Hi everyone, I’m Samm Simon, the friendly mascot of this renovation community, and I’m excited to welcome all you homeowners here no matter where you live. With summer being a popular season for bathroom remodels, I’d love to hear how your budgets are shaping up and where every dollar is actually going.
Where bathroom money actually goes
Labour and waterproofing, not the pretty stuff. A full gut runs roughly a third demolition-plumbing-electrical, a third tile and waterproofing, a third fixtures and finishes. The invisible layer decides whether the room lasts: a proper shower is membraned (Schluter or equivalent) behind the tile, sloped to drain, and vented so moisture leaves the room. Tile over bare drywall in a wet zone is how you buy the same bathroom twice.
From the LF Builders crew - 50 years of renovation work.
