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Bathroom renovations
Bathrooms across Metro Vancouver taken back to studs and subfloor and rebuilt — waterproofing, tile, fixtures, vanities, lighting and flooring.
- Project type
- Bathroom renovation
- Client sector
- Residential
- Location
- Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
- Status
- Completed
Property context
Bathroom renovations in homes across Metro Vancouver. The examples shown here range from a main bathroom and a second full bathroom to a larger ensuite — each original to its house and at the end of its life.
The challenge
A bathroom is the hardest small room in a house. Demolition, framing, plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, ventilation and paint all have to pass through a few square metres in the right order — and in a home that usually has only one of them.
Scope
Strip-out to studs and subfloor, repairs to framing and substrate where it was found, plumbing and electrical rough-in, waterproofing, wall and floor tile, tub and shower installation, vanities, mirrors, lighting, ventilation and paint.
Constraints
Occupied homes, limited or single bathroom availability, a working area too small for two trades at once, and waterproofing that has to be right before anything covers it.
Rewall’s approach
Each bathroom was planned and specified before demolition started, with tile, fixtures and vanity confirmed up front. Ordering the finishes early is what keeps a bathroom from stalling half-built while a household waits on a back-ordered item.
Construction and coordination
Trades were booked in sequence rather than called in as needed, so the room was only ever open to one discipline at a time. Waterproofing was completed and checked as its own step before tiling began.
Completed result
Among the bathrooms shown here: one rebuilt in large-format marble-look tile with matte black fixtures, another finished in deep teal against a slate-look floor, and an ensuite with a walk-in shower, freestanding tub and herringbone floor.
Observable value
The part that matters most is the part now hidden: membrane behind the tile, and framing and substrate repaired where the strip-out exposed it. That is what decides whether a bathroom lasts.