North Highlands, CA

Low Cost Bathroom Renovation in Sacramento - Update

In a recent post, Don't Just Sit There - You Need To Do Something About This Bathroom, I shared that some properties need to be renovated, repaired, or improved. These improvements can be done at a reasonable cost. The value of the property can increase by doing some minor changes or complete renovations.

Our project involved a complete bathroom renovation; everything was removed from the bathroom for this relatively inexpensive project. As stated in the original post, shower, toilet, vanity, sink, flooring, everything is going to be replaced. Walls sprayed with new texture and painted, new flooring and baseboards installed.

I have been asked to post some pictures of what we have done, and they are included here. The bathroom is only 4 feet by 9 feet, which makes it extremely difficult to get a good picture of the room.

The bathroom improvement is almost completed.

Funny how some things aren't discovered until you move out. I got a call from a property manager last week about a wall that was "soft" and moist to the touch. It was right above the toilet, above the towel bar. The drywall was so soft that it easily push through. It looked like this when I got there.

I had a good idea what the problem was, I had see it many times before. This water damaged area in the bathroom was centered above the toilet. If someone were to hang a picture, or decoration this is where the nail or screw would go to hang the object. Too often the drain pipe from the bathroom above runs right down the center of that wall.

 

 

That's what happened in this case. Screws were used to hang something centered on the wall, the screw went through the drain line (there were actually 4 holes). While the screw is in the drain pipe, there is no leak. when the screw is removed when the tenant leaves the property, THAT'S when it does start to leak.

 

All that being said, it is a problem that can be solved. Not a major problem, just an odd one.