DIY Bathroom Remodel - Here's the Actual Costs

[Koa]

KOA in the restaurant Industry some of the spots work on profit margins under 10% and price hike of any kind is messy.

Saltwater aquarium fish not food fish.

 

[JohnfrWhipple]

KOA - that is different. One thing I have found is that so many people are lazy when it comes to purchases. They do little compression shopping. They want to see something pretty and buy it.

When I added a page to my blog with "One Click Shopping" my sales picked up.

I would love to see a picture of your tanks? I used to have an awesome salt water set up when I was 20. Invested nearly $12,000.00 into it over the years. Was my crown and joy in my first home. Did not have any proper furniture but I did have the best aquarium on the block.

I was addicted to the reef rocks. Waiting to see if anything different would grow out of one?

 

[Sponsor]

 

[JohnfrWhipple]

Material Costs - Vancouver

Rona North Vancouver

27"x96" Expanded metal Lath $10.77 (floor prep)
4.5" Extra Thin Grinding Discs $4.29 (cutting an ACO shower grate to size)

 

[JohnfrWhipple]

Pricing Vancouver Shower Renovation - July 2014 receipts

Home Depot

1/2" Wonderboard Lite $16.97 (Shower Walls)
Small Box 1 1/4" Roofing Nails $13.99 (Floor Prep)
Comfort Knee Pads $14.84
painters Tape green 2" $3.99
17 L Bucket $3.97

Pacific Rim Flooring

Kerdi Fix $19.94 (capillary break)
Alkaline Resistant Mesh 30'x3' $28.50 (taping cement board)
X-32 $52.25 (rapid set floor repair)
Ardex 8+9 $84.00 (tile to tile prep)
t-2 Mixing paddle $24.95 (mixing 8+9 and X32)
5"x2" Margin trowel $17.75
2" Paint brush $2.49 (8+9)
2 gallon bucket $4.00
NuHeat Solo Thermostat $137.50
NuHeat 220v 120 square feet wire $438.50 (floor heat)
Matsense Pro $13.25 (screamer for nuheat install)

Centanni Tile

Laticrete 254 $38.93 (setting Strata Mat & slurry coat)
Latsil Clear $13.47 (Expansion Gap)
Marshaltown 1/4" x 1/4" trowel $ 21.33 (setting Strata mat and tile)
3701 Fortified thick bed grey $27.60 (expostulating heating wire)

Rona

4liter pail $1.99 (mixing Ardex 8+9)
GE Silicone $6.25 (expansion gaps in sub floor filling)
1/2" x 3.25" $8.99 Brass Nipple (Red Neck Shower Testing)

LED Lights and Parts

Light Kit for LED niche feature $164.09

Bartle & Gibson

3 No Chaulk Drains $19.89 (stone shower receptor)

All Pricing excludes GST and PST taxes. These prices represent what I paid and what you pay may be less or more....

 

[hj]

quote;
If you need to pay your truck payment and feed your kids you might just reduce your price by 10% and work late that week to make up the time. I know that's what I'm doing this week.

I may have "reduced my price" one or two times in 65+ years and they were special cases, (in one case the customer went on my "do not reply" list). My suppliers do NOT give me discounts just because my customers "want a break".

 

[DougB]

quote;
If you need to pay your truck payment and feed your kids you might just reduce your price by 10% and work late that week to make up the time. I know that's what I'm doing this week.

I may have "reduced my price" one or two times in 65+ years and they were special cases, (in one case the customer went on my "do not reply" list). My suppliers do NOT give me discounts just because my customers "want a break".

Walter, that quote doesn't include tub / toilet /vanity / fixtures / tile / etc.

As far as HJ - I bet your kids can find some good leftovers dumpster diving. Walter should get everything for free.

 

[ShowerDude]

im lost with walter