Remodel bathroom

Bathroom repairs or fills your thoughts pure, brilliant white surface, or half of the collected disaster. Perhaps, as images of reality.

Let us follow in the footsteps of a bathroom remodeling project.

1. How far do you want to go?
* Surface modification. At the easy end of the scale, you can general location and size of the bathroom and the support structure for the bathroom (joists, walls, etc.) audio. Mantra on the surface of the bathroom remodeler is a "cover, but not replace." There is no shame at all want to make the surface of the bathroom remodel.

* Changing the layout. More complex: structural elements, is still fine, and you want to modify the surface, but at the same time want to change around.

* Full Tear-Out/Remodel. Now we're at the end of a difficult scale. You want to do all of the above, but 50 years of accumulated moisture has rotted from the joists and wall studs, window and falling.

At the moment, is also considering the overall timetable for the renovation of the bathroom and decide if this is what you think you want to go.

2. Finance Your Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom renovations are expensive. Repairs bathrooms, typically ranging from $ 15,000 to $ 18,000 for a basic, functional model.

Even the smallest bathrooms, the cost comes from the intense amount of subcontracting, you might have to do (such as plumbers, electricians) and high-value items (fixtures, cabinetry, etc.). Of the many methods of financing your bathroom renovations, perhaps the most common method of home equity loan. While looking for funding, may also want to think about that, to save on your bathroom remodeling costs.

3. Bathroom remodel yourself or hire contractors?
At this stage, you need to speak good hard look at the draft and decide if you want to do it yourself or hire a PRO. Say, if you're interested, and performing only superficial changes, you should be able to restructure the bathroom itself. Not all tasks are created equal. Installing a new toilet is simple, the construction of a new tile shower should be left to the pros. Rate, which projects to do yourself and what to leave to professionals.

* The contractor is licensed. If you intend to hire a contractor, one of the first things you want to do is make sure that the contractor is properly licensed. Licensing is not a sign of quality build, however. It simply means that they have fulfilled the basic minimum requirements of the licensing agency.

* Permits. Electrical engineering, construction and other permits may be required. Application for permission for an early stage.

4. Changing the layout of your bathroom
If you're remodeling a bedroom and you want to change the format, it is not so bad. You move a box here, push the back wall there. But with the bathrooms, you not only with visible elements, you are dealing with the underlying structure of Plumbing and electrical systems. Layout changes such as switching the toilet and shower, inflated the cost of repairs to the bathroom in a big hurry to consider this carefully.

5. New walls of bathrooms, joists and other structural elements
With the bathroom to collect moisture, has a good chance you can replace dry. In the case of the bathrooms, you can with the help of special humidity dry resistent is commonly called "green board" as well as in areas that are very wet, like a shower and bath you use waterproof backer board. I hope you do not need anything in return for the wallboard. But if you - that is, if the wall studs and joists are bad - they may need to be sistered or completely replaced.

6. Shower and Tub Repair, Refinishing or replacement
Shower, bath or shower / bath tub combination of heart. For many people this may be good reason for a bathroom remodel.

If the worst thing a few cracks, you can self-repair your acrylic or fiberglass shower / bath for very little money. For many homeowners, however, the surface can be color and the color, so the bath refinishing will be in order.

There are problems that go beyond repair and refinishing? You can set the bathtub liner - sort of like "overcoat" on your icky bathroom. If these methods prove ineffective, then you need to go and build a tiled shower. Or with a little less fuss, you can install the prefabricated acrylic or fiberglass shower / bath. Pre-FAB shower and tub should not be at the building site, because they were fabricated at the plant - but make sure you do not buy a unit too large to fit through doorways.

7. Bathroom Floors
Moisture is the culprit in the bathrooms, so you can not just choose any kind of flooring. Carefully weigh all your options for flooring for the bathroom. Permanent favorite is ceramic tile, laminate floor, but also to make constructive Flooring trick. Whatever you do, not hardwood, because it does not tolerate moisture well.

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