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smackpappy7

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I need some help. I'm located in one of the older town creek homes and I have a VERY outdated bathroom. It has blue everything except for a stained marble countertop, with a blue sink of course. I think it needs a total overall haul. I would like to get everything taken out and replaced with newer vanity, tub, toilet, and tile. Has anyone ever had this done at there house. Can you recommened anyone? Any lessons learned.

As always I appreciate the help I recieve from this forum.
Dan
 
Dupontster

Dupontster

Would THIS face lie?
I think those older homes had mostly Ceramic Tile in the bathrooms....That would be a bear to get out because it is probably in cement...Just a FYI...
 
OrneryPest

OrneryPest

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smackpappy7 said:
I need some help. I'm located in one of the older town creek homes and I have a VERY outdated bathroom. It has blue everything except for a stained marble countertop, with a blue sink of course. I think it needs a total overall haul. I would like to get everything taken out and replaced with newer vanity, tub, toilet, and tile. Has anyone ever had this done at there house. Can you recommened anyone? Any lessons learned.

As always I appreciate the help I recieve from this forum.
Dan
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In my 1896-vintage house in Solomons, we added a first-floor bathroom by chopping off a piece of the wrap-around front porch.

Then we replaced the stools and washbasins and floor tile and wall tile in the second-floor and third-floor bathrooms, and left the original bathtubs.

Then we put in one of those plastic tub enclosures into the third-floor bathroom. They're a bit better than wall tile but still not perfect. They need frequent re-caulking and leak-checking.

Then we had Bath Fitters do our second-floor bathtub enclosure. They finally ended up with excellent results, but they had our bathroom out of action for about three weeks because they had to keep coming back again and again because most of their workmen are unfamiliar with old-house construction and they had to keep looking for more workmen to figure stuff out.

Oh by the way, if there's a window in the bathtub area, you've got Muchacho Problemo getting the window frame caulked and sealed properly, no matter who you hire. If I ever design a house it'll never have a window above the bathtub.
 
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smackpappy7

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thanks for the inputs so far. It is old and the tub is ceremic. It's on the second floor so it's not in cement.

What I'm really looking for is recommendation for a contractor who has done the work. So far I heard bath fitters, but I think I have more of an issue than making the tub look good. I need all the everything which is probably quite a job.

Thanks again. Keep the inputs and recommendations coming.
Dan
 
BadGirl

BadGirl

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My sister just did a re-do of her bathroom. Her work entailed moving a wall, removing an old bathtub and replacing it with a nice steam shower, removing the old toilet and replacing it with a new one, and replacing the old vanity with a beautiful furniture-quality one. The steam shower is all tiled with beautiful marble and has a gorgeous decorative border in the tile design, and the old tile floor was replaced with large marble flooring tiles. The steam shower also required beefed-up electrical work, and she also put in new lighting. All told, her new bathroom turned out beautiful, and I think she paid +/- $16,000 for it.


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Vince

Vince

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I was thinking about knocking out a wall and making the dinnning room bigger. Of course on the other side of the wall is the main bathroom. Then I would turn one of the spare bedrooms into a very large bathroom with whirlpool tub, etc. , but that would put me out of a bedroom. Got to think on this somemore. :confused:
 
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DooDoo1402

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BadGirl said:
My sister just did a re-do of her bathroom. Her work entailed moving a wall, removing an old bathtub and replacing it with a nice steam shower, removing the old toilet and replacing it with a new one, and replacing the old vanity with a beautiful furniture-quality one. The steam shower is all tiled with beautiful marble and has a gorgeous decorative border in the tile design, and the old tile floor was replaced with large marble flooring tiles. The steam shower also required beefed-up electrical work, and she also put in new lighting. All told, her new bathroom turned out beautiful, and I think she paid +/- $16,000 for it.


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Did you even read the question? :smack:
 
keekee

keekee

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smackpappy7 said:
I need some help. I'm located in one of the older town creek homes and I have a VERY outdated bathroom. It has blue everything except for a stained marble countertop, with a blue sink of course. I think it needs a total overall haul. I would like to get everything taken out and replaced with newer vanity, tub, toilet, and tile. Has anyone ever had this done at there house. Can you recommened anyone? Any lessons learned.

As always I appreciate the help I recieve from this forum.
Dan
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I also live in an older Town Creek home, and I've been working on tearing out one of the bathrooms. It was all ceramic tile with a purple sink & toilet! I just put on safety glasses, & go at it with a hammer & pry bar (or whatever they're called) whenever I have extra time and an attitude. I took the purple stuff to the dump, and I save small boxes & box up broken tile, & take a little to the xfer station each time I go. The bathroom is on hold right now because I scored on some gently used kitchen cabinets, so we've switched to the kitchen for now. I wouldn't pay someone to tear it out, but then... I'm cheap. :biggrin:

Good luck!
 
BlackSheep

BlackSheep

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keekee said:
I also live in an older Town Creek home, and I've been working on tearing out one of the bathrooms. It was all ceramic tile with a purple sink & toilet! I just put on safety glasses, & go at it with a hammer & pry bar (or whatever they're called) whenever I have extra time and an attitude. I took the purple stuff to the dump, and I save small boxes & box up broken tile, & take a little to the xfer station each time I go. The bathroom is on hold right now because I scored on some gently used kitchen cabinets, so we've switched to the kitchen for now. I wouldn't pay someone to tear it out, but then... I'm cheap. :biggrin:

Good luck!
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PURPLE? :faint:
 
BlackSheep

BlackSheep

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keekee said:
My house was built in the 60's. It also had some metallic & velvet swirly wallpaper - also gone!
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I had a beach house-it was known at the house w/the HOT PINK bathroom-the house had quite a colorful history. :eyebrow: For years I'd have folks stopping by to chat and ask if the bathroom was still pink. It was built in the early 20's and had lots of "party house" charm-bedrooms were bright colors-lime green, turquoise, neon yellow. No velvet brocade wallpaper though!
 
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