On the finish of 2022, I confirmed y’all our completed grasp toilet that took 18 months to complete. Should you missed that entire earlier than and after submit, you can click here to see all of those pictures. I had promised that I’d collect the sources and the price of the transform for you, and I lastly had the chance to take a seat down and undergo 18 months value of receipts to determine simply how a lot our grasp bedroom-to-master toilet conversion value us.
The entire purpose we wanted to do that conversion within the first place is as a result of Matt (he’s my husband, for these of you who’re new round right here) has M.S. and is confined to a wheelchair. So he wants a big toilet with loads of room to maneuver round, a wheelchair accessible vainness, and a big, curbless, wheelchair accessible bathe.
So beginning again in the summertime of 2021, we employed a contractor and had him and his staff get to work. My household and I had already executed all the demolition on the room, so the contractor took a room that seemed like this…
…and turned it into this, with all the “foundational” work completed, however not one of the fairly, ending work executed…
Getting the room to that time required transferring a wall to sq. up the room and provides us a toilet that’s 18.5′ x 12.5′. So the toilet is 231.25 sq. toes. That’s properly over twice the scale of my kitchen. 😀
So how a lot did it value to have the contractor do all of this work? Right here’s how these prices break down, together with the overall we paid out to the contractor.
Contractor Prices:
- Demoing and reframing hallway wall – $1,230.00
- Pocket door framing set up – $550.00
- Joist restore – $450.00
- Plumbing restore (to eliminate the remaining forged iron plumbing) – $1,300.00
- Framing – $1,200.00
- OSB subfloor – $1,864.00
- Hardiboard subfloor – $1,258.00
- Electrical – $1,430.00
- Subfloor insulation – $694.00
- Wall insulation – $361.00
- Tough-in plumbing – $3,000.00
- Drywall – $3,730.00
- Bathe pan set up – $1,400.00
- Bathroom set up – $75.00
- Bathtub set up – $800.00
- Contractor charges – $1,840.00
After the contractor completed his half, it was as much as me to take the room from what you see within the photograph above and switch it into this…
The entire undertaking took a year-and-a-half as a result of it was simply so in depth, and I received overwhelmed with it on a number of events and needed to flip my consideration to different issues. Plus, last year was a very exciting year for us, filled with a whole lot of new and non-house-related things, so these issues took my consideration away from the toilet as properly.
However I lastly completed the entire toilet in December 2022. Once more, in the event you missed the entire earlier than and after submit, you can click here to see all of the pictures and details. There’s much more to see in that submit than there will likely be on this one.
Among the many first initiatives I needed to sort out within the room was all the tile — the bathe partitions and ground, the bathroom space ground, and the primary toilet ground. The bathe alone was a beast of a undertaking as a result of it’s so giant.
So right here’s how all the tile and tile provide prices break down. I’m certain I’ve forgotten some issues, however they might be minor prices.
Tile & Grout
The largest problem on this entire toilet was constructing the walnut vanities and storage cupboard. It took me a really very long time to determine how you can make the vanities wheelchair accessible with out making them appear to be wheelchair accessible vanities (if you recognize what I imply). My closing resolution was to construct table-style vanities with loads of room beneath, after which add a storage cupboard between them to make up for the dearth of storage on the precise vanities.
I knew that constructing with walnut would value fairly a bit greater than constructing with a decrease grade lumber that might be painted. I used to be anticipating the upper value, and prepared to pay it as a result of I actually needed walnut for this characteristic wall, and that is our grasp toilet, so the added expense was value it to me.
What I wasn’t relying on was the price of the quartz counter tops. I imply…YIKES!!! Granted, of the samples that caught my eye, and that I introduced dwelling, I did go together with the most costly one. It’s the one I favored essentially the most, and I simply saved telling myself that it’s value it as a result of it’s our grasp toilet. I’m very glad I went with it, nevertheless it certain did blow that vainness and storage cupboard funds out of the water.
I suppose it’s actually not unhealthy contemplating we’re speaking about walnut “furnishings” spanning a 12.5-foot wall. Right here’s how these prices break down.
Walnut Vanities & Storage Cupboard
The entire plumbing fixtures actually added up as properly. It’s very troublesome to seek out a whole line of matching fixtures to suit your actual wants and needs, however I ended up going with the Delta Trinsic line within the Champagne Bronze for all the metallic plumbing fixtures.
Right here’s the breakdown of all the plumbing fixtures for the room…
Plumbing Fixtures
- Delta Trinsic Faucets, champagne bronze – $763.08
- Delta Trinsic hand shower, slide bar, and hose, champagne bronze – $250.62
- Delta Universal Mixing Rough-In valve – $54.22
- Delta diverter rough-in valve – $83.32
- Delta Trinsic diverter trim, champagne bronze – $164.32
- Delta hand shower wall supply elbow, champagne bronze – $63.96
- Delta Trinsic shower head and volume control, champagne bronze – $503.27
- Delta Trinsic wall mounted tub filler, champagne bronze – $855.16
- Delta wall-mount rough-in – $97.88
- Streamline Bath freestanding bathtub – $1,024.26
- Neodrain 36-inch brushed brash linear drains – $259.78
- Delta Trinsic universal trip lever, champagne bronze – $30.00
- Orhemus brass P-traps – $84.42
- Kraus popup drains, brushed gold – $86.50
- Kraus Natura bathroom sinks, matte white – $606.10
- Delta Foundations toilet – $161.29
- Miscellaneous plumbing provides – $141.30
About half of the lighting for the room is fairly commonplace — extremely skinny ceiling lights, gentle and exhaust fan combos. However then I needed some good sconces flanking the vainness mirrors, and I needed a bubble gentle above the bathtub. I needed the bubble gentle to be an attention-grabbing characteristic within the room, so once I couldn’t discover one obtainable that suited my wants and my style, I made a decision to DIY my very own bubble gentle.
Right here’s how the prices of all the lighting break down for the room…
Lighting
Had we executed this toilet transform earlier than 2020, the price of all the lumber, in addition to the French door, would have been about half of what I ended up paying. However lumber as of late is so costly! And if you’re doing wainscoting and many trim in a extremely giant room, these prices add up rapidly.
I needed to undergo 18 months of Dwelling Depot receipts, which may get fairly complicated. So the price of the lumber and trim is the perfect estimate I might give you.
Lumber & Constructing Merchandise
The primer, paint, and clear topcoat (used for cupboard drawers) is fairly commonplace in each room I do. However distinctive to this room is the Trendy Masters Venetian plaster. I needed to combine the colour myself to get precisely what I needed, so sadly, I don’t have a method to go alongside to those that have requested concerning the colour.
I had executed an identical approach in my mother’s grasp toilet transform over a decade in the past (and it’s nonetheless lovely in the present day), however this was my first time working with the Trendy Masters Venetian plaster. It value fairly a bit greater than latex paint, however I feel the ultimate look was properly value the fee. (Truly, it prices about the identical as Benjamin Moore Aura paint, so it’s equal in value to a top quality latex paint.)
Right here’s the fee breakdown for the paint and different finishes for the room…
Paint & Finishes
Since this toilet is so massive, it wanted far more ornamental gadgets than a regular toilet may want. I did a butterfly gallery wall, constructed a big glass-front storage cupboard, put in a mural behind the bath, and many others.
I didn’t put each little factor on this listing. I attempted to maintain it to the primary bathroomy stuff. So right here’s how the prices of the ornamental gadgets break down…
Ornamental Gadgets
This closing class was, by far, the toughest class to determine. I attempted my hardest to separate these issues that had been bought particularly for the toilet (sandpaper, caulk, wooden filler, sanding discs, blades, and many others.) from these issues that I bought whereas engaged on the toilet, however can use for a lot of different initiatives down the road (just like the set of gap noticed attachments for my drill). So that is simply my finest estimate, however I feel it’s fairly shut…
Miscellaneous
- Miscellaneous provides – $650.00 (estimate)
And that’s it! So how a lot did this huge undertaking — turning a master suite into an enormous wheelchair accessible toilet value?
GRAND TOTAL: $40,868.79
That’s a big quantity to pay for one room. I’m very properly conscious of that. 🙂 However in the entire scheme of issues, I’m fairly glad with that value. (Keep in mind, this is among the causes we purchased a home that solely value $80,000. We needed to have the ability to absolutely customise it to suit our wants, and to sort out every room as we saved up cash for it in order that we wouldn’t be taking over an enormous mortgage and losing hundreds upon hundreds of {dollars} on curiosity. This manner, we do it on our timeline, accrue no debt, pay zero curiosity, and have precisely what we wish ultimately.)
Contemplating how giant the toilet is, and the way open and helpful it’s for my wheelchair-bound husband, I feel it’s value it. And contemplating that we’re post-pandemic, and the whole lot prices far more than it did pre-2020, that’s simply the way in which issues go as of late. Every thing prices extra, and there’s actually no manner round that.
I’m very glad I DIYed half of the room myself, although. I’m fairly certain that quantity would have been nearer to $60,000 (or extra) had I employed out each final little bit of this room and hadn’t executed something myself. So though that closing quantity is kind of giant, I’m very assured that I saved us fairly a big chunk of cash with my DIYing. And that’s cash that may go in direction of ending up my studio with all of that customized cabinetry that I have to construct!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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