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DIY vs. Professional Installation: What’s Best for Your Accessible Bathroom?

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Professional vs DIY Bathroom Remodelling

When you are considering remodelling your home, a bathroom renovation is a good place to start. Bathroom remodelling tends to offer a significant return on investment, as well as making your bathroom more enjoyable. Often, homeowners opt to perform the renovations themselves, but remodelling a bathroom involves dealing with plumbing, electricity, and other aspects that can be challenging. If your goal is to install an accessible bathroom, DIY can be an even more ambitious undertaking. Before you commit to a do-it-yourself bathroom remodel, carefully consider the benefits and drawbacks.

Installing an Accessible Bathroom

When you are thinking about modifying your bathroom to make it safer for those with mobility challenges, you may underestimate the scope of the task. To be truly accessible, a bathroom should be safe and comfortable for everyone in the household, and this can involve an overhaul that goes beyond superficial fixes. Widening the door, lowering surfaces, installing roll-under sinks, amending storage, and putting in a walk-in tub or a roll-in shower are all complicated undertakings that you may not be capable of executing.

DIY Bathroom Modifications for Accessibility

Of course, anything you can do yourself will save on costs. Doing it yourself will also give you complete creative control over your bathroom design. There are many things you can certainly accomplish by yourself. For instance, changing the door handle to a lever, adding grab bars in the shower and beside the toilet, adding a shower chair or bench, changing the showerhead to an adjustable model, and adding a raised toilet seat are all fairly straightforward tasks. You may want to do those things, to save on costs, leaving the more complex structural modifications to the professionals. Otherwise, you could end up with a DIY project that becomes far more time consuming and difficult than you expected.

Pros and Cons of DIY Bathroom Upgrades

While you are deciding whether or not to hire a professional, take a moment to review the benefits and drawbacks of DIY bathroom modification.

  • Pros:
    • There will be a cost savings. Because you are doing it yourself, you won’t have to pay someone else for the work.
    • You can shop around for materials. This is an often-cited reason for homeowners to choose the DIY route, but in fact it’s unlikely you will find high-quality materials at a lower cost than the contractor will use.
    • The job can be done on your own time schedule. You won’t be at the mercy of a contractor and their timeline, and you can fit the project into your work and life schedule.
    • You will have a sense of accomplishment. Completing a home improvement project involves learning new skills, and you will earn the bragging rights that come along with a job well done.
  • Cons:
    • Homeowner error can lead to higher costs. While you will save money on labour costs, you may end up having to buy additional materials or take more time because of your inexperience.
    • Professionals know which permits to pull. Many homeowners believe that a benefit of doing home renovation projects themselves is that they don’t have to comply with regulations and get the proper permits. Unfortunately, when you don’t work within the required structure, it can diminish the value of your home in the long run.
    • It may take a long time. Because remodelling is not your regular job, and you don’t have the experience of a professional, modifying your bathroom significantly can be a lengthy process. This problem will be compounded by the fact that you will have to accomplish the work between your job, familial responsibilities, and other commitments.
    • Learning on the job may not be the best option for an important renovation. In truth, no one excels at a project the first time they attempt it. Do you really want to chance a mishap with your bathroom remodelling?

Benefits of Hiring a Professional for Bathroom Installation

While you might save money doing your bathroom installation on your own, it’s a better idea to enlist the help of a professional. Bathroom design teams and contractors bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to your project, and they are dedicated to realising your vision for the space. They know how to quickly and efficiently modify a bathroom, in compliance with applicable regulations, with an end result that will work the way it should and make your bathroom a safe, comfortable, accessible space.

Skip DIY Accessible Bathroom Installation and Contact BMAS Today!

At Bathing Mobility Advisory Service, we offer a wide range of options to help you create an accessible bathroom tailored to meet your needs and suit your aesthetic sensibilities. We are specialists in bathroom design and installation, and our family business in Edinburgh, BMAS still operates from the family values and service on which our company was built. Our bathrooms are not only practical, but also beautiful, and our team is committed to helping people bathe safely and independently in their homes. We will work with you to create a bathroom design that suits you, and most bathrooms are completed within a working week. From design to completion, BMAS is with you every step of the way, and we will only sign off on a project when both you and the installation manager are pleased with the results. We hold ourselves to a high standard, and are proud of the work we do, providing quality workmanship backed by dedicated service . Visit one of our showrooms to learn more, or contact us for a free home visit and no-obligation quote.