Bathroom Remodel

[Anonymous]

I am considering buying an older home that only has one bathroom that needs to be gutted. Ideally, I would do this before I moved into the home but wondering how long a gut job renovation of a bathroom would take. Anyone have experience that can tell me how long their renovation took? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

We did a gut job. My husband gutted the bathroom to save money and took 2 days. We had a contractor renovate the bathroom, which took 4.5 days (8a-5p).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did a gut job. My husband gutted the bathroom to save money and took 2 days. We had a contractor renovate the bathroom, which took 4.5 days (8a-5p).

PP again: forgot to add that this assumes that the tile, vanity, toilet, etc. you want are in stock and ready for pick up/delivery. Add 2-3 weeks if not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did a gut job. My husband gutted the bathroom to save money and took 2 days. We had a contractor renovate the bathroom, which took 4.5 days (8a-5p).

Thanks. May I ask how much it cost?

[Anonymous]

About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

[Anonymous]

Ours took 2 weeks and was about $15K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

Not OP, but what did you use for shower floor if you did shower. Pan, cement or tile. Hardy Backer or GL RedGard membrane if you know.

Studying up. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

Not OP, but what did you use for shower floor if you did shower. Pan, cement or tile. Hardy Backer or GL RedGard membrane if you know.

Studying up. Thanks.

NP but the shower pan is cheap looking. Suitable for apartments maybe. Use tiles.

[Anonymous]

Kohler cast iron shower pans rock!

[Anonymous]

Ours took 8 business days, cost $10k with labor and supplies, mostly from Home Depot. Typical small master bathroom in a 1960's house in the area. I went with the top rated bathroom contractor on Yelp and was satisfied with their work. DH and I did nothing ourselves other than shop for all the supplies you can see (tub, vanity, toilet, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

Not OP, but what did you use for shower floor if you did shower. Pan, cement or tile. Hardy Backer or GL RedGard membrane if you know.

Studying up. Thanks.

NP but the shower pan is cheap looking. Suitable for apartments maybe. Use tiles.

Also NP, but I'll take a durable shower pan any day over having to maintain a grouted tile shower floor. Even the best quality grout will stain and wear away and eventually leak over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours took 8 business days, cost $10k with labor and supplies, mostly from Home Depot. Typical small master bathroom in a 1960's house in the area. I went with the top rated bathroom contractor on Yelp and was satisfied with their work. DH and I did nothing ourselves other than shop for all the supplies you can see (tub, vanity, toilet, etc.)

Will you share the name of your bathroom contractor please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

Not OP, but what did you use for shower floor if you did shower. Pan, cement or tile. Hardy Backer or GL RedGard membrane if you know.

Studying up. Thanks.

We did a custom shower floor (cement/membrane/mortar/tile). Hardie board walls with Redgard.

[Anonymous]

Do it before you move in! We have that issue and our bathroom is functional so we left it as we'd have to move out. Now we are putting a second one in so we can remodel the first (and two is nice to have).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About $8K; $2.5K for labor (not including my husband!). We used 4x12 white subway tile which saved us a lot of money. The vanity and toilet were on the expensive side. We had plumbing issues (old house), which added about $1.5K to the cost.

Not OP, but what did you use for shower floor if you did shower. Pan, cement or tile. Hardy Backer or GL RedGard membrane if you know.

Studying up. Thanks.

We did a custom shower floor (cement/membrane/mortar/tile). Hardie board walls with Redgard.

Thanks!