Bathroom Remodeling Resources (04)

DoItYourSelf.com: Bathroom Remodeling
Despite today's homeowner remodeling craze, you should weigh the pros and cons of taking on an entire bathroom project alone. Knowledge -- including admitting your strengths and weaknesses -- is the key to successfully completing any project on time and under budget. Make sure you know if you want to remodel or simply makeover the bathroom. Look for quality fixture manufacturers such as American Standard. The company's Champion Toilet featuring America's Best Flushing System, includes a Worry-Free Decade Warranty that covers the whole toilet inside and out. American Standard's faucets come with a lifetime warranty on the washer-less watertight seal, the function and the finish. Most of its sinks and toilets are made of vitreous china that resists dirt and bacteria. Even the acrylic tubs are made tougher with a fiberglass bonding for extra strength. More tips for buying bathroom remodeling materials.

Bathroom Sizing Guide
Brought to you by Bed Bath and Beyond, this handy web guide contains specific information to help you find the measurements you need to conduct bathroom makeovers. Shower curtains, bath rugs and towels can easily be purchased with the help of the guide. Shower curtains in standard and stall sizes are detailed, as are bath rugs in four common dimensions. Sizes of bath rugs specify what is best for carpeting pedestal sinks, outside tubs, areas that require runners, and large bathrooms.

Bathroom Remodeling Architectural Plans
A sample bathroom-remodeling project is outlined with room drawings and accompanying text to depict the transformation. The moderately sized sample bathroom has insufficient closet space, particularly accessible for guests to access for personal, bathroom amenities. A dimensioned and annotated floor plan in a line drawing of interior space is included. The remodeling project includes chopping the lavatory countertop in half and installing in a bathroom closet. The plan is modified to obtain maximum bathroom space, and the next phase takes place. An angled lavatory is explored, but the final product included moving the toilet, adding a closet and shifting a bathroom wall.

Starting Bathroom Remodeling Projects
Because bathroom remodeling has been sited as one of the top five home projects to offer the best return on investments, this article details tips and ideas for bathroom makeovers. Steeping jetted tubs, stand-alone roomy showers, generous vanities with twin lavatories and fancy fittings and fixtures are all the rage, and this article explains how to achieve the bathroom look of your dreams. The article discusses planning bathroom remodeling, making a wish list of desired bathroom changes, and how to establish a bathroom-remodeling budget.