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Bathroom renovations

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  • #52
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,325 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Dymo wrote: »
    Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know this thread was a competition.

    I thought this was a post where someone asked a question and people gave their own experiences.

    That's what I did (gave you my own experience).
    What's with the arrogance?
    On seeing the quotes others got here I think I did well.


  • #53
    PocoRoco88
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭PocoRoco88


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116404273#Comment_116404273

    Stupid question incoming: What's a 'water leak test'


    Was the tanking easy? Looks pretty straightforward based on YouTube and some guides I looked at online....



  • #54
    PocoRoco88
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭PocoRoco88


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116469872#Comment_116469872

    Any idea how much a standard en-suite or main bathroom would cost to strip out?

    Wondering if it's worth my while to get the brothers in for a day or two to give me a hand...presuming it would save a chunk



  • #55
    noplacehere
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭noplacehere


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116707605#Comment_116707605

    I don't think you are to be honest, how long is a piece of string. Its a very small bathroom, switched to an L shaped bath to accommodate the shower, switched to a sink without pedestal to get floor space and moved/changed the radiator to a shallow towel rail. We did ours in the last two years, full strip out, new style sink, recess shelf, new tank and pump, all fittings. He collaborated with the gas boiler guy who ran a cable when they had it stripped. We paid 7.5k I think in the end. He's also left the pipework in such a way that when we eventually do the ensuite the pumped water is ready to go just take down the plasterboard. Quotes up to 15k.



  • #56
    Murph85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭Murph85


    Yeah I'd strip it and project manage it myself, will save a lot... have dome it several times



  • #57
    wibago
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭wibago


    I am remodeling a bathroom and could use some advice. The vanity light is on a 15A circuit shared by another room's lights. The receptacle is on a 20A circuit shared by the other bathrooms and fed by a 20A GFCI breaker. I was wanting to install a fan and a light in the shower. I am wondering if they need to be on a GFCI circuit or can they simply be added to the 15A light circuit? And if they need to be GFCI protected, would it be better to run a new 20A circuit to this bath and remove it from the other circuits so that I can have the lights and receptacle on one circuit? The light I bought for the shower is rated for that use and the fan is just a vent, no heater or integrated light fixture. By the way, I am an electronics engineer with 20 yrs experience: 15 yrs in embedded microprocessor systems for missile guidance systems and now I work for Square D designing metering products. I have done some home wiring in the past, but that was before I had designed products that had to go through safety testing (UL 508, IEC 61010-1, etc.) So I am knowledgeable, but still somewhat new to the electrical code, and I just want to do things right so that it will be safe and legal when it comes time to sell the house.



  • #58
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,156 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Only a REC can do any electrical work in the bathroom. This includes light fitting & fans. You will get better advice on the electrical forum



  • #59
    slystallone
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭slystallone


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116392621#Comment_116392621

    had you to organise sparky tiler and plumber all separate?



  • #60
    slystallone
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭slystallone


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116392621#Comment_116392621

    When doing up a bathroom, how big of a job is it to move position of sink, toilet, shower and bath? Or does it depend on the situation? i'm guessing it is something they would be well used to - as me looking high level as a non plumber imagine that moving those and setting up drainage from the new positions etc would be a labour intensive part of the process.



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  • #61
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,325 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121750827#Comment_121750827

    If it's an upstairs bathroom on a wooden floor it's easy enough, a downstairs one on a concrete floor is a lot more hassle.



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