The renovation of your home’s bathroom(s) can breathe new life into your property and make it so much more pleasant and inviting to live in but it often seems like a daunting task, especially when you’re pressed for time or if you’ve never renovated your bathroom before.
Whatever the size of your bathroom, it’s possible to achieve a significant transformation in a short period of time, if you’re on a tight renovation schedule. The tips outlined below can be especially useful if you are already living in the property and don’t have another bathroom to fall back on or if you need to get the property renovated in a hurry because a new tenant is moving in.
This guide will provide you with practical tips and strategies to revamp your bathroom swiftly and efficiently without sacrificing on style or quality.
The first step in a swift bathroom makeover is to plan and prioritise your bathroom renovation wish list. We suggest that you identify the changes that will have the most significant impact and concentrating on those first.
Create a list of everything you want to achieve, then break it down into a priority list that you can discuss with your bathroom renovation company. We recommend that you focus on those tasks that will create the most noticeable functional or visual difference.
If you choose to visit our showroom, our bathroom renovation specialists will be able to advise you on the time implications for each choice, for example whether to half tile or fully tile your bathroom, have a walk in shower or shower cubicle, so that you can take fully informed decisions.
Booking an appointment with a bathroom renovation company is a way to shave hours off internet and social media research time and browsing through magazines and brochures, which can often lead to information overload and getting overwhelmed!
Our state of the art showroom in Northwood Hills is fitted out with all the options that you will want to consider for renovating your bathroom We will save you valuable time by considering your budget and the layout of your bathroom and showing you working examples of only those bathroom fittings that align with your preferences, budget, bathroom layout and installation timeframe.
Once your chosen bathroom renovation company has provided you with options to consider, being able to take swift decisions is key to ensuring that items are available or can be swiftly ordered, bathroom installers can be booked in and that a project plan can be drawn up. Procrastination in decision making is one of the key areas that delays bathroom renovations.
If you’re renovating your bathroom on a tight schedule, it’s a no brainer to ensure that all the items that you have chosen for your new bathroom are in stock and available for delivery within a short lead time so that your bathroom installer has everything that is needed to complete the works and they are not delated by having to wait for materials, fixtures of fittings. If any of your favourite items will take a while to be re-stocked, your bathroom renovation company will be able to help you choose substitute items, that don’t compromise on style or quality.
Whilst changing the bathroom plumbing to accommodate a new layout is always possible, working with a design that accommodates the existing plumbing layout will always be the preferable option if you’re working on a tight schedule. This of course assumes that your bathroom plumbing, and pipes are in good working order and don’t need to be replaced.
Toilets are the most challenging bathroom element to move, since the waste pipe needs to be thicker and have the correct fall to the soil stack. In houses, you may be able to change the soil pipe location, but this can add to the cost and be difficult to confirm before you fully strip things out.
If, you have concrete slab flooring [common in new builds], uncovering the pipework is time-consuming, disruptive and expensive, as you’ll need to excavate it from the top layer of screed and thus leaving the existing pipework and layout in place can be the preferred option.
Many people use multiple workman and inputs for their bathroom renovation rather than a “one stop” bathroom renovation company. Rather than hiring multiple workman whose availability and views on installation may not align (and who may be inclined to blame each other for any unforeseen installation challenges), we advise using a one stop bathroom renovation company, like ourselves.
We will have worked with you from the start with a clear vision of your project and the practical considerations involved in completing the installation on a tight time schedule. Our experienced team will be able to effectively deal with all aspects of fitting your new bathroom, including pipework and plumbing, tiling and grouting, fitting your bathroom accessories, and everything in between. We will also rip-out your old bathroom and dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.
Effective project management is key to swift bathroom renovations that are completed on time, without compromising on quality. Our years of experience in bathroom design and renovations will be invaluable in ensuring that each part of your project is appropriately prioritised and that, where possible, the project is structured so that multiple jobs are completed simultaneously, thus reducing the project lead time.
