DIY Emergency Bathroom Renovations Made Easy (Almost!)

While most rooms in the home are relatively easy to renovate, the bathroom and kitchen may be beyond the scope of what you can safely accomplish. In fact, there are only two things that you might never want to tackle: plumbing and electricity. For these, you just might want to contract the services of a professional.

You can probably accomplish much of the rest without a professional unless, of course, heavy equipment is needed that you can’t rent or use if you had it right in front of you. Here are some tips and tricks for emergency bathroom renovations made easy – at least, easier! Just be ready to have toilet and shower facilities at hand because those emergency repairs and renovations could take longer than you think.

Renovations as a Result of an Emergency Repair

Sometimes, the decision to put off remodelling or renovating a bathroom is because you either don’t have the funds to do it up as you’d like, or you’d rather take on another home improvement project first. Then, you come home from work one day and the bathroom, hall, and several other rooms are literally flooded with water. A pipe must have burst somewhere because the toilet appears to be operational (always your first thought, isn’t it?) and so by the process of elimination you’ve concluded that somewhere, there must be a burst pipe.

The very first thing you should do is look for the water mains to the home. Shut that off, clean up the water, and then you can set about diagnosing the problem. If there is only one bathroom in the house and it isn’t a simple fix, you might want to contact companies like Satellite Industries from which you can rent portable toilets and showers by the month. These have been the salvation of many a homeowner!

Never Tackle Structural Damage

Since you’ve been away from home for a number of hours, perhaps days even, you don’t know how long that water sat there. Could the water have seeped through to the structural timbers, which are now at risk of mold, rot, and breaking? If so, that’s something you wouldn’t want to personally tackle unless you are a builder by trade.

This could take weeks to repair, even with a highly skilled professional on the job, so having those portable toilets and showers available might allow you to stay in your home until that part of the renovation is complete. Can you imagine the cost of staying in a hotel for three, four, or even five weeks? It would be a nightmare! (Not to mention expensive.)

Now Comes the DIY Part You Can Easily Do!

Once the damage has been repaired, you can do the rest. You can learn how to install a new sink, toilet, and tub if you really wanted to because there are many DIY tips and videos online to guide you through the process. You can also do the painting, caulking, and decorate, which you’ve been meaning to do anyway, but at least you’ll have that ‘new’ bathroom you’ve been wanting for so long. It may not be easy, but with just a little effort, it can be easier than you think.