small bathroom reno

[Dirty Doogie]

Well done Rob,

One thing you may notice in the fine print in the bath and tapware installation and warranty papers is the common condition that warranty is void if water temperature exceeds 70 c or something similiar.

Here in QLD we have a (another useless) regulation that states you have to fit a tempering valve into the hot water line to bathrooms. Its job is to prevent hot water from the tap exceeding 50c . Supposedly this stops kiddies getting scalded - but it also stops rubber seals swelling and crumbling in modern bathroom mixer taps (although I've never seen it happen). I'm told kitchen mixer taps are designed with parts to handle hotter water.

Your plumber will know about this if its applicable where you live. You've probably already got one. If not they are about $145 and take about 1.5 hours to install (unless it takes longer - LoL)

Anyway hope it goes smooth for you

Doog

[jags]

As the plumbing has been finished i thought i would add some pics .

I'm hopefully going to lay the slab this weekend .getting there slowly

i am planing on building a recessed shelf below the window and would like some suggestions on how to do this, would it be adequate building a box out of blue board or villa board and inserting it into the wall .
Insted of using bricks and rendering the back wall of the shelf . It will all be waterproofed and tiled over anyway .

So any suggestions on the easiest way to do this would be appreciated .

rob

[macca2]

Hi Yumbo, I am about to get some renovations done to our bathroom and would very interested if you could give me the brand name of the 1400mm bath you mentioned in your post.

Thanks macca

[jags]

hi all as a lot of people seem to be doing a small bathroom reno i thought that rather than making detailed coments on each thread i would finish this one .

in finishing the reno i would suggest the following .
before you start if the room is brick and a lot of pipe work is going to be done remove all the plaster from the wall/walls in question it will be easier in the long run than to patch the wall
if you are going to have a shower bath get one that is 820 not 750 and try not to use a plastic one .
the raised bumps on fiberglass shower /baths are not needed .

if you are going to use a glass screen and can afford the extra $200 get a two piece frameless one with square edges .

And vanity with two deep draws is better than three shallow ones .
a big vanity in a small space looks bad in the end i used a 750 hayman and it works great .

try and wall mount the vanity if you can not see the legs the room will look bigger .

mount the vanity above 900cm in hight unless you are short ...

matt large 600 x 300 white tiles will make the room look a lot bigger

put the feature striping up the wall not around it as one's eye is drawn to it .
use a close coupled toilet they will not stick out as far and look great .

lastly although space was an issue adding the second toilet was a great idea we now have two each in different parts of the house and from what i have heard an extra toilet will add thousands at resale .

p.s if it is a double brick wall and you can do a cut out over the bath it is worth the effort /

this is just my opinion .

thank to everybody that help with out you i would not have been able to do it and i think the concrete slab would have cracked by now .
regards
rob

[Dirty Doogie]

Hey rob (jags) ...Excellent job - For such a small room it looks a million bucks!

I really like the niche under the window - it was worth the little extra work IMO. I like your taste in vanity and finish. Bet your glad that it is done now!!