Richmond Hill bathroom renovation
A bathroom price you read online was set for somebody else's room. In Richmond Hill we would sooner show you how your own room adds up, line by line, before you pick a budget.
What is the average cost to renovate a bathroom in Ontario?
There is no single average worth trusting, because a powder room touch up and a gutted ensuite are both counted as bathroom renovations. Your price comes from the room size, whether pipes move, how much tile goes up and the fixtures you pick. Online averages mix all of those together. A written quote for your room is the only figure that fits.
Why two Richmond Hill quotes can be so far apart
One contractor may price a new vanity and a coat of paint. Another may price tearing the room to the studs. Both call it a bathroom job.
Ask each one what happens to the drain, the subfloor and the shower walls. Those three answers explain most of the gap.
Labour for tile is a large share in any wet room. Floor to ceiling tile in a big shower takes far longer than a tiled floor and a painted wall.
We hand you a sheet with each piece priced on its own line. You can drop a line and see the total change right away.
Fixtures are the easiest line to control. A plain toilet and a good mixer valve last just as long as the fancy ones.
Richmond Hill permits for a washroom
The City's Building Division works out of 225 East Beaver Creek Road, on the third floor.
| Skips a permit | Building new bathroom cupboards, painting and decorating, says the City. |
|---|---|
| Needs a permit | Alterations to a house, which takes in changes to its plumbing. |
| Basement units | By-law 143-24 allows an additional residential unit in many house types. A building permit comes before any work. |
| How far we drive | About 49 km in a straight line from Oakville. The 407 gets us most of the way, then the 404 or the 400. |
Do bathroom fans vent outside?
They should, and every fan we install is ducted to the outdoors through a wall or the roof. A fan that blows into the attic just moves wet air somewhere it can rot wood and grow mould.
Older homes sometimes have a fan duct that ends loose in the attic. We follow the duct during the visit and price a proper outside cap if it needs one.
When Richmond Hill inspects a gutted bathroom
A Richmond Hill bathroom that changes its plumbing gets a City plumbing inspection while the pipes are still in plain view.
We send that request through the City's online inspection form, which only opens to a permit that has been issued.
Anything that reaches the City after 3 p.m. is logged as the next business day. The City says it gets back to mandatory requests within two business days.
That wait goes into your schedule. The membrane and the tile cannot start until the drain and supply lines pass.
A moved wall or a new shower niche is looked at during the framing stage, before cement board or drywall covers the studs.
Your crew lead meets the inspector at each visit, so nobody in the family has to wait at home.
A bathroom for a Richmond Hill basement unit
An ARU is a home of its own inside your house, so its washroom is part of the permit drawings. Here is what we plan for.
- A drain route from the new toilet and shower to the main sewer line
- A fan ducted outside, since many basement rooms have no window
- Fire separation in the ceiling above the unit
- A GFCI circuit near the sink, filed with the ESA
- Inspections booked while the walls are still open
- A window or other way out of the unit, if the plans call for one
Draw the room first to save money later
We measure every wall and mark the stack, the joists and the window. Then we sketch two or three layouts.
A layout that keeps the toilet on its old flange is often the cheapest. A layout that moves it may give you a far better room.
You pick with both prices in front of you. Nothing gets ordered until you sign off.
Some owners keep the old layout and spend the savings on a wider shower or better tile. That trade is yours to make.
Bathroom pages for next door
These pictures are stock rooms meant to spark ideas. They are not Richmond Hill homes we renovated.
Sources we checked for this page