While most home improvement and remodeling projects take place during the warmer, spring and summer months, winter is the perfect time to hunker down and plan your next renovation project. After all, what better way to beat the itch of cabin fever than to stay busy and focused on improving your living space?
Bathrooms, along with kitchen, are the rooms that are most often remodeled as these are the areas in the home that receive the most use and traffic. Remodeling projects can be tricky, to say the least. There are two important factors to consider when brainstorming your spring or summer remodeling project: time and money. After all, time is money, right?
In the excitement and anticipation of having brand-spanking new bathroom, you may be inclined to replace your bathtub after getting caught up in the out-with-old-in-with-the-new spirit. However, replacing a bathtub isn’t as easy-peasy as it seems. Bathtub replacement is actually quite expensive. While the cost of a brand new bathtub seems fairly reasonable, this amount does not include the contractor’s labor, the disposal fee, and any additional plumbing work that needs to be done. What seemed like an easy project as now ballooned into a hot mess.
An affordable alternative to bathtub replacement that yields the same — if not better — results is tub refinishing, also known as tub resurfacing. Tub refinishing involves repairing any nicks, dents, and scraped in your bathtubs surface, and them applying a paint in the color of your choice. This returns your bathtub to a like-new condition that last up to a decade, if not longer.
The cost of bathtub refinishing is far less than total bathtub replacement, as it requires less labor. So before you dive head first into your remodeling project, consider cheaper alternatives. More.