Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone on here has any experience project managing their own bathroom renovations and if so do you have any tips for a complete novice AKA Me
Basically I've had a number of quotes from all-in-one type bathroom renovation companies but all seem fairly ridiculous and around $4-5K more than if I was to organise the individual trades myself.
The good news is I have a fair amount of time off work, so can be around to monitor everything, the bad news is I'm from the calculator kid generation who is useless at anything hands on and hates dealing with tradies but feel this is a challenge I need to take on.
So my main question I guess is what order should the trades go? Here's my very vague and uneducated guess below. I have also put the estimated costs of each trade in brackets after each, so if anything looks particularly unusual if someone could please point out my idiocy I'd be very grateful.
1.) Organise skip bin for waste ($300)
2.) Bathroom strip out of all existing floor wall tiles, shower, vanity, toilet etc ($1800)
3.) Plumber - Replace old pipework with new ($2000)
4.) Electrician - Move power points to new locations ($TBC)
5.) Renderer - Make surfaces smooth and ready for tiling. ($650)
6.) Waterproofer - Initial waterproofing prior to new bath tub being put in. ($600)
7.) Plumber again - To plumb in new bath tub. (Cost as above)
8.) Waterproofer again - Full water proofing on floor and walls. (Cost as above)
9.) Tiler - Tile floor, walls and build wall around bathtub. ($2700)
10.) Plumber again to install new vanity, toilet, shower, taps etc (Cost as above)
11.) Fitted Shower Screen Installed ($750)
Total Trades Cost = $8800 (not including prime costs items like bath, vanity, toilet etc)
Total Time Frame = Approx 3 weeks.
OK so I'm sure I must have missed something out there or put things in the wrong order but really keen to learn and the more I read upon now hopefully the less mistakes I will make along the way.
Thanks so much again everybody.
Noodle
Just wondering if anyone on here has any experience project managing their own bathroom renovations and if so do you have any tips for a complete novice AKA Me
Basically I've had a number of quotes from all-in-one type bathroom renovation companies but all seem fairly ridiculous and around $4-5K more than if I was to organise the individual trades myself.
The good news is I have a fair amount of time off work, so can be around to monitor everything, the bad news is I'm from the calculator kid generation who is useless at anything hands on and hates dealing with tradies but feel this is a challenge I need to take on.
So my main question I guess is what order should the trades go? Here's my very vague and uneducated guess below. I have also put the estimated costs of each trade in brackets after each, so if anything looks particularly unusual if someone could please point out my idiocy I'd be very grateful.
1.) Organise skip bin for waste ($300)
2.) Bathroom strip out of all existing floor wall tiles, shower, vanity, toilet etc ($1800)
3.) Plumber - Replace old pipework with new ($2000)
4.) Electrician - Move power points to new locations ($TBC)
5.) Renderer - Make surfaces smooth and ready for tiling. ($650)
6.) Waterproofer - Initial waterproofing prior to new bath tub being put in. ($600)
7.) Plumber again - To plumb in new bath tub. (Cost as above)
8.) Waterproofer again - Full water proofing on floor and walls. (Cost as above)
9.) Tiler - Tile floor, walls and build wall around bathtub. ($2700)
10.) Plumber again to install new vanity, toilet, shower, taps etc (Cost as above)
11.) Fitted Shower Screen Installed ($750)
Total Trades Cost = $8800 (not including prime costs items like bath, vanity, toilet etc)
Total Time Frame = Approx 3 weeks.
OK so I'm sure I must have missed something out there or put things in the wrong order but really keen to learn and the more I read upon now hopefully the less mistakes I will make along the way.
Thanks so much again everybody.
Noodle