Bathroom Renovation

Every time a homeowner faces the challenge of renovating the entire apartment or a single room, they encounter the age-old dilemma: how to fit everything you want into limited space without losing usable area, while still ensuring you can live comfortably and use the renovated space effectively.

Practice shows that these issues most often affect the bathroom, which is why bathroom renovation brings the homeowner the most stress and unanswered questions. In this article, we aim to clearly and thoroughly outline several simple truths about bathroom renovation that, in our opinion, will help every homeowner plan and execute a bathroom renovation efficiently and without unnecessary hassle.

Who Should You Trust with the Renovation?

Currently, it's especially popular to hire foreign labor from Central Asian countries for apartment and office renovations. In some cases, this may be justified by low service costs for particularly labor-intensive but not very complex tasks. However, in the context of bathroom renovation, we strongly advise against such solutions.

Many critical stages in bathroom renovation require professional expertise and experience. The risk of hidden or obvious defects may result not only in costly rework but also in legal disputes with flooded neighbors from below.

For this reason, we recommend hiring only verified professionals whose qualifications you fully trust. A slight increase in labor cost will guarantee your peace of mind and restful, healthy sleep.

Stages of Bathroom Renovation

The success of any bathroom renovation depends directly on a well-structured action plan that defines a clear sequence of tasks, ensuring different specialists don't interfere with each other while performing related work simultaneously. Another key point is the design project. Materials included in the project must be reasonably priced and available for purchase within short timeframes to prevent work stoppages due to material shortages.

It's best to create the design project as follows: First, decide what you want to see in your new bathroom and sketch a layout on paper. Then, involve a designer only during the visualization phase and for help selecting color schemes. This approach will save you time and money compared to ordering a full-scale project.

Once you have the project in hand, create a detailed work schedule, coordinating required timelines for each task with the chosen contractors. For example, plumbing and underfloor heating installation may take 1–2 days, while tiling might require a full week.

The recommended and tested sequence of operations for bathroom renovation is as follows:

• Demolition of old equipment and furniture.
• Installation of floor waterproofing.
• Replacement of pipes and utilities.
• Installation of underfloor heating (if needed).
• Electrical rewiring and installation of outlets and switches.
• Wall and ceiling finishing (tile, suspended or wooden ceiling, etc.).
• Installation of sanitary fixtures and equipment.

Following this recommended sequence will help you avoid delays, rework, and corrections during the renovation process.