What the work is
A full remodel means the room comes out: fixtures, finishes, and usually the vanity and the flooring. What goes back is decided before anything is demolished, in a written scope with an allowance for every item you are choosing.
The reason remodels go wrong is not usually the work. It is scope that was never written down and choices that were never made, so every decision becomes a delay and every delay becomes a change order. We write it down first.
The plumbing behind the wall is the part you will never see and the part that decides whether you do this again in eight years.
What is included
- A written scope with allowances, agreed before demolition
- Demolition and disposal
- Rough plumbing, waterproofing, tile or panel, fixtures and trim
- Blocking in the walls where you want it
- Permits and inspections where the work requires them
- A written guarantee, handed over before we leave
What is not
- Moving structural walls, unless quoted with an engineer's involvement
- Electrical, which is our licensed electrical partner's, and quoted in
- Repairing rot, damage or non-compliant framing found in demolition. Shown to you and quoted before it is done
- Items above the agreed allowance
Before you pick fixtures, deal with the water
New cartridges, new aerators and a new glass panel go into the same water that furred up the old ones. If the house is not treated, a remodel is the moment to price that in.
The guide below quotes what the manufacturers themselves say about hardness.
Association approval
Whether your association has a say in work inside a unit depends on your documents, not on a general rule. The guide below sets out what they can and cannot require, and what a denial letter has to contain.
What to ask anyone quoting this, us included
- Can I see the written scope and the allowances before demolition?
- What happens, and what does it cost, if you find rot?
- Who is on site every day, and what is the schedule?
