Funnel
Food and Beverage Manager- Special Contributor
Last year I decided to refurbish my bathroom. It was in big need of some upgrade.
I have been living in this house for almost twelve years and have been thinking of doing this for at least ten of those years. I would guess the last refurbishment was done in the early to mid 80’s.
I took some photos during the work with the bathroom and thought that I should share some of them here.
So, what do you need to refurbish a bathroom the Swedish way? Well, you don’t need this:
…or this:
…but you need a lot of these.
We usually do a lot of carpentry on our houses ourselves over here, but bathroom is one thing that a lot of us avoid doing ourselves. Why? There are so many regulations regarding bathrooms so it’s difficult to have your work approved and if it’s not approved the insurance will not cover problems caused by, for example, leaking pipes or floor drains (which can destroy big parts of the frame of your house if you are unlucky).
So, I did as many other, and hired a company to do the job. They did all of it; structure work, water sealing, tiling, electrical work and plumbing.
Don’t be scared now, but this was my bathroom before the refurbishment.
I said it was from the 80’s so what did you expect?
As you can see the bathroom is not really a bathroom but more a shower room and it’s also very small. It’s common with small bathrooms in houses from the early sixties here. I’m used to that so that’s fine with me – all I do there is taking showers, brush my teeth and reading cruise magazines while… well, you know… :whistle:
To start with they took out all furniture and removed the old vinyl flooring. Then the electrician came in and prepared for new wiring. He was a bit “creative†as you can see here.
I wonder if he was sober?
…to be continued…
/Erik
I have been living in this house for almost twelve years and have been thinking of doing this for at least ten of those years. I would guess the last refurbishment was done in the early to mid 80’s.
I took some photos during the work with the bathroom and thought that I should share some of them here.
So, what do you need to refurbish a bathroom the Swedish way? Well, you don’t need this:
…or this:
…but you need a lot of these.
We usually do a lot of carpentry on our houses ourselves over here, but bathroom is one thing that a lot of us avoid doing ourselves. Why? There are so many regulations regarding bathrooms so it’s difficult to have your work approved and if it’s not approved the insurance will not cover problems caused by, for example, leaking pipes or floor drains (which can destroy big parts of the frame of your house if you are unlucky).
So, I did as many other, and hired a company to do the job. They did all of it; structure work, water sealing, tiling, electrical work and plumbing.
Don’t be scared now, but this was my bathroom before the refurbishment.
I said it was from the 80’s so what did you expect?
As you can see the bathroom is not really a bathroom but more a shower room and it’s also very small. It’s common with small bathrooms in houses from the early sixties here. I’m used to that so that’s fine with me – all I do there is taking showers, brush my teeth and reading cruise magazines while… well, you know… :whistle:
To start with they took out all furniture and removed the old vinyl flooring. Then the electrician came in and prepared for new wiring. He was a bit “creative†as you can see here.
I wonder if he was sober?
…to be continued…
/Erik
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