Bathroom Remodeling Resources (06)

Bathroom Floor Tiling, Door Installation
Bathroom expansion and upgrade information including tiling and installing a new door is explored through this step-by-step guide. Broken into four steps, links provide visual aids and descriptions of how to strip an old bath down to studs and sub-flooring, leveling the bathroom floor, and enlarging the room. A ceramic tiling floor was installed, and cutting backer-board was necessary after leveling the bathroom floor. Cutting tiling was next, followed by grouting the floor for bathroom tile placement. Door installation completed the project.

Simple Bathroom Makeover Tips from Vern Yip
Vern Yip, the popular house-remodeling guru from Trading Spaces, discusses quick tips for simple bathroom makeovers. His suggestions include determining design style, and the option of changing it while using some of your existing décor. Personalizing the room with paint is easy and inexpensive. Yip discusses the advantage of dark dramatic colors. Finishing a makeover with coordinating metal finishes, including antique nickel, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel and stainless steel fixtures are at the top of his suggestions.

Large Bathroom Remodeling Tutorials and Links
A wealth of links to articles and free tips are available at this website, including everything from bathroom vanities, Japanese baths, curved shower curtain rods, in-wall toilet paper holders, toile fabric shower curtains, lighted wall mirrors, adjustable pop-up baths and installing a toilet. Also includes links about ceramic tiles, fixing toilets that run, leak and won't fill, and showers.

Bathroom Remodeling Advice
For expert bathroom remodeling advice, visit the focus advice center. Includes information about bathroom redecorating and choosing a shower. Many homes have a hot water cylinder (usually in the airing cupboard) with the water supplied to it from a cold-water tank (cistern) in the attic and heated by a boiler. The disadvantage of this system is that the hot water is at a low pressure compared with the pressure of the cold water mains supply. This is not a problem when running a bath or using other domestic appliances but it does mean that the imbalance in pressure between the hot and cold water makes it difficult to get the shower to a suitable and stable temperature. A question and answer section debates purchasing metal and plastic bathtubs, mono taps, lavatory cisterns, and service valves.