I had to replace a bathtub and the friend that helped me/did the work … well we decided to do the attached bedroom as well. It was well done and looked great. .He had an MI in the middle of it. And when he was done with rehab finished the job.
I don’t know if the answer to that is ever “oh it went quickly and was cheaper than I expected!”
For my neighbor it was cheaper since they paid me for the labor – replace a section of subfloor, all tile flooring, new cabinet and counter, plumbing of the new sink/faucet/etc., and changing out the light fixture. Definitely not quickly, however, as it was done when I had some time after work.
Two years ago I had both bathrooms remodeled. The end result was great but my contractor was semi retired and only worked about 4 hours a day. It took a little over two months. And they are very tiny 80s era fox and jacobs homes style bathrooms. I need my kitchen remodeled but I cannot go without it for so long.
We remodeled a couple of bathrooms in a house where much of the floor was basically gone when we bought it. We did it ourselves, with the help of youtube videos. Some years later when we moved on and sold the house, the inspector had something negative to say about almost everything except for the things we had done ourselves, which went 100% unremarked, even the shoddy flexible join I used to repair one of the sewage-out pipes that had just cracked apart with age.
When my father died my mother bought a small house and was having it remodeled when an offer she couldn’t refuse came in on the family home. The small house remodel was major and she started living in one bedroom using one bathroom that had been completed. Over the next year or so more space became available. House was really nice when complete but the conversations became less interesting and more repetitive because nothing was happening in her life. I don’t think she ever realized that the builders would send her off on errands just to get her out from underfoot or maybe they really did need her to go choose some trivial decor item. Anyway, good therapy and amusement for all while it lasted.
I’m taking notes here. I have to fix an entire floor of an 1890’s house and I can’t think of doing it other than room by room.
A friend in the neighborhood did it that way; it took two years to get one floor done (but that was mostly logistics of moving materials; the actual work was relatively fast). Another friend lived in a flood zone; they took the “entire floor” option and had to use ladders to get to their living area for a year. Neither option particularly sits well with me, but the alternative is to live with dirt and mold, so I’m playing roulette one way or another.
I had to replace a bathtub and the friend that helped me/did the work … well we decided to do the attached bedroom as well. It was well done and looked great. .He had an MI in the middle of it. And when he was done with rehab finished the job.
@Cerridwyn MI is a medical abbreviation for myocardial infarction, which is the medical term for a heart attack.
@bgammill that is correct
@Cerridwyn Oh
And when we did it, I took out the ‘vanitory’ or whatever, and put in free standing sinks. Gave so much more room
For my neighbor it was cheaper since they paid me for the labor – replace a section of subfloor, all tile flooring, new cabinet and counter, plumbing of the new sink/faucet/etc., and changing out the light fixture. Definitely not quickly, however, as it was done when I had some time after work.
Two years ago I had both bathrooms remodeled. The end result was great but my contractor was semi retired and only worked about 4 hours a day. It took a little over two months. And they are very tiny 80s era fox and jacobs homes style bathrooms. I need my kitchen remodeled but I cannot go without it for so long.
@ironcheftoni Toaster oven and microwave in another room, used the bathroom sink for dishes and etc. Pain in the tush but worth it.
We remodeled a couple of bathrooms in a house where much of the floor was basically gone when we bought it. We did it ourselves, with the help of youtube videos. Some years later when we moved on and sold the house, the inspector had something negative to say about almost everything except for the things we had done ourselves, which went 100% unremarked, even the shoddy flexible join I used to repair one of the sewage-out pipes that had just cracked apart with age.
When my father died my mother bought a small house and was having it remodeled when an offer she couldn’t refuse came in on the family home. The small house remodel was major and she started living in one bedroom using one bathroom that had been completed. Over the next year or so more space became available. House was really nice when complete but the conversations became less interesting and more repetitive because nothing was happening in her life. I don’t think she ever realized that the builders would send her off on errands just to get her out from underfoot or maybe they really did need her to go choose some trivial decor item. Anyway, good therapy and amusement for all while it lasted.
I’m taking notes here. I have to fix an entire floor of an 1890’s house and I can’t think of doing it other than room by room.
A friend in the neighborhood did it that way; it took two years to get one floor done (but that was mostly logistics of moving materials; the actual work was relatively fast). Another friend lived in a flood zone; they took the “entire floor” option and had to use ladders to get to their living area for a year. Neither option particularly sits well with me, but the alternative is to live with dirt and mold, so I’m playing roulette one way or another.