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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone else mentioned, if you buy new carpet, they will tear out and haul your old carpet. So don't waste time with that.  You won't get a discount (or if you do, it's like a $50 fee or something nominal).

You do need some kind of contractor/handyman (but not a "general contractor") for the ceiling drywall and moving a wall.  I'd be inclined to just let them deal with the ceiling. If it's such an easy job for you to do on a Saturday, it's an even easier job for them to do -- in which case, the demo shouldn't add much to the cost.  If you didn't otherwise have to bring in a contractor, I'd say just tear out the ceiling yourself. But not worth it since he'll already be coming.

Then plumber (2 hours of work?) and a painter.

Do it in this order: 
- contractor to do ceiling and move wall. He can tear up the carpet around the existing wall while he's there. 
- then tile (assuming they will remove existing tile - do this before carpet to avoid dust)
- then sink
- then carpet
- then paint (or do paint before carpet - depends on if existing carpet will get in the way of the paint).

Also - if you're moving a bathroom wall, do you need to retile the bathroom?  [/quote]

This is VERY helpful.  So currently the entryway into the basement (from the outside) and the bathroom are both cheap linoleum.  I assume they have to pull that up and then put down tile or whatever material we plan on using (bamboo?).  Once you pass the entryway into the "Rec room" the linoleum turns into carpet.

Shouldn't we do the ceiling after moving the existing wall?  Because the entire basement, including over the current bathroom, has this gross drop ceiling tile.

I guess we do need a permit b/c of the plumbing work or no?[/quote]

If the wall is affected by the ceiling tile issue, then yes do the wall first. But I think the same contractor can do both at the same time - so I included those as the same first bullet. So those are an "in tandem" item.

You shouldn't need a permit if you're just swapping out one sink for a new one without moving plumbing. But each city is different. At most you'd just need a same day postcard permit kind of thing. [/quote]

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