Thread: Bathroom Renovation Project

Juan,
That looks bloody brilliant. Well done! You should be proud.
I have been following your thread, because we are yet to get to our bathrooms and was very keen to see how you went.
The colour scheme is almost exactly what we were looking at, so to see it all put together is great! Looks pretty stylish.
Once again, brilliant job!

Hey thats Cool Juan! Looks great!

I like the wall hung timber vanity - ties in with the window frame and the darker tiles. Excellent - but I had bit of chuckle at all the electrical switches - you being a sparky and all LOL!

Shower screens can often go horribly wrong during installation - it has happened to me nearly everytime - and all those little extra bits like shelves and holders take ages to happen.

So now you've finished - What is the next project??

doog

Ps did you ever try any of those self cleaning glass treatments ??

My current project has a "polished" glass in it and the installer warned against using normal soap in the shower - but of course I did use normal soap and now its eaten the polish away GRR! - Not really noticeable until you come to clean it and then you find the glass doesnt sparkle as much as areas around.

Thanks for the kind words Madrat and Doogie.

I have the Enduro Shield treatment but will wait till all the glass panels are installed and the shower complete in about 3 weeks and seal it all in one go. That is why I covered the panel with glad wrap - to keep it clean for the installer to silicone seal it and also to make the application of the Enduro Shield treatment easier.

Yeah there are 3 double power points in the bathroom but there are hair dryers, electric toothbrush, heated towel rails which will use 3 GPOs permanently.

Next project will be upgrading the ensuite. Everything in same locations just retile and some new fittings.

Cheers

Originally Posted by juan

Next project will be upgrading the ensuite. Everything in same locations just retile and some new fittings.

Cheers

Any chance you will be posting 'as you go pictures' with the ensuite?
Definitely interested in that one too (we too have 'ensuite' on our to do list).

Well done juan, looks the goods mate.

Did not plan to publish the ensuite reno Madrat but I will take some pics and post them some time. Not sure when I will get started but it will not be until all the fiddly bits are 100% complete on this one. It is too easy to end up with a series of unfinished symphonies.

cheers

Juan, thanks for sharing the latest updated pictures. I too have been keenly following your progress for months and was blown away by the finished job. I particularly like the choice of vanity unit; I love the large profile on the white basin/benchtop part.

I'm amazed that the whole thing cost only $15k. I'm assuming this also includes the cost of the brickwork, the floor slab, rendering, plastering etc also. Do you or anyone else have any idea what the whole thing would have cost if you did none of it yourself? I imagine over $50k?

Did you install the shower screen yourself? How much did it cost? I recently installed a 1200mm x 1000mm frameless 10mm shower screen in my bathroom (pics will be up in a week or two) and it was very very difficult; the largest piece of glass (1200mm x 2100mm) weighed over 100kg! I had to get 2 friends to help me lift it. Making all the fine adjustments to get all the pieces perfectly level with each other and the gaps perfect was a hell of a job.

Hi Zac

I am not installing the shower screen myself but am getting it done through a friend of a friend. I also had assistance with plumbing and a plasterer who charged me $500 to plaster inside and also outside of window.

This was a significant project and apart from the above, I did all the work myself which kept costs low. In reality I suspect most people would not want 6 months of major disruption and may not have the time to do all the work themselves. Half the work is chasing cheap prices on things and asking for help on this forum. The help I received from stalwarts like Doogie, Bricks, Mid C, Wonderplumb and many others was incredible and I thank them for it.

I suspect had I shopped around I would have paid around $45K to have it all done by professionals. It certainly would have been less painful but I do not think I would have got a better job done.

Cheers

Absolutley brilliant Juan good job !!

Great job Juan,
I have been a silent follower of this great thread for some time now. I did a bathroom reno at our place about 18 months ago. Gained a heap of how to info from these forums. My reno didn't involve the structural stuff that yours has, but it did involve gutting, resheeting, waterproofing,tiling, instalation of frameless shower screen which I did & outsourced sparky & plumber. I have to compliment you on the style that you have gone for - see pic.
Cheers & enjoy your new room.

A beautiful job you have done there Border Boy. A lot of similarities in colours and fittings to ours. Did you seal the glass panels on the shower? Are they difficult to keep clean?

Cheers

Thanks Juan,
yes, very similar. By sealing do you mean where the glass joins the floor & walls? I ran a bead of neutral cure clear silicone along these joins after masking with some tape. The shower isn't hard to keep clean using one of the many glass cleaning products on the market.
Cheers.

I had done some reading about this product http://www.enduroshield.com/products...for-glass.html and I have been given a kit to try out. It seals the glass only although they have a product for tiles as well. The installer will seal the glass to the tiles when the incorrectly cut panel is replaced.

Apparently glass has a semi porous surface which is why the water and gunge adheres to the glass. This invisible treatment seals the pores and the water runs off leaving just a few beads thus eliminating 90% of the cleaning. It is just rubbed onto the inside of the shower screen glass. They claim it lasts up to 10 years before you recoat it. I will try it out and give some feedback later.

It seems you had a window above the old sink/vanity unit. Did you close it over? as I can not see it in the renovation photo. I reckon a large Velux Electric Skylight in your bathroom would look a $1M. I had originally planned to put one in then changed my mind and moved the window. http://www.velux.com.au/inspiration/...oom/bathrooms/

cheers

Hi Juan,
sounds like an interesting product - look forward to your feedback. Yes I closed the window, it used to look out onto a back veranda, which was enclosed by previous owners - so no light/ view at all. Those skylights do look good - maybe a future project.
Cheers.