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Bathroom Renovation in Al-Ahsa – Majlis Toilets, Rest-House Showers & Damp-Proof Floors

Bathroom Renovation in Al-Ahsa

Bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa is work that Aemar Al-Maryam General Contracting carries out with a scheduled team from Dammam that rebuilds the room from the slab up: majlis guest toilets with their own ablution area, rest-house shower blocks with several floor drains, and ground-floor bathrooms where damp rises from below. Our rates begin at SAR 2,300 for a room whose floor is no more than roughly 4.5 m², SAR 4,600 for 5 to 9 m² and SAR 6,400 above that. All are estimates until inspection and agreement; the crew’s trip out to the oasis is costed on inspection day. Send photos of the bathroom on WhatsApp 0547879578.

In Hofuf and Mubarraz the bathrooms that need us most are the majlis guest toilet, where wudu keeps the floor wet all day; the rest-house shower block, crowded one evening and shut for a week; and the ground-floor bathroom of an older home, its tiles hollow and its lower walls crusted with salt. Each needs its own approach.

In short: bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa

  • The work itself: old finishes off to the concrete, new and tested pipework, a membrane proven by flooding, a screed that drains, tiles, sanitary ware, a ceiling and a fan.
  • What is particular to Al-Ahsa: a separate ablution zone with its own drain in majlis toilets, rest-house floors that fall to several drains, and a damp-proof membrane under new slabs in ground-floor bathrooms.
  • Budget: SAR 2,300 and up for a small room, SAR 4,600 and up for a medium one, SAR 6,400 and up for a large one, confirmed after we inspect and agree.
  • Distance: roughly 160 km from Dammam by road; travel is priced at inspection, and grouping several bathrooms in one trip lowers the share per room.
  • To order: photos of floor, walls and ceiling, the room size and the type of building, on WhatsApp 0547879578.

Bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa: what we do in Hofuf and Mubarraz

Our work is structural renovation of wet rooms, not a cosmetic makeover. We take tiles and bedding off down to the concrete, correct and test the supply and drainage, apply a waterproofing membrane and prove it with a flood test, then screed to falls, lay tiles, mount the sanitary ware, board the ceiling and wire in the fan. Three kinds of job come up in Al-Ahsa more often than anywhere else in the Eastern Province, and each has its own section below.

■ Majlis guest toilet

A slightly raised ablution area with its own small drain, a low tap, matt anti-slip tiles, and walls tiled high enough to take the splashing.

■ Rest-house toilet blocks

Several showers and WCs in one building, a floor divided into zones that each fall to their own drain, and strong ventilation after heavy use.

■ Ground-floor bathroom

A damp-proof membrane over compacted fill before the new slab, and salt treatment at the base of the walls before re-tiling.

■ Family bathroom

Partial or full renovation, squat-to-western conversion, bath-to-shower conversion, and replacing tired supply pipes.

A bathroom renovation company in Al-Ahsa or an independent tradesman?

What matters is how many stages are handed over tested. A bathroom passes through plumber, waterproofer, tiler and electrician; when each comes separately, responsibility vanishes at the first leak. We run all of those stages as one crew, stop at the inspection points before anything is covered, and photograph each one for you.

Toilet renovation contractor in Al-Ahsa for rest houses and majlis annexes

Where a property has more than one toilet, as most rest houses and homes with an outdoor majlis do, we sequence the work so that at least one stays usable while we move from room to room. That suits owners who cannot close the rest house for the whole renovation period.

The majlis guest toilet and its ablution area in Al-Ahsa

The guest toilet beside the majlis is the room we renovate most often in Al-Ahsa homes, simply because wudu leaves water on the floor and the lower wall all day long. When the ablution spot has no drain of its own, the water runs across the whole floor towards the single gully in the corner. The tiles stay wet, the grout soaks up water, and before long damp shows on the majlis side of the shared wall.

Our solution is to treat the ablution spot as a zone in its own right. We raise its floor slightly or separate it with a low kerb, give it its own small floor drain, fix the tap low enough for a seated user, and carry the waterproofing up the two surrounding walls well above the splash line. The ablution water stays where it belongs and the rest of the floor dries quickly.

  • ✓A dedicated ablution drain: sized like a shower drain (about 40 mm) with a trap to hold back smells, and a clear fall towards it from every edge of the zone.
  • ✓A low, rigid tap: its body fixed inside the wall before tiling and pressure-tested before the wall is closed.
  • ✓Higher waterproofing on the ablution walls: taken up to around 1.2 m or more depending on how the space is used, instead of the usual low perimeter strip.
  • ✓Matt floor tiles: an anti-slip surface because feet are always wet here, with low-absorption or epoxy grout in this zone.
  • ✓The majlis wall: any old damp stain is cured from the bathroom side first; the majlis face is repainted only once it has dried out.

Tip if you are building a new majlis

If the majlis and its toilet are new, fix the position of the ablution zone and its drain at the plumbing rough-in stage, not after tiling. Moving a drain once the tiles are down means breaking them out again. For the building work itself, see annex and majlis construction in Al-Ahsa.

Rest-house toilet and shower blocks in Al-Ahsa: one floor, several drains

Bathroom floor falls in Al-Ahsa in a rest-house shower block
Screed being spread towards several floor drains in a rest-house shower block among the palms, with the fall checked by a long spirit level.

A rest-house toilet block differs from a home bathroom in one basic way: the floor is large and has several showers, so it cannot all fall to one gully in the corner. Try it, and the fall becomes so long that it is either too gentle, leaving water standing in the middle, or so steep that walking on it feels uncomfortable. The right approach is to divide the floor into zones, give every shower or group of showers its own drain, and let each zone fall to its own outlet.

We mark the zones on the slab with a string line before any screed goes down and set the level of each drain. Then the screed is spread with an aluminium straightedge and a long level is laid towards every outlet. In the shower zones we aim for a fall close to 2% (about 2 cm per metre); in the walkways between them a gentler 0.5 to 1%, so water moves without users feeling a slope underfoot.

Bathroom floor falls and floor drains in Al-Ahsa

Floor falls in an Al-Ahsa bathroom are not left to the tiler’s eye. A weak fall leaves small puddles that dry into salt rings on the tiles; a reversed fall sends water back to the door. We therefore pour water on the screed itself before tiling and check again after the tiles are down. Every drain gets a trap, which matters at a rest house: the toilets may sit unused for days and a shallow trap dries out.

⚠ A rest house closed for days

If the rest house stays locked for a week or more, the water seal in the floor-drain traps can evaporate and the smell greets you on arrival. Pour a bucket of water into every drain when you open up, and ask us for deep-seal traps when we renovate.

Ten showers running together fill a rest-house block with steam, so we fit one or more extract fans discharging straight outside, or enlarge the high-level openings where the structure allows, and we use ceiling boards rated for high humidity rather than ordinary gypsum.

Ground-floor bathrooms in Al-Ahsa: a damp barrier before the new slab

Bathroom floor damp-proofing in Al-Ahsa with a polyethylene membrane over compacted fill
A heavy polyethylene membrane laid over compacted fill in an Al-Ahsa ground-floor bathroom, laps taped and drain sleeves sealed before the new slab is cast.

Groundwater is shallow under large parts of the Eastern Province, sometimes within a metre and a half of ground level, and most of it is salty. Moisture climbs by capillary action into ground-floor slabs and walls and carries salts with it. In Al-Ahsa, a broad farming oasis, ground-floor bathrooms show this clearly: hollow tiles, crumbling grout, white salt along the bottom of the walls and a damp smell that never quite clears.

When the floor of a ground-floor bathroom is far enough gone that the slab itself has to be replaced, we do not rely on the bathroom waterproofing alone. We remove the old floor, compact the fill in layers, then lay a heavy polyethylene membrane on top to stop moisture rising, overlapping and taping every joint and sealing the membrane tightly around the drain sleeves that pass through it. The new slab is cast over it, and only after the falls are formed does the bathroom membrane go on. A ground-floor bathroom therefore gets two layers of protection: one against the ground below, one against the water used above.

Salt crust and damp low on ground-floor bathroom walls in Al-Ahsa

Salt at the bottom of a wall is a source problem, not a tile problem; tile over it and the new tiles drop or stain within months. We start by finding the source: rising damp from the ground, a pipe weeping inside the wall, or a failed membrane in the bathroom next door. Then we hack off the damaged plaster to above the tide mark, deal with the cause, re-render with cement plaster, waterproof and tile. If the damp has spread to other rooms, our renovation contractor page for Al-Ahsa covers the whole house and crack repair in Al-Ahsa explains the cracking that often goes with it.

When does a bathroom in Al-Ahsa need renovation? Signs not to ignore

A bathroom in Al-Ahsa needs renovation when something shows that water has left the room, not merely when the tiles look dated. These are the signs that matter and what they usually mean:

  • ✓Damp or flaking paint on the wall next to the bathroom: a failed membrane or a weeping pipe, and the most important warning of all.
  • ✓Stains on the ceiling of the room below: leakage through the floor of the bathroom above or from a drain joint.
  • ✓Tiles that sound hollow when tapped: adhesive that has let go, sometimes with water underneath.
  • ✓Drain smells: a dry trap, a failed WC seal or missing ventilation.
  • ✓Water that stands after a shower: a weak or reversed fall.
  • ✓Rusty water and low pressure: old galvanised pipes corroded from the inside.
  • ✓White salts low on the walls: rising damp in a ground-floor room.

Partial or full bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa?

Not every bathroom needs stripping to the slab; the cause sets the scope:

What you seeLikely causeWhat we propose
Joints gone dark or cracked while the next wall stays dryGrout at the end of its lifeNew grout and fresh silicone, tiles left in place
A tile that rings hollow in a corner water never reachesBond lost under the tileLift those pieces and bed them again once the substrate proves dry
Damp on the majlis wall behind the ablution spotMembrane too low or failedBreak out at least the ablution zone, waterproof, flood test, re-tile
Standing water in a shower blockWrong falls or one drain for a large floorRebuild the screed falls and add drains
Salts and swelling in a ground-floor bathroomRising dampRebuild the floor with a damp-proof membrane under the slab
Old pipes and rustCorroded supplyRe-pipe, which usually makes it a full renovation

Renovating old bathrooms in Al-Ahsa

Old-bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa usually starts with the pipes rather than the tiles. Older homes often have galvanised supply lines rusting from the inside, drainage with diameters or falls that do not suit modern fixtures, and a membrane that has outlived its life or was never laid at all. Changing the tiles alone achieves nothing in that situation; we renew the supply with modern pipe, correct the drainage and waterproof from scratch.

Mud-brick and heritage buildings

We work on modern and older reinforced-concrete homes. Traditional mud-brick buildings and properties of heritage value in Al-Ahsa fall under specialist authorities with their own requirements, so we do not offer work on them.

Bathroom strip-out in Al-Ahsa: removing the old tiles

We break out bathrooms in Al-Ahsa with small electric breakers that do not shake the slab, removing tiles and bedding down to a clean surface. Corridors and doors are covered, rubble is bagged, and we agree with you where it is stockpiled. Rubble removal inside Dammam starts from SAR 90 a load; in Al-Ahsa it is priced at inspection according to volume and location. When the breaking out belongs to wider works across the home, demolition in Al-Ahsa explains the process.

Bathroom plumbing rough-in in Al-Ahsa before tiling

A bathroom plumbing rough-in in Al-Ahsa gets hot and cold water to each outlet and gives every waste its proper bore: roughly 32 mm under the basin, 40 mm for the shower and the ablution gully, 110 mm behind the WC. Drains get a steady fall, and concealed mixer bodies and in-wall cistern frames are fixed in place before tiling starts.

Two tests come before any wall is closed: wastes hold a water head of three metres or more for at least fifteen minutes, and supply lines are pressurised to no less than their working pressure, as Saudi plumbing codes require. Both are photographed. The full plumbing story is on our Al-Ahsa plumber page.

Bathroom plumbing second fix

Second fix is the last plumbing stage: mixers, basin, WC and water heater go on after tiling. Labour is SAR 75 upwards per mixer or ablution tap, SAR 90 upwards for a basin complete with its mixer, and SAR 140 upwards for an electric heater with its relief valve.

Bathroom waterproofing in Al-Ahsa before tiling

Waterproofing is the layer that decides whether a bathroom in Al-Ahsa leaks a year from now. It covers the whole floor, above or below the falls screed depending on the system, and turns up the walls.

Our waterproofing sequence for Al-Ahsa bathrooms

  1. 1
    Clean down
    Dust and loose mortar removed, cracks filled.
  2. 2
    Primer
    A base coat that helps the membrane bond.
  3. 3
    Reinforce the weak points
    Reinforcing tape in every floor-wall corner, around the drain, and around each pipe that comes out of the floor or wall.
  4. 4
    Two coats of membrane
    A liquid membrane made for use under tiles, flexible cementitious or polymer, applied in two crossing coats.
  5. 5
    Upstands
    Shower walls to roughly 1.8 m, a bath surround to 150 mm over its rim, the ablution walls past the splash line, and a low skirting band on the remaining walls.
  6. 6
    Flood test
    Then protection and tiling.

The bathroom flood test

We plug the drains and fill the room with water between 2.5 and 10 cm deep at the lowest point, leave it for 24 to 72 hours and watch the walls and the ceiling below. If nothing appears, tiling starts; if something does, it is fixed before anything is covered. For the products we use and for tracing leaks, see waterproofing and leak detection in Al-Ahsa.

Bathroom tiling in Al-Ahsa: ceramic and porcelain

Underfoot we favour porcelain, whose water uptake stays at or below 0.5%, with a matt surface that grips when wet. Ceramic is fine on walls. Tiles go down on an improved cementitious adhesive with at least 95% coverage behind each tile in wet areas, and the shower and ablution zones get a reduced-absorption cement grout or an epoxy one. Fixture and corner joints get silicone, not grout. Fixing labour is from SAR 36 a square metre.

Changing bathroom tiles in Al-Ahsa

Changing bathroom tiles in Al-Ahsa starts with lifting the old tiles and their mortar bed (SAR 14 a square metre and up), then checking what lies beneath. If the membrane is sound, dry and undamaged by the breaking, a repair may be enough; if not, we re-waterproof and flood test. We do not recommend laying new tiles over old ones in wet areas. Our Al-Ahsa tile installer page goes deeper into tile types and sizes.

Fitting sanitary ware after bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa

We install the fixtures you choose: WC, basin, mixers, shower set, water heater and floor drains. We do not push particular brands, but before tiling we check the dimensions of whatever you plan to buy so the plumbing points land exactly where they should.

Squat pan to western WC in Al-Ahsa

Yes, it can be done. We break out the pan and its bed, run a fresh 110 mm waste from where the new WC will sit back to the existing line at a proper gradient, then waterproof and tile. Where the floor is too shallow for that gradient, we lift the finished level a little. In majlis toilets some clients ask to keep a squat pan alongside the western WC, which works where the room is big enough.

Swapping the bathtub for a walk-in shower in Al-Ahsa

Once the tub is out, the membrane goes across the floor and up the corner walls to showerhead height, the floor is shaped towards a new gully (or the old bath waste if it happens to sit well), and the mixer is raised to suit.

Ceilings, ventilation and electrics in Al-Ahsa bathrooms

A bathroom ceiling lives in steam. In an airy room, clear of the spray, moisture-resistant gypsum works (SAR 74 a square metre and up); in steamy rest-house shower blocks we switch to cement board, costed at inspection. See gypsum board in Al-Ahsa and cement board in Al-Ahsa. Where the water heater or valves sit above the ceiling we leave an access panel.

Bathroom extract fans

A room without a decent opening window needs mechanical extraction: around 50 cfm (about 24 L/s) on a switch, or about 20 cfm left running all the time, always ducted to open air and never dumped into the space above the ceiling. Where the duct must pass a concrete wall, core drilling in Al-Ahsa explains how it is done.

Safe bathroom electrics

We never place sockets inside the shower or bath zone, we use splash-protected fittings in the zones around them, every bathroom circuit sits behind a 30 mA earth-leakage breaker, and we put the water-heater switch outside the room. A heater or fan point costs SAR 65 upwards. More on our Al-Ahsa electrician page.

Refreshing a bathroom in Al-Ahsa without breaking tiles

It is possible in a limited set of cases: fresh grout of a low-absorption type, new silicone beads, new taps and sanitary ware and lifting and re-fixing a few loose tiles. But if water is escaping to the majlis wall or the floor below, a no-breaking refresh will not solve it, because the membrane under the tiles is what has failed. We say so plainly after the inspection; these smaller jobs are priced there too.

Epoxy paint over bathroom tiles

Epoxy over tiles is cosmetic only: fine on dry, well-bonded wall tiles, never on a shower floor or at the ablution spot.

Small bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa

A small bathroom in Al-Ahsa, such as a guest toilet, is about planning space: a wall-hung or compact basin, a door that opens outwards or slides, an open shower area rather than a tub, and a wall-hung pan with its cistern hidden in the wall where thickness permits. A complete economy-grade renovation of a room up to roughly 4.5 m² begins at SAR 2,300.

Enlarging a bathroom in Al-Ahsa

Making a bathroom bigger normally means taking out or shifting a wall, so the first question is whether it carries load. If so, an engineer decides and a permit may follow. Where concrete has to be cut, concrete cutting in Al-Ahsa explains the method.

Bathroom renovation prices in Al-Ahsa

With economy materials, a complete Al-Ahsa bathroom renovation is SAR 2,300 and up for a small room, SAR 4,600 and up for a medium one and SAR 6,400 and up for a large one. These are estimates until inspection and agreement: a tired slab, old pipes or tiles running to the ceiling push them up, and the drive from Dammam is costed when we inspect.

Job in your Al-Ahsa bathroomLowest starting priceHow it is counted
Guest toilet or small bathroom, complete, economy materialsSAR 2,300Floor up to roughly 4.5 m²; strip-out, pipework, membrane, tiles and refitting included
Family bathroom, completeSAR 4,600Floor of roughly 5 to 9 m², same inclusions
Large master bathroom, completeSAR 6,400Floor above 9 m², same inclusions
Lifting old tiles and their bedSAR 14Per square metre, labour
Water and waste pipework for one roomSAR 460Per bathroom with its usual outlets, labour
Membrane plus flood testSAR 26Per square metre of floor and wall treated
Laying floor and wall tilesSAR 36Per square metre, labour
Cement render under tilesSAR 18Per square metre, labour
Damp-tolerant gypsum ceilingSAR 74Per square metre, fitted
Mixer or ablution tapSAR 75Each, fitting
Basin complete with mixerSAR 90Each, fitting
Electric heater with relief valveSAR 140Each, fitting
Power point for a heater or fanSAR 65Each
Carting away rubbleAfter inspectionA load in Dammam starts at SAR 90; in Al-Ahsa it depends on volume
Damp-proof sheet below a new ground-floor slabAfter inspectionBy area and the state of the fill
Ablution corner with its own gullyAfter inspectionBuilt from the pipework, membrane and tiling lines above
Crew travel from Dammam to Al-AhsaAfter inspectionShrinks per room as more toilets join the same trip

Tracing a hidden leak is its own service, so its fee is not listed here; it sits with our waterproofing work. To compare all our rates, see the prices page.

Worked example: a majlis guest toilet with an ablution area

An illustrative guest toilet next to the majlis, 1.6 × 2.2 m with a 2.4 m ceiling, walls to be tiled full height, and an ablution spot in one corner:

  • ✓Areas: floor 3.52 m². Walls: 7.6 m of perimeter by 2.4 m of height is 18.24 m²; take off the 1.68 m² doorway and 16.56 m² remains, so 20.08 m² gets tiled in all.
  • ✓Strip-out: 20.08 × 14 = about SAR 281.
  • ✓Waterproofing: floor 3.52 + two ablution walls 2 × 1.0 × 1.2 = 2.4 + a 30 cm upstand along the remaining 4.8 m = 1.44, total 7.36 m² × 26 = about SAR 191.
  • ✓Plumbing: rough-in including the ablution drain SAR 460.
  • ✓Tiling: 20.08 × 36 = about SAR 723.
  • ✓Fixtures and points: basin 90 + ablution tap 75 + fan point 65 = SAR 230.
  • ✓Labour total: about SAR 1,885; with economy materials of roughly SAR 900 to 1,100, the room comes to about SAR 2,785 to 2,985, plus the trip and rubble removal priced at inspection.

These numbers are a sketch, not a quote. If the walls were tiled only to half height, as in many majlis toilets, strip-out and tiling would fall by roughly half.

How to cut the cost of the trip from Dammam

The road from Dammam to Al-Ahsa runs to roughly 160 km, so travel is costed at the inspection. You can shrink it by bundling jobs: the majlis toilet together with a family bathroom, several toilets at one rest house, or two neighbours agreeing on the same dates.

Bathroom renovation steps in Al-Ahsa, in order

  1. 1
    Inspection and measuring
    We fix the scope, the materials and the positions of the ablution spot, shower and WC.
  2. 2
    Protection and strip-out
    Corridors covered, tiles broken out to the concrete, rubble removed.
  3. 3
    Damp-proof membrane for ground-floor rooms where needed
    Over compacted fill, before the new slab.
  4. 4
    Plumbing rough-in and testing
    Water-column test on drains, pressure test on supply.
  5. 5
    Cement render
    Gypsum plaster is never used in bathrooms.
  6. 6
    Screed, membrane, then flooding
    Water stays down for one to three days before any tile goes on.
  7. 7
    Tiling, grout and silicone
    Matt tiles underfoot and low-absorption grout.
  8. 8
    Ceiling, ventilation, electrics and second fix
    Then cleaning and handover.

The inspection points before anything is covered

We stop at three gates: pipes are tested while they are still visible, the membrane is looked over before anything protects it, and the floor is flooded before it is tiled. Each gate is photographed and sent to you.

How long does bathroom renovation take in Al-Ahsa?

Taking an ordinary bathroom back to the slab and finishing it again usually fills seven to fourteen days, drying and flooding time included. A ground-floor bathroom with a new slab needs extra days for the concrete to gain strength, and rest-house blocks vary with the number of showers. Coming from Dammam, we keep phases continuous and tell you up front which days are crew days and which are drying or test days.

Mistakes that cause leaks after bathroom renovation

  • ✓Leaving old pipes behind new tiles.
  • ✓Waterproofing with no reinforcing tape at corners and the drain.
  • ✓A membrane upstand that stops too low at the ablution spot or shower.
  • ✓Tiling straight away without a flood test.
  • ✓A weak or reversed fall, or one drain for a wide shower-block floor.
  • ✓Ordinary grout in wet zones, or grout where silicone belongs at fixtures.
  • ✓Drilling through the membrane for accessories without sealing the holes.
  • ✓An extract fan blowing into the ceiling void.

Signing off your Al-Ahsa bathroom: a checklist

Check these before you sign off:

  • ✓You have the pipe-test and flooding photos.
  • ✓Poured water finds the gully with no puddle at the ablution corner or between showers.
  • ✓No hollow sound when the tiles are tapped.
  • ✓Joints are straight and full, and silicone is in place at fixtures and corners.
  • ✓Dry under the basin and around the foot of the WC.
  • ✓Hot water arrives quickly and the fan exhausts outside.
  • ✓The residual-current device trips when its test button is pressed.
  • ✓A box of matching tiles stays behind for future repairs.

Before-and-after bathroom renovations in Al-Ahsa

In a before-and-after bathroom renovation it is not only the look that changes but everything beneath it: new, tested pipes, a membrane taken up the walls, and correct falls. That is why we photograph every stage, not just the final shot. Genuine finished rooms are on the projects page, with no stock imagery.

Does bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa need a permit?

Renewing tiles, pipes or the membrane inside an existing bathroom counts as maintenance and normally needs no licence. Touching a load-bearing element, or creating a bathroom where none existed, calls for a Balady permit filed by an engineering office.

Bathrooms within a whole-house renovation in Al-Ahsa

If the bathroom is one piece of a larger project, we slot it in with the other trades to avoid opening anything up twice. A brand-new toilet out in the yard or up on the roof is really an annex build; see annexes and majlis rooms in Al-Ahsa. For painting after the renovation see painting in Al-Ahsa, and for render plastering in Al-Ahsa.

How to order a bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa

  1. 1
    Photograph it
    The floor, each wall, the ceiling, the cabinet under the basin, plus any damp patch in the adjoining room.
  2. 2
    Measure it
    Room length, width and height, how old the house is, and whether this is a ground-floor room.
  3. 3
    Say what you want
    Partial or full, shower or bath, ablution zone or not.
  4. 4
    We send an estimate
    And set an inspection date, with the trip priced.
  5. 5
    Agree and build
    To a clear schedule with photographed inspection points.

You can also book through the quote page or by calling 0547879578.

What you get from Aemar Al-Maryam in Al-Ahsa

■ Designed for how the room is used

Majlis toilets built for wudu, rest-house blocks for heavy use, ground-floor rooms for ground moisture.

■ Published prices

A clear “starts from” table, with the trip priced openly at inspection.

■ Tested before covered

Drainage, supply and flood tests, all photographed.

■ One crew

From strip-out to handover, without responsibility drifting between trades.

Where we renovate bathrooms in Al-Ahsa

We cover Hofuf, Mubarraz and the surrounding farmland, including districts such as:

Al-KutAl-MuhammadiyahAl-NaathilAl-RawdahAl-SalhiyahMahasin AramcoAl-RashidiyahAl-ShuabahAl-MazruiyahAl-FadiliyahAl-KhalidiyahOasis farms and rest houses

We also renovate bathrooms in Dammam, Khafji, Hafr Al-Batin and elsewhere in the Eastern Province. The service overview lives on bathroom and kitchen renovation, and Al-Ahsa kitchens on kitchen renovation in Al-Ahsa.

Majlis toilet or rest-house block needs work?

Shoot a few photos from the door, the floor and the ceiling and send them with the dimensions; a first estimate and the date of our next Hofuf and Mubarraz trip come straight back.

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FAQ

How much does bathroom renovation cost in Al-Ahsa?

A complete economy-grade job begins at SAR 2,300 for a room up to roughly 4.5 m², SAR 4,600 for a medium room and SAR 6,400 for a large one. We confirm the figure after inspecting and agreeing scope, and add the travel costed on that visit.

Do you travel from Dammam to Al-Ahsa?

Yes. It is roughly 160 km by road, and we come on a booked date after photos or an inspection. Travel is costed on that visit, and each room carries less of it when several are done on one trip.

How do you design the ablution area in a majlis toilet?

We make it a separate zone, slightly raised or set behind a low kerb, with its own small floor drain and a low tap. The waterproofing is carried higher than usual on the surrounding walls, with matt tiles and low-absorption grout.

Why does water stand on the floor of a rest-house toilet block?

Usually because a wide floor falls to a single drain, so the gradient dies out in the middle. The fix is to divide the floor into zones that each fall to their own drain, at about 2% in the showers and less in the walkways.

How do you stop damp rising into a ground-floor bathroom in Al-Ahsa?

Where the damp comes from the ground, we remove the old floor, compact the fill and lay a heavy polyethylene membrane with taped laps before casting the new slab. The normal bathroom waterproofing then goes on above the falls screed.

Is a no-demolition refresh possible?

For tired grout, perished silicone or new fittings, yes. Once water shows on the majlis wall or the ceiling beneath, the membrane has given up and at least the wet zone has to come up and be sealed again.

How long is the flood test?

A full day at minimum and up to three days, with the lowest point of the floor under 2.5 to 10 cm of water. We watch the walls and the ceiling beneath the whole time and only tile once nothing has shown.

How long does a bathroom renovation in Al-Ahsa take?

Seven to fourteen days is typical for a normal room, drying and flooding included; a ground-floor room that gets a new slab runs longer. The programme is confirmed after inspection.

What does it cost to change bathroom tiles in Al-Ahsa?

Lifting the old tiles is SAR 14 a square metre and up, laying new ones SAR 36 and up, and a fresh membrane with its flood test SAR 26 and up. The tiles themselves, other materials and travel are on top.

Can a squat toilet become a western WC?

Yes: the pan comes out, a new 110 mm waste runs from the WC position to the existing line at a proper gradient, and the floor is sealed and tiled, raised a touch if depth is short.

Do you renovate old mud-brick houses?

No. We work on modern and older reinforced-concrete homes; traditional mud-brick and heritage buildings fall under specialist authorities with their own requirements.

Is a permit needed?

Renewing tiles, pipes and the membrane in an existing room is maintenance and normally licence-free. Touching structure or adding a bathroom that did not exist needs a Balady permit lodged by an engineering office.

What should I send on WhatsApp?

Pictures of the floor, walls, ceiling and the space under the basin, the room size, whether it is a ground-floor room, roughly how old the house is, what you would like done, and a map pin for the house or rest house, to 0547879578.

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