how much skill needed to gut and remodel a bathroom?

If you have the time and some basic handyman skills, I'd say go for it. It seems like every time I have paid someone to do a home remodeling project, I have complaints about the quality of the work. There is something about doing the work yourself and seeing the results come out better than the so called "experts" would have done. When it is your own home, you take the time to do everything right, not just get throught he job and on to the next one. Take some time to researxch what you want to do, and don't try to rush the job. Great feeling of accomplishment in doing the job yourself, if you have the time.

 

Everybody knows a carpenter's house is never finished

I built houses for a while. Most contractors had projects going at their own houses that were never finished. The guy I worked for had started an addition when I started working for him. Three years later and it was closed up but still just roughed in...the wifey was way more than pissed too

 

Hey OP , what's the story ?

Did you ever do this project ?

How did it go ?

Did you do it yourself ?

Have you had a flood or house fire yet ?

 

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i am almost done! i have about a week off. i am doing it mixed bag. i am doing some work, and farming out some of the more difficult stuff. i cant really tile, so i have a friend i am trading work for.

i got a permit to do this work, and everything is moving along nicely!!

off topic, my neighbor is going thru permit hell

 

Trading for work is a great way to get stuff done. Especially the stuff you can't or don't want to do.

 

I am in the process of doing mine... It is an older home with shit being unleveled and not square. If I had the extra cash, pay someone to do it...

 

I think if the answer to the last question is "NO" then the answer to the third question is "success"

 

Are you following me ?

 

Are you following me ???

 

maybe two more days, and we are done!! it has been hell. my wife and i barely talk!! hahahahha. i think i owe her a SPA day. love that woman, she is the best job superintendent ever. she ran the schedule, made sure we had the supplies, called for city inspection, etc.

of course she treats my tacoma like a work truck running the supply lines. i havent driven my truck for two weeks.

 

Sounds about right

 

in closing. i am done.

well, i still need to paint a couple of doors, trim, and do wall touch up..plus seal the grout.

one mistake. i put the friggen shower head too low. i'll install a slide bar, just as soon as my credit card quits smoldering. i'll probably revisit the water supply lines under the sink also. make it neater. for now, i gotta clean and move back into the house.

one crappy iphone pic with shakey hands.

 

you need more Toilet paper

 

Congrats on getting it done with the marriage still intact

 

thanks. she is talking about the kitchen now hhahhaha.

 

Looks like it turned out real nice! What were your total costs?

 

Looks nice!

One thing, don't grout around the base of the toilet--if the seal leaks, you'll never know.

 

adding up the reciepts tonight

i hope it comes in under $10k. i got killed in tile.

 

Tile is always rough...My dad went to a tileware house and bought some of their closeout stock...It worked out for him cause he didn't need alot but that's not always the case....Glad yours is done!!