REFINISHING DAY

What should you do prior to refinishing day?

o   Ensure the temperature in the dwelling is at least 73F on refinishing day.

o   Remove all loose items from the tub, shower (including curtain), vanity top and bathroom floor. 

o   Clean the vanity top, toilet area and bathroom floor of hair and other debris.

o   Remove the following:

1. Bathroom window screen (if the window is not directly over the tub).

2. Shower head.

3. Tub overflow plate (normally secured with 1 or 2 screws)

What to expect on refinishing day?

o   I normally arrive at 8am. I’ll text you the day prior to confirm the time.

o   Upon arrival, I’ll stage tools and materials.

o   If there’s a window in the bathroom, I’ll install an exhaust fan. If there’s no window in the bathroom, I’ll need to access the closest window to the bathroom. I’ll run an exhaust system from the bathroom, through a duct and out this window. If there’s a screen in this window, I’ll ask that you remove it.

o   Since air from the bathroom is being exhausted to the exterior, make-up air needs to enter from a different window. This intake window can’t be in close proximity to the exhaust window, or the exhaust will be pulled back into the house.

o   Near the intake window, I’ll stage 2 pieces of equipment. Hoses from these devices will run from that location to the bathroom.

o   You will hear vacuum cleaner like noise. If I’m stripping your tub, it will begin within an hour of arriving and last 2-3 hours. When I begin spraying, normally in the early afternoon, there will be similar noise from the 2 devices staged near the intake window. This noise will last 2-3 hours.

o   Upon completion of the job (normally 6-8 hours) I’ll provide you “use and care” and “warranty” sheets that we will review.

o   24 hours after I finish, you can remove the covers I placed on the shower head and tub spouts, replace the shower head and overflow plate, and use the shower. Wait 2 additional days to take a bath.