A beautiful bathroom enhances the beauty of a house and you will want to relax in this warm place, think about different stories, think about big and little things because in this place you will have time for yourself. If your bathroom doesn’t give you comfort, then it should. Here is the complete guide to renovating your bathroom.
1: Gutting a bathroom
- First, remove the toilet to avoid any unpleasant spills
- Remove the bath tiles down to the studs.
- First put on gloves, mask, and safety gloves and start removing the insulation from where it is necessary to be done. Use a reciprocating saw to remove, instead of a hammer.
- Remove features that you want to replace like cabinets, mirrors, vanities, or floor tiles. It is good to remove the baseboards and reinstall them if you want to remove floor tiles.
2: Install a new shower or tub basin
After the gutting of the bathroom, you can install new features. Pick a proper basin which suits your new décor and space for shower or tub replacement. You generally have three choices for shower designs as rectangular, square, and pentangle. Select it according to the other features of your bathroom, especially considering the location of the door. If you have enough space, you can also install a combination shower and bathtub.
3: Install new features and fixtures
After installing the shower, it’s time to install other features like cabinets and vanity. You will have to adjust the wiring if dimensions if new features are smaller or bigger than new ones. Move the GFCIs and other power outlets to line up with the new vanity and cabinets.
4: Placing new floor tiles
New floor tiles are a necessary thing to remodel your bathroom. First, use a mason’s chalk to mark lines that are perpendicular to the walls and then start grinding away. It will avoid the dreaded crooked tiling and keep your tiles in a line. The color of floor tiles has a major place in beauty in addition to your bathroom. So select the color according to other features of the bathroom.
5: Hanging of new drywall
Your bathroom makeover is going to have a new shape. Now hang new drywalls for further renovation. That could be a time taking process as you have to cut new drywall to fit into the new vanity and other features of the bathroom. You can remove it quickly after you have started to nail up the boards once. During this step, you should keep in mind that use drywall mud for filling gaps and use cement board for shower wall instead of drywall and then coat the cement board with some waterproof membrane to protect it from water damage.
6: Installing new cabinets
Your bathroom walls and the floor is done with the renovation. Install new lights, cabinets, vanity, and other features that you dream for your new bathroom.
Firstly install your new vanity including the faucet and sink. After you are done with the drain hooked up to your new faucet, now you can install other things like cabinets and mirrors. Cabinets and mirrors add beauty to your bathroom, so select them according to space, color, and other features of the bathroom.
7: Installing of toilet
You can install your toilet earlier in the renovation process, but it is good to leave this installation last to avoid chipping it when you are working on other things in the bathroom. Before putting the toilet in its place, you must have awareness of its installation procedure.
8: Adding of finishing touches
Now that you have installed all the necessary things to your bathroom, the last and important step is finishing touch. For this install the trim around mirrors or where it is necessary. The trim provides the last final look to your bathroom, so it is necessary to be done. You can add rugs around the sink or in front of the door to add more beauty to your new bathroom.
So, following this proper guide, you can remodel your bathroom in a quite easy and affordable way. An important tip to follow the above guide is to keep and select everything in your budget. Just because you’ve spent huge sums of money, it’s does not necessary mean that your bathroom will look good. You can make it beautiful by wisely selecting features for the bathroom within a decent budget. Good luck.
