When we first looked at the house, we noticed small problems.
The bathroom cabinet door was hanging off its hinge
The soap holder in the shower was coming off
The light fixture in the bathroom was coming apart from the wall
The pipe in the bathroom has a very small hole, a piece of the pipe broke off and it leaks water.
We now have to fix these things ourselves.
They’re minor problems, but I thought the inspector was supposed to check everything. None of these things were listed on the inspection sheet. We paid over two hundred dollars to have the condo inspected and all they found was part of the bathroom floor wasn’t sealed properly.
If the home inspector didn’t catch these obvious things you should call him back to show him what he missed and tell him to make it right. If he missed those little things you have to worry about what big things he might have missed. If he doesn’t make any effort to make it right he should not be in business.
How much does it cost to redo a small 3 piece bathroom if you do a modest remodel and buy fixtures from a place like home depot or lowes? The bathroom needs a tub, vanity, floors, and I think it would be nice to move the toilet.
A good rule of thumb is to spend 5%-10% of your homes value on a remodel. Or figure 5-7k for a DIY or 10-15k with a contractor.
If I may, if you are gutting the bathroom you may want to look in to putting down a waterproofing membrane over the cement board (like Schluter’s Kerdi systerm). Also look into the Schluter Ditra underlayment for tiles or the Dural Durabase system (its like Ditra except it has a mesh top)… And if you are going to do a gut job you may want to add some of the luxury items like heated floor… you obviously don’t have to and it will cost extra, but it is one of those things that if you want it you may as well do it while the room is torn up.
The bathroom is very small maybe 8×10 at BEST.
It needs to be completly gutted.
Only half the bathroom will be tiled (floor and half the shower area)
I am supplying the fixtures, toilet, new tub, and tile.
The contractor supplies the rest.
Approx what should I expect to pay? What have you paid in the past?
I work for a general contractor in NJ, going by the info you have here, you probably are looking to pay around $6,000 or so, depending.
Idk if I should use my new CFL lightbulb in the bathroom. The light fixture (where you place the bulbs) is ~2 or + feet above the sink, where the water that splashes when we brush our teeth probably can’t reach all the way there. So wouldn’t that be considered not-very-direct-water contact (if, say, small specks of water did get up there for some reason)? I also know that bthrms have like humidity..this might affect the bulb right (which in turn would affect us?) By affect, I mean like I might get shocked if I were to touch or unscrew the bulb while the light is turned on & the bulb has like water on it from the humidity of the bthrm? If the answer is yes, what if I touched the lightbulb (which has specks of water on it) but during the time when the light is turned off…I wouldn’t get shocked then right, since the light’s not on? If I do get shocked, would it be a big one? This type of shock-dangerous? What if bulb contacts water, light’s turned on, but no one touches bulb? Dangerous?
They mean outdoors or in wet environments. The vanity light fixture is an absolutely appropriate use for the CFL. They do have other characteristics you might not like in the bathroom such as taking time to warm up before reaching full brightness and bulkiness but as far as the water goes, unless you are really radical in the bathroom it should never be an issue.
There is this girl I hate so freaking much named Jane. She is so rude with me and she is so jealous of me. Me and her are both 14. So today we were in drama class. We have drama class in a small studio. It has curtain and light fixtures attached to the ceiling. So we were rehearsing and Jane had to be my partner for this project.
Some people were practising in the hallway, and a few people in the studio. We were in the studio. Then two guys started fighting and like everyone ran outside to see. But me and Jane stayed inside. Then me and her got in an argument and she slapped me! I got so angry I pushed her really hard. She tripped on her own legs and slipped and grabbed onto the curtains as she fell.
She fell down, while holding the curtains. So the curtains ripped off and then the lighting fixtures and the lights and curtain fixtures all hit the floor! It make such a loud bang. The teacher was like "WHAT WAS THAT" and we heard him come running. But me and Jane were the only ones in there so we would get caught! So I grabbed Jane, and we both ran together into the drama office. The drama office is connected to our class. Then we ran through this short hallway and it leads outside the drama classroom. Then we walked into class and pretended we didn’t know what happened and acted surprised and stuff.
The teachers even said there are no cameras in this part of the school. There are but they are at different angles so you can’t see who did it.
Then after class, I ran out. Jane was chasing me because she was PISSE!D that the lighting fixtures fell on her because of me. I ran into the bathroom. I ran into the second stall, and closed the door. Then I was standing on the toilet and I was hoping she wouldn’t see me.
Jane like opened the stalls one by one… when she opened the second stall I jumped at her. I was on top of her but she kicked me in the stomach and she started hitting me a lot. I got up and I ran and then I spun around and I rushed at Jane. I elbowed her in the side of the head really, really hard and she fell. Her head smashed into the tiled floor and she didn’t move.
I left her.
Should I worry?
THX
This is just like your other story about jane!
Stop making stuff up!
I have a chrome light fixture but want to use a "shabby chic" offwhite metal towel bar and toilet paper holder in a small, cottage type bathroom that has beadboard and Pergo floors.
No, they don’t go together and, with the cottage style and beadboard, it’s the chrome lighting fixture that doesn’t fit into the mix, not your accessories. It sounds to me like your towel bars and toilet paper holder match your house better than your lighting fixture. I know it involves spending more money, but I say use the shabby chic white accessories and buy another more appropriate style lighting fixture.
I work for a family business, our office is small and in an old house-turned office building- there are four other small bussiness that share the house. The thing is the landlords are ridiculous. There is no maintanence whatsoever, the bathroom is disgusting, the hallway is always a mess, light fixtures are old and faded. Each business can make any updates/fix their own office, but what of these general spaces.
We are NOT going to take it upon ourselves to fix and clean a communal bathroom, out of our own pocket, that no one will pitch in for, appreciate, or keep relatively clean.
Is there some kind of legal action we can take, agains the landlord, or some kind of agreement for EVERY one.
Presentation and first impressions are everything, and if the landlord will not cooperate, you have no option but to move. If your office is small, why not move it into your own home? I have a home business and when clients come to my home, I always make them feel comfortable while keeping it professional. If not your home, perhaps another member of your family, but anything would be better than where you are. Think of the write-offs you would get from your home as well.
I don’t know how wide and how many lights on the lighting fixture hanging over a mirror above a 48" cabient.? What about mirror? Rectangle I think but should it be less than or larger than the lights and how much smaller than 48"? Do I do 36" Mirror with a 30" inch Light or….? Thanks for taking time to read this, any suggestions?
That is a matter of personal taste for one. Yes, you should try and proporsion the mirror to the cabinet, but it doesn’t have to be as big as the cabinet. It needs to be large enough to be able to do the tasks that you do in a bathroom. What you didn’t mention was is there going to be one or two vanities? That has more of an impact as to the size of the mirror and light fixture. The light fixture should be large enough to cover your whole face without throwing any shadows. You should not have to keep moving from side to side to get light where you need it. In a perfect situation you should have one light above the mirror,( or in it, Check out WWW.Eurofase.com>see the lit mirrors they have) and one on each side of the mirror for full coverage.
Hope this helps you.
I am having my two bathrooms redone. The downstairs is a sink&toilet
upstairs-full bath/shower-Both are small(live in townhouse)
They started on Monday-the downstairs is tiled,painted,toilet in-THAT’S IT-no light fixture at all, upstairs tile is out except for a small piece, tub is in but not ready at all-they put the walls up and that is. Sink/vanity is still in-toilet out
Am I wrong in thinking more should have been done? Should the downstairs have a light in it?
I am not home when they do it-I go to work-I am leaving early today
Thanks for any input..
I did ask for the downstairs 1st-3times!~
Think about the size of the working space, can more than one trade work in there at a time? And things must proceed in a logical order. Tile laid cannot be trod upon, or should not be, for at least 24 hours, and then there is the grouting, sealing that takes 48 hours. Even though there are 2 baths, you have to take this into consideration. My question is, why did you do both at the same time? Construction. remodeling just doesn’t happen as fast as we would like.
Ok, we are remodeling our bathroom, and changed out the light fixture. The new fixture is smaller than the old one, so before we put the new one up we had to make the hole for the wires smaller. We got it up and it looked good, but a day later the fixture fell out…well its hanging there. How do I fix it so that it will stay up there? I don’t want to have to move the new mirrow either. Thanks!
Typically the light fixture is held up by two screws that are put into the electrical box that is inside the wall. If you have a much older house that does not have this type of electrical box then you will need to refix the hole in the wall and then go to the hardware store to find a wall anchor that is appropriate for the type of wall that you have and the weight of the light fixture. (Drywall or lath and plaster or block, etc. If you don’t know, talk to someone at the store and they will help you determine this.) Once you have the proper type of anchor you should be able to rehang the light fixture permanently.