Some of the Most Common Questions Asked by Clients
There are 2 main questions we get asked on a relatively constant basis.
“Can you remove my bath and make this into a walk-in shower”
“Can you repair the base of my shower as it is leaking”
These are sometimes a tricky question to answer for a two-fold reason. The first answer to this is yes, we can repair this for you, but we cannot effectively warrant the works. This then leads into the second answer if they want the works to be warranted/insured. The second answer is effectively No without doing a full renovation on there bathroom. The main reason for this answer is waterproofing!
If we just remove the bath or shower base there is a high probability that there could be a pinhole between the old waterproofing and the new waterproofing. This in turn could cause water leaks down the track which will be a lot more of a cost to the client.
When waterproofing a bathroom, the full floor of the shower is waterproofed (in the case of second floor and above the full floor is waterproofed), waterproofing is also on the shower walls between 1.8m high and 2 m and then an upturn on all other walls. So, as you can see essentially the whole bathroom will need to be stripped out to ensure that this waterproofing is done correctly and there are no pinholes etc.
Therefore, most contractors say that if you would like this done then that they will not be able to warrant the work or will not do the works at all.
‘A SHEER WARNING” there are some contractors that are out there that will say that they can do this for you, what these contractors do is keep the amount under the $3,300 mark so they do not have to warrant/insure the works through the QBCC, so no liability comes back on them, it is then on the client, I have seen this on numerous occasions where someone has had this work done to keep the cost down and 2 years later, they have more issues with water as the waterproofing has not been done correctly and has been very costly to the client to have this fixed.
In the long run just be careful ask the right questions and make sure the contractor has the right licences for the job and knows what they are doing.