Bathroom Remodeling for Dummies (Paperback)
November 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Remodeling Books
We’re a nation of countless bathrooms that are on the brink of being torn apart, redesigned, and remodeled. Bathrooms are big! They’ve gone from being a convenience to a luxury. Welcome to Bathroom Remodeling For Dummies, where you’ll discover how to transform your bathroom from blah to beautiful and inefficient to well-designed. Remodeling a bathroom is a challenge – it’s action-oriented and requires extra energy and stamina. But you, undoubtedly, realize it’s a challen (more…)
The book performed as expected . . . .that is why I bought it. Theses books are designed to help the average person with a skill set needed to perform a necessary task. I read several great ideas and tips remodeling my bathroom – from installing a toilet bowel, sink and tub, to laying the tile and electrical. Recommended!
If you are kinda handy around the house but worried about diving into a full tear down remodel, this is a good book to buy. You will either decide to go ahead with confidence, or bow out, or at least know when you should call in a contractor to take care of the plumbing and electric. Worth every penny.
This book assumes that I’m going to do it myself. I expected information about what I need to know to hire someone because that’s what the description says. Instead, I got a book detailing exactly how to install a faucet, lay a floor and so on. If I had any intention of doing it myself, this book might be useful. However, if I was going to do it myself, I would probably find this book to be too basic. I own far too many books about renovating my house and this one was the worst for me.