How Long Does it Take to Remodel a Bedroom at Home?

Last Updated: 2021-08-12By Steven H.

It takes 9 days to completely remodel a bedroom by contractor. Doing similar work by yourself or supervising trades can delay the project by 4-9 more days. Smaller upgrades with only minor changes like flooring or paint job are much shorter in time to complete.

Instead of spending crazy money on upgrading entire house, why not just remodel a bedroom. We could name many reasons for which home owners may want or need solo bedroom project, but this topic is to explain timing for work instead.

For equal comparison we took 200 square feet room, which is a good size for master bedroom space in a home.

Here is a table that explains how long does it take to remodel a bedroom of 200 sq ft:

	Do It Yourself	Manage Work	Hire Company
Demolition	1 Day	1 Day	1/2 Day
Framing	1 Day	1 Day	1/2 Day
Electrical	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day
Drywall / Tape	6 Days	5 Days	4 Days
Flooring	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Trims	3 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Paint	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day
Total Time	18 Days	13 Days	9 Days

Compare this chart to your project and cross out items that are not required. Our idea is to list as many items of work as possible and explain time details for each step.

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Preparation Determines How Long Does it Take to Remodel a Bathroom

One thing that will save you more time than anything else is adequate preparation for work ahead. Don’t just start demolishing things and later realize that you actually need to go and buy material for everything else.

Remodeled and staged bedroom with furniture and decorations

Awesome design of mater bedroom with furniture set up.

List all the items your will be remodeling in bedroom and order them ahead of time. If DIY is the choice over hiring contractors than get tools or at least find out which stores rent them out. Local home depot or Rona normally have tools in stock for rent.

There must be room in your home or even garage to store enough materials for just one bedroom upgrade. This way after each step of work you or contractor will already have everything available to continue.

Explained Steps with Time to Remodel a Bedroom

Below we broke down all listed in the table steps for our readers to understand time requirements in renovation. Our mission is to make home owners aware of the process and decide whether to hire renovation company for all the work or try to complete it on your own.

Site preparation – Most importantly separate remodeling area from rest of the house that has no upgrading plan. At the door contractors set up plastic entrance with zip lock or completely taped to trap dust inside working area. Also put drop sheet in front of room to change shoes and clothes. Takes literally and hour of time.

Demolition – For complete remodeling contractors gut the bedroom. Removing flooring, drywall, doors and trims is not complicated and takes 1 day to do. All garbage and waste material is placed in construction grade garbage bags and carefully carried out from bedroom.

Framing if required – Normally there is no framing needed for upgrading bedroom, but there are exceptions. If wall studs are damaged or rotten, renovation team needs to replace them or strap extra support. Or when you want to create cathedral ceilings and increase height of the room framing is done. Framing takes 1 day as well to finish by professionals.

Electrical work – Its common to upgrade lighting, get LED pot lights with dimmers and install new electrical receptacles that have USB chargers. This work has to be completed by licensed electrician and inspected. It should not take more than full day for rough ins and half a day for finishes.

Drywall and tape – The next step is to install drywall on walls and ceiling with mud and tape to make it smooth. It is by far the most time consuming step because mud needs time to dry between coat applications. Contractors can do it all in about 4 days, while DIY takes longer.

Flooring – With a right technique and determination, one room of hardwood, laminate or similar flooring can be installed within half a day. We will give a full day of time in our schedule table, because extra few hours needed for setting up cutting table, carrying in all the floors and cleaning dust afterwards.

Trims and Doors – Having experience in carpentry and trims speeds up the work by a lot. Average size bedroom needs a day of time for professional, while do it yourself method can take at least 3 to 4 days. This is because of complicated cutting techniques and detailed finishing.

Painting – The last step is painting. Possibilities are endless with colors and even mixes. Saying that most home owners prefer simple one color theme. This work takes 2 – 3 days at most, but with help of ventilators and heater it can be completed within a day. The trick is to speed up drying process.

Summarizing it with other work and understanding how long does it take to renovate a bedroom, give readers and idea either to do it on your own or hire a contractor. Reach out to us for recommendation on local remodeling companies.

Why Hiring Contractor Speeds up Bathroom Renovation

The simples answer is they do it every day. Like any other professionals in their specific business, remodeling contractors plan to finish job quickly, properly and get their paycheck.

Besides having all tools always ready, renovation companies have years of experience in this specific work. They are aware of mistakes that can happen, how to fix them and what to expect during bedroom project.

For example installing floor is in a way easy, but what happens if plank in the middle pops up or there is deep scratch in the floor. Home owner would stop and research what to do, while contractors experience small mistakes every day and fix them on the spot.

Contractors will put more effort into completing work. Doing it by yourself is always more of a relaxed pace, because there is not boss that pays or tells you when to finish.

Couple looking at floor plan and calculating time for renovation.

Tips to Make Bathroom Remodeling Easier and Faster Process

Most if the time it is not considered to be an emergency project and simply by moving to another room, you are free to work on bedroom project after work or whenever feel like it. But is there a way to speed up the process or get extra help.

First option that comes to mind is Youtube and Google. There is no information that you cannot find about renovation. Our website is widely available and we try to assist everyone in remodeling process. You can also Youtube specific trade work to better understand tips from professionals with live examples.

Another great tip it to use help of friends with work. It does not have to be complicated electrical wiring or technical trim cutting. Ask them to give a hand when painting for example and buy beer and pizza for everyone. Simply have fun with it.

While at it, family members can be nice enough assist as well. It doesn’t even have to be physical labor. They can advise what or how to do things, give some tools to use or maybe have extra materials that can be handy for bedroom project

Suggestions for Tools and Materials Required

Not everyone has tools available for entire bathroom remodel. Buying everything just to do tiny job is not feasible and could cost even more than hiring contractors. Remodel On Point suggests asking friends around for tools or renting them from local store for duration of renovation.

When it comes to buying actual materials for finishes like paint, flooring and baseboards always get more than you think is needed. Otherwise it will eat more time than actual work to order and wait for deliveries when short on material. For example flooring needs extra 7%-10% of material for cuts at wall edges and waste.

Trick that some home owners use for DIY project is buy and return. We do not recommend abusing return policy and suggest against it, but you would be surprised how many people do it. They simply purchase

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Each building has some sort of driveway or at least should have. The main reason is for vehicles to come closer without need to walk all the way. Some homes are residential with small driveway for their car to come in and park before garage or front entrance, and others can be large commercial buildings with loading docks, delivery entrances and casual parking entrances. On Point Remodeling was asked for suggestions on residential driveway for new home construction, and we decided to write detailed article for all our readers. Using this guide you can select the material for your driveway and see what works for your budget. Here are the materials for driveway we will be discussing in our guide:

Asphalt
Concrete
Paver Stone
Crushed stone
Brick
Seashell
Gravel

To find good contractor for your driveway, you can either ask our team by email or try to find someone local that worked with neighbors or nearby buildings.

Installation process of any material surface on your driveway

a) Demolition and Excavation – Before anything is done, your contractor will get heavy machinery and scratch off old layer of driveway. They need to go down at least 5-6 inches to insure proper layering before your final layer of material is installed. b) Material Purchase and Delivery – At this point your contract is signed and you already know how the surface will look. Contracting company purchases necessary materials and delivers them to site. Double check if material is correct and not damaged. c) Preparation of Sublevel – Whatever you place as final material, it cannot just be installed directly on top soil. Gravel is the first choice of material that goes down at this stage. Other preferred material is screen sand that can go on top of gravel and works better with stone and bricks. d) Compaction of Ground – To prevent your driveway from moving and changing shapes, all the layers from bottom up have to be properly compacted. Do not leave any spot untouched while doing this or you can get small holes and cracks in driveway after installation. E) Final Installation – This is when all the magic happens. After all preparations and dirty work the final installation is made literally within hours and you can enjoy new driveway. Stone and brick is set up by hand, while other materials require some sort of machinery with manual labor to even out surface.

1. Asphalt

Probably the most used material for road top surfaces as well as driveways is asphalt. This is a mix of gravel and sand that is mixed in and combined by asphalt cement with crude oil. Pros of Asphalt Driveway

Very popular and easy to find materials/contractor
Completed in 1 day and you can drive on it after
Patches and small holes can be fixed fast

Cons of Asphalt Driveway

Easy to damage and cracks appear in few years
Almost everyone else has same surface
Oily surface and chemicals used in mix

Prepared for asphalt driveway will cost you around $5 per square foot to finish. The contractors that take care of entire process from taking out old driveway surface, install subsurface and compact the ground with new asphalt on top, will charge on average $5500 per regular size driveway at single home property.

2. Concrete

What we call concrete is a mixture of Portland cement, aggregate as well as sand with gravel. Suggested thickness of concrete for driveway is 6 inches. The mixture needs to cure without being touched or driven on top for several days. Pros of Concrete Driveway

Durable material for large weights
Long lifespan if installed properly
Winter and summer friendly

Cons of Concrete Driveway

Has marks and stains over time
Hard to repair without replacement
Super hard to DIY

To hire contractors for concrete driveway it will cost around $7-$9 per square foot. This will include site preparation with gravel spread and new concrete installation. They will order full truck of concrete (or several for larger driveways) to pour inside forming. Smoothening and curing is required after installation.

3. Paver Stone

The most luxurious material that you can use to create driveway path with is paver stone. It is made out of natural stone with uneven rough shapes that have different line patterns. Paver stones are very heavy and are perfect for weights on top of them. Almost every city in Europe has roads and walks made out of stone that were installed centuries ago. Pros of Paver Stone Driveway

Creative designs can be done
Personal looks, can match the house
Can replace single stone in minutes

Cons of Paver Stone Driveway

Weeds growing through
Stone can move over time
Most expensive material

There is wide selection of stone that can be purchased for your driveway. On average we recommend settling with $17-$20 per square foot for stone with installation included. Working with this material is very intense labor and we recommend hiring professionals that do this type of work every day.

4. Crushed Stone

Our readers sometimes mistake crushed stone with gravel, but this is not the same material. Crushed stone material is achieved when machine is mechanically crushing larger pieces of unused stone for this specific purpose. It is larger than gravel and can have smooth finish. Crushed stone can also have a mix of colors, which is much pleasant to eyes than gravel. Pros of Crushed Stone Driveway

Low maintenance required
Fits rural area style
Can be reused for other purposes

Cons of Crushed Stone Driveway

Gets very hot during summer
Can be messy after many drives
Hard to remove snow and ice

Buying crushed stone and installing it on your driveway is as easy as it gets. Similar to other rough materials discussed in this post, only small tools like shovels, dolly and buckets are required to spread it on the road. The cost of crushed stone driveway is between $4 and $6 per square foot from professional local contractors that can finish the job in several days.

5. Brick

The same brick we see being used in wall construction can be installed as top driveway surface. Brick is manufactured by compressing clay with plastic mass. It is heated to extreme temperature and dried up to become as solid as you know it. Pros of Brick Driveway

Variety of selections in shapes and shades
Bricks are recyclable
Slip resistant with rough top part

Cons of Brick Driveway

Needs regular maintenance
Change color over time
Old fashion looking

Installing brick on driveway costs $10 per square foot, which is not too far from masonry brick laying as part of the wall. To save money you can use or purchase old brick, that was part of a wall before. Do not mix these two jobs and contact landscaping professionals instead of masonry contractors that work with bricks.

6. Seashell

This material is popular on the coast line where shells can be found near the water. Construction companies use seashells to add in other materials as well as spread them on driveway in rough condition, without adding anything else. It usually comes in white or pearl color and darkens within year because of mixing with sand and dirt. Pros of Seashell Driveway

Environmentally friendly
Has natural drainage
Creates worm vibe of beach house

Cons of Seashell Driveway

Break and crack under light weight
Sharp and very hard to walk on
Gets stuck in shoes and tires

To deliver and spread seashells on driveways costs below $4, which is only slightly more expensive than rough gravel. As you go further from coast line, cost of material increases due to delivery. This material is elegant and very soft. We recommend adding edge lines with darker color landscape material to create visual path.

7. Gravel

This material is used in other construction mixes and underlayment systems. It’s literally fragments and small crushed stones that are put on top of soil. It is easily spread out by hands and anyone can do it. Pros of Gravel Driveway

Cheapest of them all
Easy DIY Job
Can install another material on top

Cons of Gravel Driveway

Needs to be graded very often
Will mix with dirt and leaves
Washes up with heavy rains

It is rough material and can be purchased in bulk (by metric tons or cubic meters). The cost of driveway with gravel should not exceed $3 per square foot, but you can save tons of money by purchasing materials and doings installation by yourself. You do not require specific tools or heavy equipment for the job and delivery of gravel can be arranged directly to your project.

Conclusion

To properly finish any and all of these driveways requires skills and experience. There is no way you can complete any of these projects without heavy equipment and tools that regular home owner’s just store in their garages. Most of those who will read this post will prefer to install asphalt driveway, because of its popularity and low costs. We want to encourage home owners to go for personal preference and what matches your house, rather than getting the most affordable and popular items. Driveway jobs have to be completed fast; otherwise you will need to park elsewhere while the project is running. To not overpay, ask us for quotation sample on material you prefer in specific region where the work need to be done and our team can provide some numbers.

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