How Bathtub Reglazing Can Save 90% on Remodelling?
Your old bathtub has started showing signs of its age. Bathing is simply not as delightful an experience as it was. So what are the options you have? The most obvious alternative that may spring to your mind is to buy a new bathtub. Bathtub reglazing might come as a second thought but in most cases is a better option.
If you desire a Jacuzzi with water jets and you possess a standard tub currently you probably should buy a new one. In most cases however you might just want to reinvent the pleasure of bathing in a bathtub and are not looking for an upgradation. In these cases the best option for you is to reglaze your bathtub. Besides being a cost effective alternative to buying a new bath tub reglazing a bath tub will be bother free for you.
Just think of the change in infrastructure you will have to make in order to place a new bathtub. It will require demolition cost of the old tub, plus re tiling of selected parts of your bath room. It also includes the additional overhead of dumping your old tub leave alone the landfill and environmental hazards. While bathtub refinishing you may even choose to change the color of your bathtub. Now you know about the extra efforts needed while remodeling. But you can not put an exact amount to it. Right?
The average cost of replacing a bathtub ranges from $2000 to $3000. Then there is the cost for re tiling. Dumping the old bath tub also adds to the cost although not by a significant amount. So by the time you will have a new bathtub your bank account will have something close to $5000 less. Refinishing can be probably done by spending $350 or $400. If you have previous experience at refinishing you can probably do it yourself using a refinishing kit.
When you are looking to reglaze your bathtub you might just find professional help at around $ 150. They even promise that reglazing will be accomplished within a few hours. However if you choose to go for such an option you will be compromising on the quality. It is advisable if you go for a standard reglazing option at a higher cost. If bathtub resurfacing has to be done then the costs may escalate. It will depend on the condition of you bathtub though. If the interiors have to be explored and there are chips and cracks there it might just cost you more.
One thing you might overlook is the time and effort factor. For tub replacement average time that will be needed is around four or five weeks. Refinishing takes a couple of hours. You might not like to spend so much time and effort to accomplish comparable results. Now with refinishing kits available in various colors sometimes a refinished bath tub is almost equivalent to a new bath tub. So if you are not upgrading your bathtub refinish your old one at a much cheaper rate and you will also save on a lot of trouble.