On the Hunt for a Bathroom Remodeling Company? These 5 Things Will Aid You in Your Search

When a bathroom shows its age, it’s usually time to do something about it. Unfortunately, when many homeowners find themselves in this situation the question quickly becomes who to do the work? There are many bathroom remodeling firms out there, but which one is the best? Guiding a homeowner towards the right one is the purpose of this article with five things that will aid you in your search.

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After a homeowner has invested money in a bathroom remodeling job-;or any remodeling-;prime attention should be paid to the fact that the result will not only please you, but will also add value to a home and save money on water and energy. That’s why determining what 11 Steps to Remodeling Your Bathroom becomes secondary to finding the right bathroom contractor.

1. Skill and Experience Counts

When remodeling a bathroom nearly every homeowner, at some step along the way, will consider doing the work themselves. This is most often a serious mistake. Unless a homeowner possesses the required skills, the result will prove it. It will be a disaster. Making matters worse is that the homeowner will often end up calling a professional to rescue the mess.

The first place to find a skilled professional is your friends. Ask around to see if others use a bathroom remodeling contractor and if they did, who was it? This does not mean that this person will be right for your job, but it’s a start.

After you get a list of prospective contractors for the work, invite each of them to visit and look at what you are considering them for. Have they done anything similar? If so, it might be an excellent idea to call the homeowners who did the work to get a feel for how they performed. If possible, you might even want to ask to see the finished job.

2. Ideas, Ideas, Ideas

After there is a list of prospective contractors, invite them to your home to see what you would like for them to do. It is important to communicate effectively what you want, but it is equally important to listen to what the contractor says.  He is the one who has all the experience with this work. He will provide you with options for how to do a job and what he can do.

A good contractor will offer homeowner ideas including, frequently, a sample book of his past work. This will give the homeowner additional ideas and an idea of what they can expect in the finished job.

3. Understand the Bottom Line

Before work ever begins, the homeowner should make sure that the contractor has a good understanding of what they want their remodel to accomplish. A homeowner should make sure that the contractor understands what specific features they want in their bathroom such as double sinks, a certain shower or bathtub, a particular brand of fixtures. This is all-important.

There are other situations that might not be so easy to see until work starts. For example, if a contractor opens a wall and finds bad piping that needs to be fixed or after removing some floor tiles and underfloor is found to be rotting, it must be replaced. These things and more involve costs. And when they need to be done, make sure the contractor tells you upfront what the costs will be. There is no room for surprises.

Another situation that often arises related to costs involves improvements. For example, if a contractor chooses a particular faucet, but discovers a better quality of faucet that has additional features, a homeowner might elect to take their advice to install it. After a contractor begins a job, changes like this will take place. A homeowner should expect things like this, and often expect to enjoy them in a job that is well done.

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4. Monitor Progress But Don’t Crowd

It’s the bane of every contractor’s life: the homeowner who won’t let them do their job and crowds out their efforts to work. You aren’t the expert; he is. It’s perfectly all right to suggest ideas, but allow the contractor to work as he knows how. In fact, allowing him to work will suggest ideas that you would have probably never dreamed of. Further, working well with your contractor will probably result in a finished product that is nothing short of fabulous.

A gigantic mistake that homeowners make after they have hired a contractor that comes under the heading of crowding them is to rush them. From the beginning of a project, a homeowner should understand how long a job will take, which is information that most contractors happily provide their customers. But after a completion date has been set, the homeowner should not crowd their contractor to get them to complete the project early. This isn’t fair to the contractor. If it is determined that it will take longer than expected to complete, a contractor should let their client know as soon as possible.

5. Save Where You Can, Splurge Where You Want To

It makes no sense for a homeowner to keep their wallets open for a contractor to help themselves, but it’s also important to remember that circumstances can change and allowances should be made for them. These situations include those mentioned above where an allowance is necessary, but they can also spell good news such as when a contractor finds a good deal on a part or when a job takes less time to complete than expected. These savings are often passed right along to the homeowner which is often very good news, and contractors love to let their customers know that they have done something that benefits them.

The result of a bathroom remodel should be a job you can be proud of. Contractors are people too, so they should be accommodated to a certain extent to ensure that a job is well done. By laying out what you expect and working well with a contractor, chances are excellent that the result will be better than you originally expected.