How not to renovate a bathroom
Tanya’s list of don’ts when renovating your bathroom:
- Don’t renovate your only bathroom without getting a hotel room for a night or two while doing so
- Don’t leave demolition until the day before the tile guy is supposed to show
- Don’t start cutting the vanity legs off after it gets dark out (kind of hard to cut straight lines with a flashlight)
- Don’t assume that the vanity, with drawers, is going to fit with the plumbing the way it currently is… because it never does
- Don’t listen to Home Depot’s expert who says that the shower tiles should come off easily if the building is 13 years old, because “they installed them differently back then”
- Don’t think you won’t need to replace the cement-backed-drywall where the shower tiles were glued like someone’s life depended on them staying up. Because, you will NEED to replace the drywall. Period.
- Don’t leave the purchase of the granite or glass counter until the last minute. Waiting three weeks for a bathroom sink is the suck.
- Don’t assume the job is going to be a piece of cake, just because it’s a small bathroom. It’s not.
We’re only into day two of the bathroom renovation, and I’m already getting flashbacks from the kitchen reno that went on forever… Pavlov’s dog? You betcha…
Before and after photos coming soon!
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Renovations are never easy! Whomever said so should be shot!
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Ack!! It always turns into a bigger job than you expected doesn’t it- we’re going to be redoing our bathtub/shower area soon- I cringe at the thought of even looking behind the nasty bathfitter cheap coverup crap that’s in there now…sigh…!
Gah. I remember my bathroom reno in my old place. It’s a miserable experience (and I wasn’t even the one doing it – I just had to live through it).
Sending some swift construction good vibes your way!
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Maybe your hotel will rent to you by the month?….sorry, I know that was far from helpful.
Maybe some wine?
Good luck!
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all duly noted! With any luck, my turn is coming. Awesome bathrooms, ftw!
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Well at least there are 100,000 outhouses scattered throughout your neighborhood because we live in a revolving door of construction. As for showers-I can lend you some wet-naps!
Or if you need to come by and shower that will work too!
Hi Tanya ~ The killer about home renovation lessons is that you won’t get to use what you learned for a good long time typically. But you never forget! Ugh. Hope it’s done soon.
Liz
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Hey Liz!
Hehe… Thanks! I wish we weren’t going to be going through this again for a while, but we’re putting our condo up on the market very quickly and buying a larger place, which will most likely need updating as well.
Good times
Thanks for having the time to write about this issue. I really appreciate it. I?ll stick a link of this post in my blog.
You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.