It can be an affordable and satisfying journey to make your house your own. You will learn practical skills, and feel a sense of accomplishment. As you discover why people hire professionals, you may lose your sanity. A lot of skill is required in remodeling and renovations. Mistakes may start to pile up as the work drags on and you become exhausted and frustrated. Eventually, you might reach a point where ripping out a portion of your work in order to do it correctly simply isn't an option, and you start negotiating with yourself: That tile lippage isn't that bad, is it?
Some renovation mistakes have to be torn out, but some smaller mistakes can be hidden. There are some common renovation mistakes that can be hidden.
Cutting a hole for a light switch in tile or drywall is hard work that will make you look back fondly at your high school geometry and math classes, and will make you weep openly when you discover your wall plates won't cover the gap completely.
The solution is pretty simple, and you can use jumbo-size wall plates. If you use them consistently throughout the space, no one will ever notice, because they will cover up your sins. Check to make sure you are in compliance with the building codes that specify the gaps.
When tiling over tile, something DIYers might forget is the depth of their walls, but it can also happen if you use thicker drywall or if your chosen tile is thicker than expected. When you attach your wall plates, you'll find your outlets and switches are buried too deep.
The solution does not require tearing out your tile. Plastic pieces push your outlets and switches further out so you can mount your plates without difficulty, but there are a few different systems to consider.
It's easy to cut a large hole in your tile for plumbing rough-ins, but it won't cover the entire gap. It looks ugly and offers an opportunity for water to get behind your tile, which will eventually cause more problems.
There are a few options if you have ugly gaps around the shower or tub spout.
It's a miserable job hanging drywall. When you get the walls hung, mudded, and taped, there's nothing more demoralizing than realizing that the wall is a little too large. If your ceiling height is just a little over eight feet, it's a pretty common problem for a professional to walk away from gaps at floor level with the assumption that your baseboards will cover them.
If necessary, just select slightly wider baseboards that cover more area. If you slap baseboards over empty space, you're better off putting some strips of drywall behind them. If you glue those strips to the wall instead of trying to screw them, they will be stable and you won't get mad.
A straight line is not a thing that a do-it-yourself remodeler will ever realize. There are a lot of slightly-off angles and barely-curved lines in new houses. When you install your baseboards, you'll see that the wall is slightly bowed, and that there is an odd gap between the baseboards and the wall.
There are two ways to fix this.
If you want to make your house feel new again, you need to put in new floors, but if you want to make your house feel different, you need to put in renovated rooms. When you add floor-warming mats or use cement board for a tile installation, it often isn't noticed until you're done. You can hide the rough edge on the high floor with a trim, but it won't stop you from tripping in the middle of the night.
The best solution is to install a transition. Pick a reducer that matches the slope you need after you measure how high your gap is. If it is wood, stain and finish you should match it to your floor. If that works better for the floors involved, they make tapered threshold transitions in stone. It will prevent you from tripping over a sudden height difference on the floors.
A not-uncommon scenario is when you do some renovations and have a problem with your water lines. At the end of your remodeling project, you have the option of adding another huge job in removing and replacing the ceiling, or doing a patch job that may or may not turn out perfectly.
If you have dealt with the issue and ensured there is no mold, you can add wood panelling or glue-up surface mount tiles to hide the damage. This will give your room a new look.
Everyone loves crown molding, and everyone hates installing it. Once you realize there is no such thing as a square angle in your home, it's hard to get those miter cuts correct. If you have a lot of small gaps, you can hide them easily.
caulk can be used for gaps between the ceiling and the molding. Apply as thin a line of caulk as you can, and clean it up as you please. When painting your mold, be sure to tape the caulk line outside so that it doesn't show when you paint it. Spackle is better for gaps at the corners. Spread the spackle as thinly as possible by rubbing it into the gaps. If you want to sand the spackle down, you can use a dry, fine-grit sanding sponge.
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