Cost-Savings Tips in Bathroom Remodeling Even if the floor area of a bathroom is relatively small, but renovating it can prove costly because of the high expenses of the following: hiring a plumber, materials, such as bathroom fixtures, and tiles; however, the advantage of renovating a bathroom is that a newly remodeled bathroom adds value to the house. If your budget is just enough for a small change of remodeling, the following are cost-savings tips to initiate changes in your old bathroom. If one of the reasons for remodeling your bathroom is because you want to resize it into a bigger space, think about your reason/s for doing so and examine if the reasons are valid, because resizing a bathroom is the most expensive aspect of a bathroom renovation since the toilet discharge and sewer pipes are expensive to move, therefore, avoid resizing at all costs. If you still insist on remodeling your bathroom to look more spacious and you do not plan to move the toilet discharge and sewer pipes, there might be other creative ways to realize your goal, such as removing the non load-bearing walls, walls that do not bear weight on the house foundation, if they are existing in the bathroom, to which no permits are required for this.
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Due to the high content moisture in drywall, it seems to be expected that complete drywall replacements may take place, but this is not necessarily so, therefore, it is best to consult and confirm with your contractor if the bathroom drywall should be fully replaced or just partially, so you can save costs on this.
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Since your renovation project on your bathroom is on a budget, if your see some small stains on the tub or shower, a cost-savings alternative is to put a liner over your tub or shower so they will look new; besides, sink, tub, and shower may not necessarily be replaced, especially if they are still operable, and may be replaced on a later time. When it comes to remodeling showers, between a preformed, one-piece shower stall and a tiled shower, a tiled shower is more expensive due to the costly pay of tile setters and it takes days to set the shower and tiles, while as a preformed, one piece shower can be installed in hours. Toilet installations can be routinely done by homeowners themselves, therefore, your should see to it that your contractor does not charge you too high on labor cost for toilet installation as toilets should not have to be expensive to do the job right. When it comes to the bathroom electrical system, hire an independent electrician and not one who is associated with the contractor to check on the existing wires, as it will be costly to rewire the electrical system, when it is possible that it only needs replacing the non-grounded outlets with a ground-fault current interrupter outlet.