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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
Before and after
The bathrooms
Bathroom renovations in homes across Metro Vancouver. The ones 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.
Why a bathroom is the hardest small room
Demolition, framing, plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, ventilation and paint all have to pass through a few square metres in the right order. It usually happens in a home that is still lived in, often with only one bathroom, in a room too small for two trades at once — and the waterproofing has to be right before anything covers it.
Bathroom renovation scope
Strip-out to studs and subfloor, repairs to framing and substrate where they were needed, plumbing and electrical rough-in, waterproofing, wall and floor tile, tub and shower installation, vanities, mirrors, lighting, ventilation and paint.
Finishes chosen before demolition
We planned each bathroom before demolition started, with tile, fixtures and vanity confirmed up front. Ordering the finishes early is what keeps a bathroom from sitting half-built while a household waits on a back-ordered item.
One trade at a time
Trades were booked in sequence rather than called in as needed, so the room was only ever open to one of them at a time. Waterproofing was finished and checked as its own step before any tile went on.
The finished bathrooms
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, a freestanding tub and a herringbone floor.
What lasts
The part that matters most is the part you can no longer see: the membrane behind the tile, and the framing and substrate repaired wherever the strip-out exposed a problem. That is what decides whether a bathroom lasts.