The value, functionality, and beauty of your home is often linked to the efficiency of your bathrooms. Thus a quality bathroom renovation can be a source for future revenue. Yet selling may not be your primary concern. Perhaps you just want a new look. Maybe an upgrade for the family is in order.
Start With Direction
Clarify, in your own mind, the purpose for the bathroom renovation. Nothing makes a bigger mess than a lack of planning. Focus on the big picture. Establish your goals. Resist impulsive changes. Shifting gears when knee deep in a project tends to make everyone unhappy and grumpy.
Begin by consulting with those who use or will use the bathroom. Determine their primary needs and establish the conditions of functionality. Is the renovation associated with a spare bedroom, the children's primary bathroom, or the master bathroom? Perhaps it is a garage space. Do the faculties need to include connections and space for a washer and dryer? Should you incorporate additional storage? Think about all the many functions, designs, and shapes that may best benefit your household. Do not overlook the possibilities of windows, doors, and floors that may need to be modified to suit your renovation plans.
Bulk Up With Ideas
Research plays a large part in the planning of any remodeling project. The Internet provides quick access to new ideas, prices, and basic purposes for bathroom renovations. Home improvement and women's magazines also provide inspiration and direction. When vacationing or visiting friends, pay attention to the bathroom decor. Ask questions concerning cost and efficiency. Ponder the existing space and how it is used. What works in one home may utterly fail in your home.
Budget
Establish a budget that represents the total cost of your bathroom renovation project. It is written that "No man constructs a castle without first calculating the costs least he come up short and his friends laugh at his inability to complete the project." A realistic budget is the most critical.
Identify the various materials that will be incorporated into the renovation. Create a project checklist that reflects every primary and secondary component. Consider and group the minor items such as extra screws, tape, seals, and the like. When collecting prices, start at the nearest home improvement center. Visual evaluate of the given items can affect your permissions for a budget increase. Settle these issues before the project price is established in stone.
Most contractors recommend the following bathroom renovations checklist:
Plumbing fixtures
· Toilet
· Pedestal
· Shower for one or two
· Standard bathtub
· Whirlpool for one or two
· Fixed shower heads
· Body spray
· Bidet
· Towel bars Qty:
· Faucet- finish
· Other.
Cabinetry for Vanities
· Vanities Qty:
· Tall cabinets for towels
· Medicine cabinets
· 3 way mirrors
· Natural wood
· Painted wood
· Other.
Countertops for Vanities
· Ceramic or granite tile
· Laminate
· Solid surface
· Other.
Flooring
· Ceramic tile
· Hardwood
· Laminate
· Vinyl
· Other
· Keep the existing materials.
Lighting, Etc.
· Exhaust/light
· Sconces
· Recessed
· Heat Lamp
· Other.
Lavatory (sink)
· Porcelain
· Integrated
· Stainless
· Self-rimming
· Under mounted
· Other.
Be sure to add specialty items such as windows, doors, skylights, solar tubes, and storage to your list.
Labor and Extras
Consider the costs for professional services. Make a separate list that includes labor items such as painting, wallpapering, plumbing, flooring, lighting, and more. Strip out the things you will do yourself. Call for an on-site inspection and estimate. Get it in writing.
Finishing Up
After you establish the estimated cost for materials, add about 15% to the budget. Renovations rarely go through without some type of setback and some need for regrouping. It is the nature of construction work.
