To redecorate a bathroom, you should make a pulse-clear renovation plan and then start the work step by step. Otherwise, you may find yourself spending all your money early or repeatedly doing useless work. If you follow the procedure below, you won't encounter these troubles.
1. Determine The Budget
Evaluate your economic situation, determine how much money you put aside for bathroom renovation, and then refine the specific use of this money for expenses, and make it clear where to spend it. It is best to have a 10% outflow outside of your budget. Just in case.
2. Design The Floor Plan
Make a design of the whole bathroom decoration, including the location of the doors and windows and the direction of the sewage pipe. Set what needs to be improved, then ask the plumber to help judge the feasibility of the design and roughly estimate the workload.
3. Check The Electrical Wiring
Before re-plastering or re-tiling the walls, you need to determine where the electrical wiring for the lighting and exhaust fans will go, and where the switches will be located. Also consider whether you install floor heating or add an electric towel rack.
4. Book Workers
Contact electricians and masons (unless you want to do the work yourself) and ask them to quote for your renovation project. If you feel that the price is acceptable and you are happy with their abilities, book an appointment with them to do the work, making sure that everyone has a clear work schedule and that everyone is aware of each other's schedules. At this stage you can ask them to give some advice and make sure that their work schedule will not interfere with the rest of the work.
5. Place Your Order
With the above quotes, you should now know how much money you can have left to purchase fixtures and accessories. Based on your budget, select and order sanitary ware, showers, tiles and faucets. Record delivery dates for all products and wait until all materials have arrived at the renovation site before arranging to start construction.
6. Remove The Old Facilities
At this step you can remove the old cabinets, tiles, flooring and lighting. It is important to anticipate the potential hazards that may occur at this step to be prepared. For example, the floor may be subject to moisture rot. This is where the 10% set aside will come in handy. If the work schedule has to be delayed, be sure to communicate with the plumber and electrician and determine a new plan.
7. Start The First Stage of Installation
Now the plumber will start the first stage of installation, installing the fixed pipes of the bathtub, basin and toilet in place. Remember to wait for the existing sanitary ware to be removed before tiling. At this stage, the water supply needs to be turned off and the construction floor needs to be kept dry, so be prepared for a few hours without water.
8. Install Electrical Wiring
The electrician's first installation job is to wire various electrical devices in the bathroom, such as shower pumps, electric razor outlets, light fixtures and exhaust fans. He will also need to install electrical outlets for electric towel racks or carpet electrical fixtures in the area.
9. Wall Plastering
Now you can move on to the wall plastering process. Unless you're experienced in this area, it's better to let the professionals do it! Leave up to two weeks of drying time for the plastered walls before you start tiling.
10. Flooring
Next, start laying the flooring. If you have decided to use underfloor heating, you can also choose to install it yourself, but you need to ask a qualified electrician to check and sign. If you are using porous tiles in your subway, please remember that in addition to laying, you also use sealing work needs to be considered.
11. Installing a Shower
If you are installing a shower, then the walls around it must be waterproofed using a professional liner before tiling. This step should complete the job because it takes some time for the walls to dry before tiling and caulking.
12. Schedule The Second Stage of Installation
In the second installation phase, the plumber will install the bathtub and shower. The electrician will also return to install the light fixtures, switches and razor sockets, and all electrical wiring will be connected.
13.Tiling, Caulking And Organizing The Third Stage of Installation
At this step you can put up tiles and caulk the seams. As this work takes time do not expect to do any work in the bathroom. After that the plumber comes back to install the toilet and basin.
14.Finishing Work
Perform the finishing touches on the final renovation. After the painting of the room (using dust cloth can prevent paint splashes) is completed, install all the accessories, such as blinds or hand towel boxes, and make the final additions to your entire project.