If you want to update your house, and increase what it is worth, then it is easy to do a bathroom remodel. There are various ways you can approach this project and make your bathroom look more modern. You can repaint, pick out new decorations and bathroom fixtures. It is your choice if you want to just do a few things to improve the way your bathroom looks or you want go all out and do a complete makeover, a home improvement will usually still increase the value of your house.

The earliest thing you should take into your consideration is budgeting. Do not forget to include secondary costs, otherwise all those small expenses can add together fast and blow your budget. Consider the right timing as to when you really need to hire a plumber, get permissions from your city or county authorities, or hire a second hand to assist you in the process. All these hidden costs can suddenly put a lot of pressure on you and you create problems for you if you ignore them in the first place.

After you've created your budget and decided how big a change you're going to make, it's time to choose a theme. While updating your bathroom is always good, choosing a theme that doesn't flow well with the rest of your house will take away from the added value of your home. You'll want to choose colors and styles that compliment your home, especially the rooms surrounding the bathroom.

Picking a color scheme for a bathroom may be one of the toughest choices you must make in your endeavor. There are two perspectives on the matter: those who believe you should remain neutral, and those who think you ought to go with very personalized color schemes. The ideal way to make the best decision for yourself is to think about the purpose of the remodel.

Bathroom remodeling if you're planning on selling is tricky; you might want to remain neutral. Keep colors light and pick tones that will complement many decors. Select fixtures to appeal to the majority of those who will look at the house. Accessorize to make the bathroom feel luxurious and plush so as to appeal to potential buyers.

You can customize your bathroom to fit exactly what you want and need if you are not interested in selling your home and your bathroom remodeling is done for yourself. You can select fixtures that specifically fit your style as well as many bold colors that represent yourself.

Bathroom remodeling can be a cost-effective way to add value to your home and make your home feel more customized to your particular style. Whether you do a complete bathroom overhaul or choose subtle changes, this particular home improvement is almost always an added asset to your home.

Bathroom remodel at a great price. Remodeling a bathroom can add to the overall outlook of your home and it doesn't need to be at a hight price. Brent Holland and the Build.com TV team hit the road to Magalia, CA to observe on location a whole bathroom remodel with build.com products. Home Owner Tim Velikonia was kind enough to take us through the process of his bathroom remodel. Special Thanks To The Velikonia Family and Rick Hunter Plumbing. For more on the products featured in this video check out their products pages: DreamLine Vanity: www.build.com Kohler Faucet: www.build.com Kohler Toilet Bowl: www.build.com Kohler Toilet Seat: www.build.com Kohler Bath and Shower Faucet Trim: www.build.com Kohler Glass Bathroom Shelf: www.build.com Kohler Jetted Bath Tub: www.build.com Quoizel Small Mirror: www.build.com Disclaimer: Although every effort has been made to provide the most accurate and useful information from sources believed to be reliable, no guarantee, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability, or usefulness of any information.This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information. Build.com provides this information on "supplemental" basis. Product uses and specifications, and material safety data are disclaimed. If you find any errors, we encourage you to report them to Build.com's Media Department by contacting media@build.com
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This bathroom was remodeled using the USGBC's ReGreen Criteria. The old bathroom was cluttered, and the look was out of style. We started by donating the old tub, toilet, and vanity to a rehabber that was doing a gut remodel on an old home. We then removed the tub deck to open up the area, extended the shower, and added a seat in the shower. We used a waterproofing membrane on the shower floor, seat, and walls, to be sure there would never be any leak or mold issues. We laso replaced all of the drywall behind the shower walls with fiber cement backer board. We added radiant heating to the tile floors, and a Panasonic Whisper Green exhaust fan with occupancy sensor that was vented through teh roof to the exterior of the building envelope. We used tile with recycled content amd recycled glass mosaics. We also added recessed soap and shampoo niches in the shower, added a shower seat with a solid surface Corian, and a frameless glass enclosure with dual pivoting door. The shower fixture is a Kohler Water Sense rated showerhead with a handheld spray as well. We added a free standing tub to help save space and add a uniques achitectural element. We sued a Kohler Antique bath faucet with a handheld as well. The toilet was a Water Sense rated Kohler Cimarron. The vanity was a European Spa style vanity with vessel sinks and matching mirrors. All of the lioght fixtures were Energy Star fixtures.

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1. Outdated Color Schemes

Orange shag carpeting and paisley prints went out decades ago, but the overripe avocado-colored tile in your bathroom has been hanging on long past its due date.

For a quick (and wholly necessary) update, replace it with the elegance of granite or sandstone. If you're not able to remove the tile, a fiberglass-backed façade can be cheaply and easily installed over the original tile.

2. Water Damage

Mildew and mold are quick to take advantage of the moist air inside a poorly vented bathroom. To fix this problem, venting and moisture issues must first be resolved. Kill mold spores with chlorine bleach or antifungal products, and then thoroughly prime the bathroom walls before painting or wallpapering over the stains for a fresh new look.

3. Space Without Style

A big, plain bathroom can feel smothering and impersonal, so dress it up with new colors and visual focal points! Frame mirrors with elegant wooden molding or a funky mosaic tile, in accord with the theme you've chosen for your bathroom remodeling project. Big bathrooms can also be dressed up with bright paint colors like salmon and turquoise, which would easily overwhelm a smaller space.

4. Ugly Vinyl Flooring

For a cheap and creative bathroom remodel, paint old vinyl with colorful stencils or cover it with textured paper, and coat the results in polyurethane for protection and water resistance. Guests will be amazed by the new look!

5. Blank, Boring Walls

If patterned wallpapers and bright paints aren't enough to dress up the canvas of your bathroom walls, consider adding extra creative flair with a mural or custom-painted wainscoting. Sky-blue walls dotted by idyllic clouds can make a bathroom feel like a true haven, and playful fish or under-the-sea themes are right in line with the watery reality!

Whatever your budget, there's no reason not to transform your bathroom into a place that truly welcomes every person who steps inside.

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www.imdb.com Transferred the fish to a different tank, cleaned up the tank and refilled it with water and salt. Going to be adding electric outlets and light. Insulation added. Going to add a sink or some kind of drain system. Got some wall paper and going to paper the outside. Finished laying slate in the bathroom and started the pond with a waterfall. Going to have a fireplace in the bathroom with a plasma screen TV along with jetted tub and stand up shower. Second turkey hatched out. Now we have a yellow and black turkey. Body for life challenge. Just completed the second month. Still going good. Could be doing better. Down to 238lbs from 253 in two months.
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Random shots of progress during a bathroom remodel remodeling. In this video you can see how a new floorplan design can completely transform bath feel and look.

Part 1 of probably 4 of my shitter replacement.

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Complete bathroom remodel showing all stages from start to finish.
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Measuring

There are several cases where poor measuring can be disastrous in doing a bathroom remodel. Your fixtures need to fit. You know this, but you may not remember to take every necessary measurement. Some people get as far as starting to install their toilet before they realize that the measurement from drain to wall is off. The toilet will not fit without moving the drain, so that must be done before the bathroom remodel can be finished.

Some oversized fixtures will not fit in the space you have for them if you have not measured correctly. You may have designed the entire bathroom remodel around the concept of a certain fixture, only to find out that it does not fit. Some fixtures may not even fit through the bathroom door. The whole operation will come to a halt while you decide how to change your plan.

Certain materials must be bought in a piece and must be bought in the right size of piece. If you bought a piece of linoleum for your bathroom it would need to fit perfectly. A disaster would be if you measured incorrectly and bought a piece that was too small. The piece would be worthless in covering the floor for the bathroom remodel, and you would need to buy something else.

An expert in bathroom remodels will make sure that all the fixtures fit and that all the measurements for the bathroom are correct. If something does not fit together the way you wish it to, the professional remodeler will know that fact ahead of time and help you alter your plans.
Plumbing

If you do not work on plumbing often, you might have trouble installing the plumbing. No matter what kind of plumbing you use, you might have trouble with leaks if you are not skilled in installation of pipes. This is a major problem if you are using copper pipes and do not have experience doing them. If the pipes are installed incorrectly, you might get air in them which will lead to rattling pipes.

Another problem is that you might have problems with your drains if they are not plumbed correctly. A stinky bathroom sink drain would be something of a disaster. Someone who does plumbing as a part of their everyday job would know to use a P-trap to keep the smell from rising up through the drain and into the room.

Mold

There is nothing worse in doing a bathroom remodel than thinking you have done a good job, and then having mold show up in your new bathroom. If you hire a home remodeling company, they will make sure that green-board is used rather than plain wallboard. They will make sure that walls behind shower tiles are watertight. They will seal all areas where mold could possibly accumulate otherwise.

Any one of these disasters may be possible to divert when you do your own bathroom remodel. The problem lies in doing the entire job without slipping up on one aspect of the work. You do not do remodeling work every day, so you should not be expected to complete it without a hitch. However, a remodeling company can finish your bathroom remodel quickly and easily.

part one of a series in a start to finish bathroom remodeling project
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With bathroom remodeling, it is important that you keep one thing in mind. Many of us have different understandings, when it comes to the meaning of remodeling. There are many individuals who assume that you must change around a whole bathroom for it to truly be called a remodeling project. Yes, remodeling projects are often associated with big changes, but small projects can also be considered remodeling projects. In all honestly, the size of the project really don't matter because, when it comes to remodeling your bathroom, all you really need is one hard task for it to become a problem.

If you are planning on remodeling your own bathroom, but you are worried about the difficultly of doing so, you should rest assure. There are a number of different steps that you can take to make it easier for you to remodel your bathroom, all by yourself. Perhaps, the easiest way is to familiarize yourself with the work that you will be doing. The best way to do this is by using the internet. Online, you can not only find bathroom remodeling ideas, but you can also find tips and instructions. These instructions may come in handy, especially if you weren't given a set of installations instructions with your new bathroom fixtures or other remodeling materials. Whether you are interested in learning how to install a new bathroom sink, replace your bathtub, or install a new shower stall, you should easily be able to find what you are looking for online.

When looking for kitchen remodeling tips or instructions online, it may be best to perform a standard internet search. If you are looking for something in particular, such as instructions on how to install new bathroom cabinets, you may want to tailor your internet search to bathroom cabinet installations and so on. Tailoring your search, to exactly what you are looking for, is one of the best and the easiest ways to come up with the results that you need. In addition to performing a standard internet search, you may also want to visit the online website of a home improvement store. Many home improvement stores have free information, as well as instruction guides, on how to remodel bathrooms on their online websites.

Using the internet to find bathroom remodeling tips and instructions is one of the best ways to do so. However, you may not necessarily need to. Many bathroom fixtures and bathroom remodeling materials are sold with a set of directions. If you notice that your instructions are missing, you may want to speak to a sales associate. If the mistake was by error, you should be given a set of replacement instructions; instructions that may tell you or show you exactly what you need to do. If a set of directions does not come standard with you are buying, whether it be remodeling materials or bathroom fixtures, you may be pointed in the direction of a how-to book.

As you can see, you can easily find bathroom remodeling tips, as well as detailed instructions online. Whether you are looking to learn how to install a new bathtub, toilet, kitchen sink, cabinet, or all of the above, you can easily find the information that you need online, with a standard internet search. Of course, you can also purchase a kitchen remodeling book or a how-to guide if you want, but why waste your money when you can find the same information online, free of charge?

Putting a ceramic tile frame around the mirror, routing my own door trim, paint and the last of the hinges and cabinet knobs. Its done ya'll. Sorry it took so long, snippylipz, thanks for the push. Some files went corrupt, so I don't have a great before and after, Enjoy!!!!

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