Hamilton Building Services

A bathroom renovation can be a stressful time in your life. How long is it going to take? How much will it cost? Will everything meet code? Depending on your contractor and the scale of the renovations, the timeline can be a week, to up to a month. Costs are also going to range with the scale and quality of materials. But if you're doing it yourself, you're probably not a bathroom code-master. So let's break down the code to something more understandable*.      Let's break down the code. We're using the 2015 International Residential Code book. Per R307.1; " Space Required. Fixtures shall be spaced in accordance with Figure R307.1, and in accordance with the requirements of Section P2705.1".  Let's see what that means. Figure R307.1  shows spacing for bathroom fixtures. Such as the center of the toilet has to be 15" from any adjacent object; walls, tubs, vanities, etc. It also shows that the space in front of the toilet, and any vanity, must