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Doors, moldings, cabinets, shelves and more can be added fairly easily. This includes custom cabinets, bathroom sink bases and medicine cabinets, and all other built-in cabinets such as shelves. Cabinets that were ordered after the completion of step 6 should be ready for drop-off and install in a reasonable amount of time. Because bath and shower remodeling in the Northwest and Portland in particular is an increasingly popular option, it's important to go with a contractor you can trust! Call the number above to get started. Now also offering bathroom remodeling in Beaverton and surrounding areas.
Read Up on Bathroom and Kitchen Remodeling Tips in Portland Below:
Shower Remodeling Tips for Homeowners in Portland, OR: If you live in Portland, consider the following tips when starting a small DIY project:
Consider ceramic tiles. Ceramic tiles of tough fired clay make a durable, beautiful, impervious surface for kitchen and shower walls alike. Smooth and shiny glazed tiles are commonly used on walls and countertops; unglazed tiles, and less slippery and less easily marred ones, are better for shower floors. Tiles are usually square or hexagonal, range in size from 1 to 12 inches square, and come in a wide selection of colors. In addition, a variety of trim tile is available for any sort of remodeling help you might need. Most tiles have projections on their edges to space them from their neighbors. Some are designed to fill interior corners where two surfaces meet: they are often used instead of baseboard on walls. Other types of trim bath and shower tiles have rounded edges to give the last row of a surface a finished look or to go around corners and the counter edges.
Laying ceramic tiles involves preparing a smooth surface, planning a pattern and attaching the tiles with adhesive. Adhesives include cement-based mortars, epoxies, latex-mortar and epoxy-mortar. Most popular with amateur tile-setters are the organics, which are relatively inexpensive, work well for residential tiling, require no mixing and are easier to apply than epoxies.
Fitting the Pattern to the Kitchen, Shower or Bathroom - DIY Tips
Planning a pattern for a floor: Lay a row of dry shower tiles from the middle of a doorway to the opposite wall, guided by a string nailed from the doorway to the wall. The set up can be found in any Portland area home remodeling store. If a gap of less than half a tile width remains at the end of the run, remove the first tile and center the remaining ones. The resulting spaces left for the two borders will equal more than half the width of one, avoiding awkward cuts on tiny pieces.
If the room has a second doorway, run a second row inward from this doorway until it nearly reaches the first row of tiles. Slide the first row over until its edge meets the last tile of the second row. Snap intersecting chalk lines as a guide for re-organizing the bathroom or shower layout. Also, locate accessories so that their screw holes are as near to the centers of the area as possible. Use rubber cement to stick a piece of thin paperboard, such as a file card, where the accessory is to be fastened. Hold the mounting clip for the accessory against the card and mark the screw holes. Drill with a masonry bit and a variable-speed drill at low speed: apply light pressure to avoid breaking the tile. After the holes are drilled, peel the paperboard from the wall. For more tips in the Portland area, contact the contractors above for more info.
If the room has a second doorway, run a second row inward from this doorway until it nearly reaches the first row of tiles. Slide the first row over until its edge meets the last tile of the second row. Snap intersecting chalk lines as a guide for re-organizing the bathroom or shower layout. Also, locate accessories so that their screw holes are as near to the centers of the area as possible. Use rubber cement to stick a piece of thin paperboard, such as a file card, where the accessory is to be fastened. Hold the mounting clip for the accessory against the card and mark the screw holes. Drill with a masonry bit and a variable-speed drill at low speed: apply light pressure to avoid breaking the tile. After the holes are drilled, peel the paperboard from the wall. For more tips in the Portland area, contact the contractors above for more info.
