Bathroom Renos
 

We're about to start renovating our 40 year old bathroom. Can anyone recommend decent, reliable online sites for bathroom stuff? There's loads on there, it's just I'd rather use a site recommended by someone.

Cheers

Gill

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We just finished a bathroom reno and bought almost everything from Swan St Auctions in Richmond:

http://www.swanstreet.com.au/index.cfm?fid=003.010

Definitely worth a trip into the showroom, they have some very helpful staff.

There are some decent tile places on Swan St as well...we found it much easier putting it altogether than we were expecting. :)

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6 months ago that would have been brilliant but we're in Sydney now, for our sins. Glad yours want as painful as you thought, I'm dreading getting it all done so that was great to hear.

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Doh! Should've remembered that! (but it says 'Sunny Melbourne' under your username) ;)

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I just noticed that sorry, have changed it now.

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EBay can be good for this stuff. Bought some great bathroom shelving and a heated towel rail - good prices and quality

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Good tip, cheers:thumbup:

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We bought lots of stuff from a company on eBay called Renovation D, they have a warehouse in Bankstown so you don't need to actually do the purchase based on eBay but can head there and pick what you like the look of (and negotiated a discount if buying lots)

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Nope - still says Sunny Melbourne. Needs to say "Rainy Sydney" :lol:

BB

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I see "Sydney" maybe you need to refresh. Def Sunny Sydney today too:p

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Cool will go look at them, cheers:thumbsup:

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Your location says Sydney, but under your username it says Sunny Melbourne.

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Nope. The bit right under your username still says Sunny Melbourne. Have another look! :lol:

BB

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I just did...it says Sydney!!:unsure:

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Try refreshing again Buzzy :confused:

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You're looking at the wrong bit! :lol:

We're talking about the bit right under your username where it STILL says Sunny Melbourne :rofl::rofl: Like where on my profile it says "Victorian Evangelist"

BB

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:rofl:

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lol, I've been gone from BE for too long :rofl:

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Sorted;)

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So anyway, about bathrooms.

One thing that is very important is to have your shower waterproofed by a company called wetseal. They essentially use liquid fibreglass and guarantee their work for 7 years.

BB

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We are using our next door neighbour. He's been fitting bathrooms for 20 years so we're pleased to have him so handy. Will go look at Wetseal and talk to him about them. Thanks for the advice:thumbup:

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I speak on a course for owner builders here in Melbourne as an experienced owner builder. Here is a picture of our ensuite shower when it had just been wetsealed and after it had been finished. Anyone can do waterproofing but the last thing you want is a leak so its worth spending money on a reputable company with a proper guarantee.

BB

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I hear you:thumbup:. Your pics are great. You've been in the house for quite a while now - what's next?

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I wanted to reno my bathroom and separate toilet by knocking them into one. Was quoted $35k !!!:blink::eek:

Needless to say we will be living with the tiny blue toilet and shabby cracked bathroom for a few more years.:thumbdown:

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35K. Seriously Caroline, you could do a kitchen for just a bit more, that's horrific. I've costed out the kit I want just waiting on the labour costs to come in, if it's near 35k then it ain't happening lol. I can give you the name of the guy we're using if you are still thinking of doing yours.

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It really depends on how much moving around of plumbing / knocking down & building walls is required. We compromised on our original plan which involved moving things around to cut down on the cost. 35k does sound excessive mind you.

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We thought it was excessive. Our neighbours are tradies- carpenters and have offered to help, but it will still cost $20k or thereabouts. Was a real shock to discover just how many regulations there are- not like a UK reno where you can do the whole thing for £5k to a decent standard.
I'd never be a candidate for The Block!!

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We are looking at about $10k for ours. Ours is the family bathroom and it isn't a huge room and all our plumbing is staying roughly in the same place. We bought the bath yesterday, $550. Tiling is going to be our biggest expense I think, just waiting on the quote now. Don't get one of those companies in as they charge the earth. Source the tradies yourself. We are using these guys for our vanity http://showerama.com.au/ their stuff is available in most bathroom shops. Good luck.

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That still sounds high. I'm hoping to keep ours under $14 (well under lol). I'm like Carole, not moving too much but will be swapping the bath and vanity around. We've decided to leave the WC and bathroom seperate to keep the cost down.

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OMG how posh are you, french doors off the shower! :lol: Looks fab ;)

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It's great on a warm sunny day to shower with the doors open - its like showering outside up in the gum trees!

BB

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Our loo is less than a metre wide- 89cm to be exact, the door opens into it and misses the toilet by about 1cm. It has no basin, and if you are over a size 12 you knock the loo roll holder off when you try to exit. It needs to have the wall between it and the bathroom demolished, and a new stud wall put in to make the bathroom into a useable shape, a window needs blocking up as the window in the loo is tiny and not on the same level as the bathroom one so it looks odd. All the plumbing needs moving, as the vanity is currently backing onto where the wall that is coming down is, so consequently tthe bath also has to move. All the drains will then have to be moved too. The bathroom window needs replacing with obscure glass, the light/heater is about the only thing that might stay in place. And we have to have some electrical work too.

I'm not including the cost of recarpeting the hall, or getting new blinds.

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By the sounds of it, you probably do need to combine both those rooms. Our "powder room" is a little bigger, but not much. Big enough though to make it worthwhile leaving it be and just replacing the tiles, WC and vanity. OH spoke to a contractor about the cost of knocking the wall down and we were told it often nearly doubles the cost:eek:

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:thumbdown::frown:booo to that. Maybe the neighbour's son will give us a hand. Trouble is he's just got a new girlfriend so spends all his spare time with her.

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My advice - get tiles as big as possible so there is less grout to keep clean.

Anyone got any advice on how to reseal the join between the bottom of the shower frame and the tiles underneath please.

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Cut the old silicon out with a scraper [Stanley blade type one] wipe spotless with metho & a green scourer, allow to dry, reseal with sanitary grade silicon.
To get the silicon crisp & sharp with no messy smears use a lolly stick soaked in dish detergent & spray the silicon you've put in with the same detergent diluted with water. You can buy a proper silicon release spray for $25 but for a little job like that it's not worth it.

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Was defo going to get the biggest tiles ever- I hate cleaning mouldy grout. They have all in one shower panels, but atm they are way too costly.

I always use my finger to get a smooth grout line. Good job I don't grout too often!

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We did our shower with this:
http://akril.com.au/index.html

Not cheap but looks great, and no grout to keep clean.

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We looked at that for our kitchen splashbacks. We opted for tinted glass but the Akril was lovely. Does it show water marks much when it's dry?

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Not really, especially as ours is pure white. It's very easy to clean, we keep a window sqeegie in the bathroom for this.