Do You Need a Permit for a Bathroom Remodel in Collin County?

Short answer: if your bathroom remodel changes plumbing, electrical or walls, you will usually need a permit from your city. Cosmetic updates, like paint, a new mirror or swapping a faucet in the same spot, usually do not. Each city in Collin County runs its own building inspections department, so the exact rules depend on where you live.

When a bathroom permit is usually required

• Moving or adding plumbing, such as relocating a toilet, adding a second sink or moving a shower drain in a tub-to-shower conversion.
• New electrical work, such as new circuits, outlets, recessed lighting or an exhaust fan on a new circuit.
• Changing walls, such as removing a wall to enlarge a master bath or framing a new shower.
• Replacing a shower or tub with new valves, which many cities treat as plumbing work.

When you usually do not need one

• Painting and wallpaper
• Replacing a vanity, toilet or faucet in the same location
• New mirrors, towel bars and accessories
• Re-grouting or minor tile repair

Who should pull the permit?

Your contractor. The company doing the plumbing and electrical work should pull the permit, schedule the inspections and meet the inspector. If a contractor asks you to pull the permit yourself, as the homeowner, that is a red flag: it puts the responsibility for the work on you.

Why it matters

Permits and inspections protect you when you sell. Buyers' inspectors and appraisers can ask about unpermitted work, and an insurance claim for water damage can get harder if the work behind the walls was never inspected.

How we handle permits

New Value Home Remodeling checks the requirements with your city before work starts. When a permit is needed, we pull it, schedule the inspections and handle them on site. We do this for homeowners in Allen, McKinney, Plano, Frisco, Prosper and across Collin County.

Planning a bathroom remodel? Book a free in-home visit and we will tell you up front whether your project needs a permit.