We are about to start renovating our PPOR and one of the first rooms to do is the upstairs bathroom. The reason for this post is to get advice on all the work we will need to do in order to renovate the bathroom. I'm taking about nuts and bolts type advice.
I am moderatly handy , but have limited time , so normally I tend to do painting and leave every thing ( including the organising ) to someone else ( eg builder or reno company). I currently no idea about basic plumbing fittings.
But as we have no time frame in which we have to get it done (and have three bathrooms) I wanted to do the outsourcing myself to cut out the middle man.
The First bathroom is trendy 70's brown , with a plastic cystern , warping vanity and a sl corroded shower screen. We contempated whether the tiles were worth recolouring , but have decided that we will replace the tiles. It is on the first floor of the house , which is not concrete slab.
The layout of the bathroom is fine , so we don't need to move plumbing etc.
We will be sourcing the vanity from a company who provided kitchen / bathroom cupboards our builder used with our previous house ( all organised by that builder ). Again tiles are now already picked and we know where to get all of the other things we need to use, namely toilet , vanity top , taps, towel rails etc .
Before we can get things put in we will need to remove things and this I see as one job I want to do.
The vanity needs to be removed, but to do that i need to take the taps off. I can shut the wter off ( finally found where the main is ...) but the taps are connected via small pipes to threaded thingos which come out of the wall. I assume there are fittings which can be screwed onto these ( while we wait to get the new vanity so we can use water in the mean time ) , but what are they?
The toilet looks easier to disconnect from the water supply as there is a tap , and the pipe can be disconnected past this .
As far as removing the toilet bowel , are there any tricks to this? I have a sledge hammer ........
From what I can see the shower screen ( framed) is screwed to one wall with two screws and the rest appears to only have some form of silicon holding it in place. There is a hob. From what I can see it's just a matter of undoing the screws and then using a thin chisel or similar tool to work the silicon off. There are pop rivits holding the two sides of the screen together and for ease of handling I was thinking of drilling these out so I can remove it in two sections for ease of handling. Does this sound correct?
Next I come to the tiles. I've been told that the floor tiles will be on sand and cement and how easy they come off depends on how well they were put down. What is the best way to get floor tiles off ? I been told I could put the new ones on top of the old ones but this will give a decent step up at the door.
Are there anythings to be carefull of when de-tileing the hob?
The wall tiles look easier as I have a decent edge to attack , but if you start gouging ( accidently ) into the wall can this cause problems with the new tiles etc. Any things to be wary of ?
Gee, well by this time , I'll have a de- tiled bare bathroom.
The tiles go in early , but what needs to be done with waterproofing the base of the shower ? Any thing to be carefull re waterproofing , do's and don'ts?
Does the vanity go on top of the tiles or do you tile up to the edge , or are both alternatives options? Is one better than the other ?
My recollection is that the toilet went on top of the tiles.
I'll get a plumber to install the toilet / shower taps / vanity taps simply for peace of mind.
The shower screen will be the last thing to go in and I'll look around at the various offerings for that.
Oh , forgot electrics... I'll leave that to the experts.
As an alternative , does anyone know a good bathroom renovating book ...... DIY .
Please feel free to add anything you thinkl I've missed out.
Don't have a bath in this one , but I notesome people have made good comment about getting baths resurfaced.
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I am moderatly handy , but have limited time , so normally I tend to do painting and leave every thing ( including the organising ) to someone else ( eg builder or reno company). I currently no idea about basic plumbing fittings.
But as we have no time frame in which we have to get it done (and have three bathrooms) I wanted to do the outsourcing myself to cut out the middle man.
The First bathroom is trendy 70's brown , with a plastic cystern , warping vanity and a sl corroded shower screen. We contempated whether the tiles were worth recolouring , but have decided that we will replace the tiles. It is on the first floor of the house , which is not concrete slab.
The layout of the bathroom is fine , so we don't need to move plumbing etc.
We will be sourcing the vanity from a company who provided kitchen / bathroom cupboards our builder used with our previous house ( all organised by that builder ). Again tiles are now already picked and we know where to get all of the other things we need to use, namely toilet , vanity top , taps, towel rails etc .
Before we can get things put in we will need to remove things and this I see as one job I want to do.
The vanity needs to be removed, but to do that i need to take the taps off. I can shut the wter off ( finally found where the main is ...) but the taps are connected via small pipes to threaded thingos which come out of the wall. I assume there are fittings which can be screwed onto these ( while we wait to get the new vanity so we can use water in the mean time ) , but what are they?
The toilet looks easier to disconnect from the water supply as there is a tap , and the pipe can be disconnected past this .
As far as removing the toilet bowel , are there any tricks to this? I have a sledge hammer ........
From what I can see the shower screen ( framed) is screwed to one wall with two screws and the rest appears to only have some form of silicon holding it in place. There is a hob. From what I can see it's just a matter of undoing the screws and then using a thin chisel or similar tool to work the silicon off. There are pop rivits holding the two sides of the screen together and for ease of handling I was thinking of drilling these out so I can remove it in two sections for ease of handling. Does this sound correct?
Next I come to the tiles. I've been told that the floor tiles will be on sand and cement and how easy they come off depends on how well they were put down. What is the best way to get floor tiles off ? I been told I could put the new ones on top of the old ones but this will give a decent step up at the door.
Are there anythings to be carefull of when de-tileing the hob?
The wall tiles look easier as I have a decent edge to attack , but if you start gouging ( accidently ) into the wall can this cause problems with the new tiles etc. Any things to be wary of ?
Gee, well by this time , I'll have a de- tiled bare bathroom.
The tiles go in early , but what needs to be done with waterproofing the base of the shower ? Any thing to be carefull re waterproofing , do's and don'ts?
Does the vanity go on top of the tiles or do you tile up to the edge , or are both alternatives options? Is one better than the other ?
My recollection is that the toilet went on top of the tiles.
I'll get a plumber to install the toilet / shower taps / vanity taps simply for peace of mind.
The shower screen will be the last thing to go in and I'll look around at the various offerings for that.
Oh , forgot electrics... I'll leave that to the experts.
As an alternative , does anyone know a good bathroom renovating book ...... DIY .
Please feel free to add anything you thinkl I've missed out.
Don't have a bath in this one , but I notesome people have made good comment about getting baths resurfaced.
see change
