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3 Basic Considerations of Bathroom Remodeling

Friday, April 4th, 2014

We often give little thought to how much use our bathroom receives through the day. But after you have a full remodel done, you’ll understand how central it is—and how much better it is thanks to the work of professional remodelers. A complete bathroom remodeling job is an excellent way to enhance your life.

A bathroom remodel doesn’t have to occur just on the surface, with new cabinets, faucets, wallpapers, and window frames. With the right plumbers working on the remodel, you can re-vamp the basic way that the room functions so you’ll have fewer future repairs and lower water bills. Here are 3 basic ideas for remodeling your bathroom that you might overlook.

Our specialists in bathroom remodeling in Olympia, WA at Brooks Plumbing can help you with these upgrades and many more. Contact us today to start designing your ideal new bathroom.

Replace your pipes: During a bathroom remodel, the construction work exposes most of the plumbing. This provides an excellent opportunity to replace aging or outdated pipes, such as galvanized steel pipes that may have started to corrode. The remodelers can also put in flexible and easy-flow plastic CPVC piping, which will permit more creative re-design concepts that won’t have to work around fixed rigid pipes.
Install a low-flow toilet: Standard toilets consume a large amount of water with each flush. Your standard toilet probably uses between 4 to 7 gallons of water each time you pull the handle. But if you have a low-flow toilet put in during a remodel, you can reduce water waste a tremendous amount: current low-flow models consume around 1.6 gallons of water per flush. Factored over a year, or even a month, that translates into enormous savings in water use.
Upgrade your tub: The largest new installation you can make in a bathroom is a new bathtub/shower, so you’ll feel tempted to leave your current one in. But this is a good chance to upgrade both the look of your bathroom and the quality of your time in the tub. Contoured tubs, whirlpool tubs, water jet tubs, or even a retro-free standing tub are all possibilities for your remodel that may fit your vision for a new bathroom.

Professional bathroom remodeling

Brooks Plumbing offers full-service bathroom remodeling in Olympia, WA. We can handle all the plumbing and repiping you need, and install any new fixture you desire. To help guide you, we offer a wide range of fixtures from which to choose, and our staff of experts will help you select the furnishings that will work best together. We can make your remodeling move smoothly and quickly toward a final product that will meet or even exceed your expectations.

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2 Reasons for Considering Bathroom Remodeling

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

Are you satisfied with the state of your bathroom? Do you wish it were more comfortable, more luxurious, or simply more practical?As one of the most utilized parts of the home, the bathroom, whether it’s downstairs or part of the master bedroom suite, needs to be optimized for your particular needs. As such, it is one of the first rooms that homeowners think of remodeling. This may not simply be for aesthetic reasons, however, but rather a necessity due to the presence of mold and mildew, or other wear and tear to the shower or bathroom sink vanity. Whatever your reason for considering remodeling your bathroom, you need to hire a professional bathroom remodeling contractor in Tumwater, WA to complete the service properly. Call Brooks Plumbing today. We can handle not only the plumbing aspect of your new bathroom, but the installation of any fixtures, flooring, tile, and built-ins.

To change the layout. When remodeling the bathroom, most homeowners want to make some kind of change to the layout of the bathroom, whether this requires expanding the footprint of the room slightly, or simply moving the shower and toilet to a different area of the room. This involves moving the supply and wastewater piping, but it may be worth it if you feel as though your bathroom should have been designed better in the first place, or it has become inhabitable for a growing number of family members.
Because the bathroom has become gross. This is not an uncommon reason to gut the bathroom and start over, or simply replace a few key components, such as the flooring or shower. Whether due to ventilation problems, or simply because of the frequency with which it is used on a daily basis, your bathroom fixtures and infrastructure can become problematic. They can develop mold and mildew not only on the surface, but also behind walls and under fixtures that can begin to eat away at the infrastructure of the home. Allowing such problems to fester can lead to serious water damage.

Call Brooks Plumbing if you’re interested in what we can do for your bathroom remodeling project in Tumwater, WA. We can guide you every step of the way.

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Why You Should Consider Bathroom Remodeling

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

Is your bathroom comfortable? Does it function according to your needs? As one of the most utilized rooms in the home, your bathroom is also one of the most heavily plumbed. It is full of pipes and fixtures that allow you to take hot showers, wash your hands, remove organic waste from the home effectively, among other conveniences of the modern home. Considering how much use it gets, it’s no wonder that it’s one of the rooms frequently remodeled by homeowners in our service area. As a full-service plumber, we also offer comprehensive bathroom remodeling services throughout the Tumwater area. Call Brooks Plumbing today when you’re ready to get started on your next plumbing project.

Let’s take a look at some good reasons to consider professional bathroom remodeling:

Layout. One of the best ways to alter the comfort and convenience of your bathroom is by changing its layout. Remodeling projects are often done by homeowners who did not have any part in the design of the original home, and may have different ideas as to the best layout of the sink, shower, bathtub and toilet. Depending on what size room you have, there are various ways you can customize the layout to your needs.
Design. Another reason to consider professional bathroom remodeling is to change the design of your bathroom, which includes the color of the paint on the wall, the type of shower, what the sink vanity looks like, and so forth. There is no shortage of design possibilities on the market today, so you might want to get some inspiration by perusing some interior design publications.
Energy efficiency. Finally, you may want to remodel your bathroom in order to use water and electricity much more efficiently. By installing low-flow faucets and showerheads in your home, you can sometimes cut your bathroom’s water consumption in half. Another excellent option is to install a low-flush toilet, which uses substantially less water per flush than your older toilet.

If you’re looking to remodel your bathroom, make sure you hire a professional Turnwater plumber from Brooks Plumbing to help. Our bathroom remodeling experts can help your make decisions along the way.

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Plumbing Tips: Bathroom Plumbing Upgrades

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

If you are starting a bathroom remodeling project, Brooks Plumbing provides bathroom plumbing installations throughout the Lacey area. Always call a professional Lacey plumber you trust to install any new plumbing equipment. Your bathrooms get a lot of use, and that’s why you want to make sure that the plumbing is installed correctly.

In addition to proper installation, you want to be sure that your bathrooms have the design and look that matches your tastes. Our professional plumbers can provide both. Also, hiring a plumber to install your bathroom fixtures and plumbing is much faster than trying to do it yourself, not to mention preventing issues. You also want to make sure that your plumbing system will provide lasting results. Contact Brooks Plumbing for Lacey bathroom remodeling services today!

Here are some of the upgrades that you may want to consider for new bathroom fixtures and plumbing.

Low flow faucets and fixtures: Save water and money with these simple upgrades.
Dual flush toilets: Older toilets waste gallons of water with each flush. Consider this upgrade to help conserve water.
Water heater upgrades: Consider a tankless water heater for on demand hot water.

With all the use that your bathroom gets, you want it to work as efficiently as possible. With the help of a professional plumber, you can be sure that your bathroom plumbing will get installed correctly to prevent problems for you in the future.

The Lacey plumbers at Brooks Plumbing have many years of experience working with all different kinds of bathroom installation jobs. We can get your new fixtures or pipes in quickly and without sacrificing quality. Call us for your next bathroom remodeling job! Contact Brooks Plumbing today!

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