Ultimate Guide to Bathroom Remodeling
Foolproof Guide to the Best Bathroom Remodel
Introduction
Your bathroom isn’t just another room in your house. In fact, it’s one of the most important spaces in your home.
As such, it should be a personal retreat rather than a hazardous problem or an embarrassing eyesore.
Your bathroom is where you clean and refresh yourself and your family. It’s the root of good hygiene and a place for relaxation.
However, if you feel like your bathroom no longer provides you with this relief, it’s time to consider a remodel.
Reasons to Remodel
When it comes to bathroom renovations and remodeling projects, there are countless reasons people decide to go for it.
Perhaps it’s a change in lifestyle, a problem that needs to be fixed, or simply a much-needed upgrade.
Although emergencies can force you to remodel sooner—burst pipes, broken fixtures, etc.—the trending national average for bathroom remodeling is still 4-5 years.
It’s at this point that colors go out of style and people get sick of the look.
If you’re considering a bathroom remodel, take inventory of your motivation and goals in remodeling
DID YOU KNOW
The trending national average between bathroom renovations is 4-5 years.
Of course, there are other reasons, but these 10 are the most common—these are the ones we hear over and over from our customers.
Mold and Mildew Growth
Bacteria growth is a strong catalyst for bathroom renovations, especially because of the threat it presents to your health and safety.
When water, moisture, and humidity have damaged old bathrooms, the space is prone to bacteria growth that creates mold and mildew.
We all know that mold is dangerous—it comes with a host of issues like bronchitis, asthma, allergies, and severe breathing problems.
Children are known to be especially susceptible to these issues too. The longer it remains, the more severe the health problems can become.
It’s vital that you take action.
Leaks and Breaks
Leaks and breaks also tend to drive people towards remodeling.
Quickly fixing leaks and plumbing issues, as well as keeping the room clean and updated, will go a long way in preventing that mold.
Leaky pipes aren’t the end-all be-all of bathroom remodeling, though. Call a plumber and attempt to repair them first.
Same goes with damaged materials. If you can repair them without a full scale remodel, attempt to do so and save yourself some money.
However, if the same problem occurs again, or different breaks occur regularly, then it’s time to remodel.
Having all that extra moisture everywhere from broken parts is too dangerous.
Overall Aesthetics
Bathroom remodels also update the style, looks, and aesthetics of bathroom spaces to design a more practical and pleasing room—don’t we all want a relaxing escape of a bathroom?
Bathroom Options & Accessories
If you have an older bathroom, you may not even realize the possibilities available to you in fixture upgrades:
Glass shower doors
Waterproof walls and counter space
Detachable showerheads
Removing (or adding) a bathtub
Dual sinks
Cleanly sealed wall panels
Floating vanities
Additional storage
Let your wildest designs come to life as you work with your remodeler to design the bathroom of your dreams.
Long-Term Benefits of Remodeling
Beyond addressing your immediate needs, bathroom remodels offer additional benefits that impact your life in the distant (or not so distant) future as well.
Here are a few long-term benefits of a good bathroom remodel project:
DID YOU KNOW
The average nation ROI for bathroom remodels is between 60% - 85%.
1. Increase Home Value
Real estate agents always say that bathrooms and kitchens are what sell houses! It only stands to reason that a bathroom remodel can do positive things for your home’s value.
Not only will your home show better as buyers walk through, but a quality bathroom remodel is consistently within the top 15 home renovation projects that offer a solid return on investment—bathroom renovations have a consistently high ROI.
2. Add Safety and Accessibility Features
The goal for many remodels is to make the bathroom safer and more accessible for those with limited mobility or strength.
With supplemental safety features and upgrades, you can rest assured knowing that the bathroom is a safe place once more.
As bathroom technology advances, so does the capacity for them to become more accessible. It’s becoming less and less of a problem as the demand for accessible features increases.
Your average bathroom remodeler will offer all kinds of basic to advanced equipment to help with this:
Grab Bars
Non-slip mats/ textured floors
Benches
Handheld Shower Heads
Low-threshold bases
Walk-in Tubs
3. Conserve Water / Energy and Save Money
With energy-conserving upgrades, you can save resources and money!
By swapping out old products for newer, more efficient options you can save money on both your monthly water and power bills.
The options for energy efficiency in bathrooms have greatly expanded in recent years
Modern low-flow showerheads
that reduce the amount of wasted water by a monthly average of 60%.
LED lights
that decrease the amount of electricity being used, resulting in an average annual savings for homeowners of $225.
Dual-flush toilets
that cut water usage by 67% when compared to traditional toilets.
As energy costs and public demand for more energy efficient technologies increases, manufacturers will continue developing new models with each passing year.
Opting for energy efficient models during a bathroom remodel will save a lot of money in the long run.
As an added bonus, it limits your home’s usage of natural resources.
Know Your Options
Whether you’re thinking about a remodel for safety, convenience, or style, it’s important to understand all your possible choices.
Making the most of your bathroom renovation depends on it.
That’s why you should work with a remodeling company that is willing to walk you through all your options:
PRO TIP
Many companies now offer a free design consultation to show you what your new bathroom could look like.
Take advantage of that and know what you’re getting before paying for it.
Colors and textures
Material options
Accessibility features
Energy-efficient models
Warranties
Getting Started
In the rest of this Bathroom Remodel Guide, we’ll take a closer look at each one of these questions on the following page.
You can either read through each one sequentially or click to jump directly to your area of interest.
By the end of this guide, you’ll be able to answer these questions for yourself so you can take the next step in your remodeling project.
And if you’d like help working through all of these areas, we do this every day at Five Star Bath Solutions!
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