The Technical Side To A Successful Bathroom Renovation
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Any kind of home renovation is going to be a challenge. Even when you’re planning on doing minimal work, and doing it over a long period, you’re going to face your fair share of difficulties. Because it’s often hard to adjust to having work done in your home, as well as deal with carrying out the work yourself. This can especially be the case when you’re trying to work on some of the more technical or skilled elements.
However, regardless of how hard things may seem, you can enjoy successful home renovations when you’re doing them yourself. Sometimes, you can save a lot of money this way. And yes, that also includes the more skilled areas. You just have to be able to do your research, take your time, and be patient with yourself. And to make sure it happens, follow these eight simple steps.
Read Up
The first thing that you need to do for this is to do some research. Although this post is going to point you in the right direction, you may also benefit from knowing a little bit more about the areas that will be more personal to your own bathroom set up. Whether you choose to read a plumbing manual, or some interesting blog posts on mold prevention, before you get started, any kind of research that you can do will always be a bonus.
Start By Stripping Things Back
Then, you’re going to want to get down to the actual work itself. The first thing that you need to do here is to rip everything out. This can actually be hard work, and you may need some assistance. The demolition of a bathroom may often seem like the easiest part, but it can be quite physically straining. So prepare yourself for some manual labor.
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Pick Out The Suite
At this stage, you’re then going to want to pick out the bathroom suite that you’re going to install. Although it can be fun to select the actual design of your new bathroom, when it comes to the more technical aspects, you have to be quite conscious when it comes to choosing the fittings and fixtures. You need to make sure that you have everything you need to get the suite installed, including pipes and connectors – not just the exciting stuff.
Know What Equipment You Need
You also need to know what equipment you need. Again, this may be based on what you have personally picked out for your bathroom, and the suite that you’re installed. However, in general, your bathroom project checklist should include everything from pipe cutters to a tile cutter and everything else in between.
Try Tiling
Then, you’re ready to begin. You may want to start with the tiles, and this could also be one of the tricker technical aspects (aside from the plumbing) that you’re going to be faced with. But fear now, this video on how to tile a bathroom is exactly what you need. For a fiddly job like this, it’s often best to see it done first, rather than read about it.
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Fit The Flooring
Then, you’re going to want to focus on the flooring. To some people, tiling from wall to fall and all the way around is the kind of look that they’re going for. But if you’re not tiling, then you’re going to need to get your flooring down next. You will often find that you can follow a step by step guide on different vinyl options, but be sure to measure everything right so as not to make a mistake.
Practice With The Pipes
Then it’s onto the pipework. You may be terrified of attempting it yourself, but you shouldn’t worry, there’s a range of guides online that you can study to get it right. You can find posts on waste pipes or even click here to learn how to remove a bathtub drain if that’s where you want to start. Just make sure you take your time, and you should find that you’re able to get there in the end.
Get Everything Signed Off
With the walls and flooring complete and the plumbing work and suite installed, you’re more of less finished with the technical side of the renovation work. But before you get ahead of yourself, you may want a professional to check over your work. So that you don’t encounter any issues in the future, it’s often worth getting a plumber in just to give you the all clear and sign off on what you’ve done.
Any renovation project can be stressful. I know my limits. That’s why I call in the professionals!