I have an old house and am currently remodeling the bathroom, and not sure how to proceed. So far I have tiled one whole wall with white subway tiles, installed a new sink, repaired the original octagonal tile floor and replaced the ceiling with bead board, also in white. My question is, how do I proceed with the other three walls? What would look best? More tile? Drywall? More beadboard? I am trying to maintain the integrity of the original bathroom, which I would say was added to the house around the 1920′s. any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
i want to change the bathroom vanity/sink and the medicine cabinet and the light in the bathroom and the bathroom bowl. by the way i am buying all these things and just want someone to put them on. Also my bathroom is so small. If i buy the tiles tell how much would it cost to have someone tile the floor as i have said my bathroom is quite small. i probably need about 12 tiles
Remodeling a bathroom to make a tile shower. I need to know the best way to grade the floors so I can line up all the tiles but still have a slope for drainage?
My friend referred a guy. So far he’s installed a new tub with a surround. The surround had a visible scratch but he installed it anyways…so I couldn’t take it back. The tub spout doesn’t sit flush to the surround on one side. He just got done putting down ceramic tile….no grout yet thank god. When I came home I noticed the grount lines were uneven in various spots. I told him about this – he came to fix them. But now those tiles are higher than the others. I’m fed up and I feel guilty for having to "fire" him – but I’m trying to cut my losses.
Tub w/ shower, vanity cab/sink/countertop, toilet, tiles on the floor and wall only around the tub up to the wall. Nothing fancy but nothing cheap either.
How much does it cost for the whole job include labor materials both?
Does it make a big difference to use cast iron tub or steel tub, price-wise?
please include a list of break downs for each item and labor seperately? thanks!!!
My bathroom is like 100 years old. I need new EVERYTHING…but I will keep it the same size to save costs on doing a new foundation. With flooring, a new wall, lighting, new appliances, tiles and paint, what is the range it could cost?
I like the look of darker tones, but the previous owners installed light tile floors and tiles around the bathtub, light colored wood cabinets and beige counter-tops, and white walls/trim. I know I can paint my walls darker, but I don’t know how to do that without making the extremely light beige tiles on the walls and floor looking washed out. I have an extremely large bathroom so I know it could handle darker tones, it just feels so cold and sterile right now. I was thinking about restaining the cabinets and framing the giant mirrors over the sinks with a dark espresso type color (the counter is in an L-shape with a giant mirror that goes into the corners too). I was thinking maybe tan walls, but I don’t know what shade to do without washing out the tiles.. I would love to replace the tiles at least on the bathtub, but I don’t think that would be very affordable. Anybody with any ideas please help me! I feel so overwhelmed and I want my spa so I can relax! Trying to design it is way too stressful! lol Thank you to anyone that helps me!
i’m renovating our bathroom and there is greenboard under the tiles. should i continue to use it or use something else? what’s wrong with greenboard anyway?
it’s a tiny downstairs bathroom with a normals size three piece shower..nothing crazy. is greedboard ok here?
What kind of tiles are good to use for bathroom walls and floor? I am trying to stay away from marble. I appreciate a more natural earthy looks. I like the sandstone but I am not sure if it’s good to put that in the bathroom, considering cleaning and water.
I’m remodeling my bathroom and putting in new tile flooring and vanity cabinet. Should I put flooring first or cabinet vanity? Should I put tiles under the cabinets or not?
I’m in the process of tiling a wall around a bathtub using subway tiles and glass. I have already installed the rock board. I’m ready to start filling in the seams and edges with thinset motar. I would like to know if I put corners in first or thinset then use the redgard waterproofing or use the redgard first then the thinset.
I am doing complete bathroom remodeling now. I am replacing floor, walls, cabinets.. etc.. I ripped of everything, you can just see the wood floor and the studs.
Now I have a question…..
Initially, all my water valves in that bathroom were coming from the walls (which I think was convenient). But later we invited some plumbers to change all our water pipes in our house to pvc. And in our bathrooms they drilled holes into the floor.
They install need water valves from the floor.
Do you think it is better if those water valves (for sink and toiled) are coming from walls or floor?
Should I invited them again to change this? (I still have 1 year warranty from them, I am not sure if this can covert it).
or do you think I could make it myself?
ok.. thanks.. so to remove old tiles from those areas, I just need to disconnect the valves from those water lines?
what can I use as temporary closure for those water lines?
This bathroom sucks! It is so tiny! And the decor is mint green and pink tiles. Anyone know of any websites to help with removing the tile and how to put of something different? I want a more contemporary look, but simple.
I have a bathtub and shower combo installed by someone. And I have a big water leakage problem when I am taking a shower. It looks like water somehow gets into the bathtub sprout (may be through the hole where the pull tab of the drain stop goes through, or just water sipped down the tile into the sprout). How do I fix this? I notice that the hole through which the pipe goes through the wall into the tub sprout is not sealed around the pipe. Would sealing it fix the problem? I can see that there will still constantly be a pool of water collecting inside the sprout next to the wall because of the way the bottom of the spout is slated downward, so whatever seal is used and the concrete board behind the tiles need to be able to withstand this constant contact with water inside the sprout. What type of seal should I use? And is this the right way of fixing the problem? Thanks. By the way, I can have access to all areas through an open wall from another room.
I have a bathtub and shower combo installed by someone. And I have having a big water leakage problem when I am taking a shower. It looks like water somehow gets into the bathtub sprout (may be through the hole where the pull tab of the drain stop goes through, or just water sipped down the tile into the sprout). How do I fix this? I notice that the hole through which the pipe goes through the wall into the tub sprout is not sealed around the pipe. Would sealing it fix the problem? I can see that there will still constantly be a pool of water collecting inside the sprout next to the wall because of the way the bottom of the spout is slated downward, so whatever seal is used and the concrete board behind the tiles need to be able to withstand this constant contact with water inside the sprout. What type of seal should I use? And is this the right way of fixing the problem? Thanks.
i want to replace my bathtube and one row of tiles around the tube, and the shower unit mixer needs to be replaced. what’s a rough estimate you can give me in chicago?
tube = tub
I’m moving into an older home with a retro-ish bathroom. It’s tiled with granny smith apple green and white tiles. Do you have any suggestions for accent colors? Decoration ideas?
I can not afford to re-tile the room. I think I can make it work.