Near the end of a small bathroom reno and noticed there is no room for the toilet roll holder. If you're about to reno a small bathroom please don't make the same mistake I did.
I'm a bit stumped as to where to put it now, any suggestions? A cabinet will be going above the vanity and sink.
Need help before the AM. Big shower job. We extended the shower, removed a closet, moved the drain, and replaced the subfloor. We laid the liner first, then mortar. We did the mortar in two separate sessions (vastly underestimated how much we’d need). The second layer never properly attached to the first. Thus, we demo’d and are redoing tomorrow. My partner says the liner goes first, then mortar (using deck mud), but I’m hearing conflicting opinions. I would LOVE some expert advice. Thanks in advance. (For context, photo one is us demo’ing the broken mortar bed today. #2 is freshly laid mortar last week. #3 is its current state.)
Hi,
The title and the pictures kind of say's it all. My mom's bathroom is being remodeld and the guys just did the Tile work. The tiles are not aligned to my mom's liking. She pays € 2K for the tile work and I feel this needs to be done allot better. To be honest I am kinda furious it looks like this, why not take a day extra and spend some more time on aligning. But then again I don't really know allot about this.
Can someone here shine some light on this? Is this to be expected with tiles this size?
Please ignore the grossness of my bathroom. I want to do a small makeover, I’m thinking painting the cabinet, possibly new vanity top (not sure if needed once change out sink and paint cabinets), painting walls, new mirror, new shower curtain, bath mat, etc. Also debating beadboard and possibly wall paper on the wall behind the door. Please give me ideas! All help appreciated.
Has anyone used the Astoria Ivory tile from floor and decor? If so, could you please share pictures? I’m curious if it leans towards gray or taupe particularly on enclosed spaces with no natural lighting.
Also, let me know if you believe this can work with travertine tile.
Do these two bathroom tiles work together color-wise? I’d really appreciate honest opinions before I commit.
I’m renovating a bathroom and second-guessing my tile pairing. I’ve attached photos of both samples side by side.
TILE 1 — Tub Surround (staying, not changing)
Edward Martin Mikayla 5x5 Glossy Ceramic in Espresso
https://www.edwardmartin.com/products/mikayla-5x5-glossy-ceramic-tile-in-espresso
TILE 2 — Floor (this is the one I could change)
Emser Sterlina Silver II 12x24 Matte Porcelain in Silver
https://www.emser.com/product/sterlina-ii-f20stersi1224p
What I’m struggling with:
The espresso surround feels warm and earthy, while the silver floor leans cool and modern. I really like both individually, but I’m worried the contrast might feel disconnected in a smaller space.
I’m planning to use Delta Champagne Bronze fixtures and a wood vanity to help bridge the tones, but I’m not sure if that will be enough to make everything feel cohesive.
I’m also considering a large-format checkered floor instead (second photo attached).
Questions:
Do the warm brown and cool gray work together, or does this combination clash?
Any grout color suggestions that could help tie everything together?
Thanks in advance. I’d especially love to hear from anyone who has mixed warm and cool tones in a bathroom successfully.
I'm 62 and my husband is 65. We're both healthy but thinking ahead about aging in place. Our current bathroom has a tub we haven't used in years and a shower with a 6 inch step that already concerns us. We want to remodel now while we can handle the disruption. Zero threshold shower with bench, grab bars that don't look institutional, better lighting throughout. The challenge is finding contractors who really understand this beyond just installing grab bars. I've talked to three contractors so far and they all just want to throw up some grab bars and call it accessibility. But I know there's more to universal design than that. Things like shower control placement, handheld shower heads, proper lighting, non slip flooring that doesn't look medical. How do you find contractors who actually specialize in aging in place modifications? Do I need to hire an occupational therapist to help with the design? Is there a certification or credential I should be looking for? Also wondering about costs. I'm budgeting $32K for this bathroom including all accessibility features plus updating vanity, flooring, and lighting. Does that sound reasonable or am I way off? Medicare won't cover any of this even though it's medically advisable, so we're paying everything out of pocket. Want to make sure we get it right the first time. Any advice from people who've done similar updates?
hi guys! I want to renovate my bathroom and I'm about to contact some contractors for estimates and quotes. Basically, I want to change the floor (to porcelain tiles), change the vanity, the fixtures and the shower door.
I've never done this before and I don't know what to expect lol what are some things that I should be asking them? I'm pretty worried because it's my only bathroom and I really don't want this to last longer than it has to.
Any tips/advice? Thanks!:)
g'day all from Australia. my wife and I are stumped how to footprint our bathroom with a bath. suggestions very welcome. unfortunately we cannot have the shower under the window due to code restrictions. we have spoken to our tiler and cannot achieve the paint marks in our photo. does anyone see how we can include a bath in the room and still have an open shower? thanks in advance
I'm in the process of replacing the old galvanized steel pipes with pex. This is out of necessity because the galvanized is rusting from the inside out. Pieces of metal shoot through the lines and destroy faucets, etc. I'm bummed I have to do this. Anyway, the existing on/off toilet valves are in the wall. My plumber says that the new pipes will have to go through the floor. What are the pros and cons of the toilet valves going through the floor? Has anyone dealt with this? is there a way to keep them on the wall? 1950s home. Plaster walls. 1st floor with crawl space below.
Our bathroom remodel is almost done & when I started looking at the shower closer up, I'm concerned. It feels kinda sloppy for a professional but Ive never had a nice shower like this so I don't know for sure. helps!
Our guest bathroom is tiled and painted in varying shades of tan and brown. The bathroom itself is perfectly fine and therefore not at the top of our list for a full reno, but at bare minimum the walls need to be painted and the cabinet painted. For the life of me I can't think of what to do - spent a bit of time researching painting tile but because the shower floor is also tile, that doesn't seem like a good solution. Paint colors? Wall paper? Any and all suggestions welcome
Hey everyone! Just purchased a house and would like to update the bathroom. We’d like to keep the jacuzzi tub but also have a shower any suggestions?
Hi, I cleaned and sealed this porous marble tile like three times but there is a mark like this that is showing, anyone know why?
Could it be that I didn’t use bitumen under the flooring so moisture is rising!
We’ve just recently had our en-suite redone due to a leak. I’ve noticed quite a lot of shower water sitting on the fixings and have concerns about water escaping behind the tiles. Should these be sealed? The can easily be turned out the wall. I should point out, it’s the brass square fixings which attach the shower to the tiles. Thank you
i'm redoing my bathroom in my san francisco condo and i'm on a tight budget of around 5k. the room is pretty small, about 5x8 feet, and i want to use porcelain tile for the floor and possibly the shower walls. does anyone have suggestions for tile patterns or layouts that can make the space feel larger?
I am wanting to replace my tub/shower . It is an old tub and there is tile for the walls. The tiles are falling off and I want/need to replace. I was told by one of the estimators that where the new bath walls will meet the existing tiles, the existing tiles will soon just start to fall off the the others will follow. They will not do the job unless all the tiles touching will need to go. They would not give a quote with out that work. I asked the other estimators about this and they told me that the they put a strip there to stop that from happening. My question is will the tiles start falling off, or not? Has anybody been through this? The picture with the red line shows where the cut will be for the new shower wall and the existing tile.
I'm redoing mv bathroom. It looked like this when we bought the house and I assumed the previous owners had painted over wallpaper because this cracking is only happening on the top half of the wall. And it stops in the same spot all around the room. It's an old house and the other bathrooms have tile halfway up the walls so I just assumed they renovated and just didnt take the wallpaper down (my kitchen cracked like this and it did have wallpaper under the paint). However now that I'm starting to tackle it, I don't think it's wallpaper but iust a moisture issue, or an issue that came up when thev painted. Mv question is how do I fix this and how do I prevent it from happening again? Do I need to sand all the original paint off? Could I leave the bottom half alone since its not cracking?