Ideas for Bathroom Renovations

• When working through the many ideas for bathroom renovations make sure that you take the time to work out a proper layout for your new bathroom before you begin any work. Take into account the current position of all your pipes and drains when doing this so that the final job doesn't involve too much work. You can get a lot more information about designing a bathroom by looking at your friends bathrooms, or pictures of what other people have done.
• When designing your bathroom renovations do not make the assumption that a bath is not required, even if you don't need one. This is because when it comes to selling your house a bath will always make it more appealling to others, especially families with children.
• If you are going to renovate your bathroom then it is generally a good idea to strip the entire room down to the stud frame so that it is easier to fix old & leaking pipes, rewire the electrical sockets and install new blueboard walls that are straight, which makes it much easier to lay new wall tiles.
• When choosing a bathroom vanity consider how much counter space it will provide. A pedestal sink may look trendy but without any space to place your everyday items on it might prove to be a bit of an inconvenience.
• Quick and easy ideas for bathroom renovations includes changing the lighting, which is generally located above the mirror. A good choice of lights is a rod with 3 spotlights placed on it or sconces on either side of the mirror because this will provide lighting that will illuminate the entire face.
• Use teflon tape for any pipe connections in your bathroom renovation. Wrap it in the same direction as the thread, because if you wrap it in the wrong direction it will come undone when you tighten the connection. Also do not leave any of the white teflon tape hanging over the end of the connection as this may reduce the flow of water through the pipe.
• If you are installing new copper water pipes for you bathroom make sure that you secure them firmly to the house frame, otherwise you will get water hammer, which is a pressure surge that results in a noise throughout the house whenever you turn the tap on or off. A cheaper alternative is to use PVC pipes for the hot and cold water in your bathroom renovations.
• If the shower in your bathroom shares a wall with your living room or bedroom then you may want to consider putting sound proof insulation in the wall to reduce the noise when someone it taking a shower.
• If you are working around your bath or hand basin always cover it with an old sheet or blanket which will protect it from chips and scratches if you accidentally drop something.
• Throughout your bathroom renovations make sure that you cover the shower drain and put the plug in the bath or hand basin so that small screws and nails do not fall down the pipe, because this may cause the drain to clog up later on.
• If you are going to replace your shower head because it has a poor flow consider taking it off and cleaning it first. Sometimes a build up of grit and lime in the shower head will cause it to appear as if you have low water pressure.
• If you have stripped your bathroom walls back to the frame and need to nail new studs into position hold a sledge hammer or something solid on the opposite side of the stud so that it absorbs the impact of the hammering and makes nailing easier.