5500 series rollers, latch sets, weatherstripping, and sill caps. Odd-size WinGuard glass units get ordered from PGT’s distribution channel with a lead time of roughly two to three weeks. If you also need work on cabinets or counters, we install KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone alongside the PGT work without juggling multiple contractors.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio at Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio, serving San Antonio and nearby areas.
