You will need some free graph paper to design your bathroom remodel

Drawing a scale diagram of your bathroom isn't too hard; do you remember doing something similar at school? Make life easier for yourself by drawing your plan on graph paper or squared paper. This is just a sheet of paper with horizontal and vertical lines drawn at intervals but it will make things so much easier for you.

Yes there is software for designing your bathroom

Why does everyone seem to want software to do it all for them? People think that all they need to do is purchase a remodeling or design program for their computer and it will do the whole thing for them. Well this just isn't going to happen. There is software available and there are some very good programs too. Will it make your life easier when you remodel your small bathroom? Very unlikely.

If you are a professional bathroom remodeler then software could be a big benefit to you because it will give you a way to re use your design work and provide very smart and impressive drawings to give away to your clients. If you are just remodeling your own small bathroom I think that you would be better off doing it the old fashioned way.

Scale drawing isn't too difficult

All you have to do is accurately measure your bathroom and divide all the measurements by a suitable number so that it will fit onto the size of paper you are going to use. For instance if you have a bathroom that's 8 foot by 10 foot and you want to make the drawing fit onto a piece of graph paper that has 16 squares by 25 squares then a suitable scale would be 1 foot = 2 squares. You can then draw the outline of your bathroom as 16 squares by 20 squares.

Cut out drawings of the bathroom fixtures and have fun

I think that the fun part of using squared paper to design a bathroom is drawing the new fixtures to scale on graph paper and cutting them out so that they can be pushed into position on top of another sheet of graph paper with a drawing of the room on it. You can spend many happy hours experimenting with different arrangements like this.

Try to design your bathroom right first time

You will be living with your new bathroom for a long time after the renovation so it pays to spend a lot of time on it at the design stage before the work starts. It's a lot easier to move a few cutouts around on a sheet of graph paper than it is to move a toilet once it's fixed and installed.

Draw plans of the bathroom walls and the floor

You will need one scale drawing of the floor plan looking down. You will also need drawings of walls that you are going to renovate. Your wall plans should show the size and position of any windows, cupboards and all the bathroom fixtures.

Talk to your bathroom remodeling contractors before you finish your plans

Before you finalise your design make sure that you have discussed it with your contractors to avoid any disappointments later. They will point out any problems with the arrangement and any difficulties that you might face with regulatory requirements that you must adhere to.

Get your free graph paper below and off you go.


For free graph paper and a tutorial on how to use graph paper square to design your bathroom visit Bathroom Remodeling Ideas - Free Graph Paper Square at http://www.bathroomsremodeling.this-info.com


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