Repair planning
There are two types of repair, it's cosmetic and capital. And first you need to decide which one you are going to perform. If it is cosmetic repair, then it is a little easier and cheaper. If it is capital, then it will require a lot of time and the corresponding capital. Here we will talk about the capital, and this means that those who need to read about cosmetic repairs, it's just worthwhile to skip some points.
In order to start planning, you need a sheet of paper, pen or pencil and most importantly - a lot of patience. Now you need to draw a diagram of your future bathroom. In the scheme, you should arrange plumbing, a bath, a shower, a washbasin, a mirror, light devices, sockets, switches, wall hooks, cabinets, shelves and other necessities.
After this, go to the general work plan. You will compose it as you read our article. In addition, you will get an idea of what this or that point of the plan implies and how it can be implemented.
Preparation of a bathroom for an inexpensive repair by one's own hands
Preparation involves removing old plumbing and finishing, removing the debris formed after dismantling. First you will need to shut off the water and, if possible, turn off the power to the bathroom. The next item will be the disconnection and removal of all old plumbing, sinks, baths, as well as removal of old dilution pipes. If you have old tiles, on the floor, on the walls, old plastic and any other elements of old make-up, the next step will be removing the obsolete facing.
If the wiring does not have to be laid along other paths, you can do with a simple wire check for the degree of their wear and tear. Provided that the replacement of the wiring is needed, you will have to remove completely old wires, sockets, switches.
Next, take out all the garbage formed, the remains of old materials, release the room for further work.
Selection of tools and materials
For work you will need a set of tools:
- Construction level
- Hammer
- Blade
- Hammer for tile
- Screwdriver( cross and flat)
- Screwdriver and drill
- Pliers
- Roulette construction
- Bulgarian( + abrasive discs forcutting of tile and plastic)
- Keys: swing and horn
- Knife stationery
- Brushes for painting
- Graters, polterki, sandpaper
It is worth noting that some tools cant is not needed. Since your specific set of tools will depend on your repair. 
So, now you need to decide on the materials, this is the key moment! It has the same significance as the planning of the entire repair. In our case, it is necessary to repair inexpensive, with the use of budgetary materials. For the floor you can use a tile or linoleum. It is cheaper and easier to lay a beautiful linoleum, here you lose a little only in durability. The fact is that when laying tiles you make the floor for decades, and linoleum will require replacement much earlier.
For walls, you can apply plastic or the same tile, the difference in durability. Here there is one crucial nuance, it is installed on the frame and has no breathing properties. And this means that over time, on the side invisible to you under the influence of high humidity will form a fungus. Another lining of the walls with plastic will take up additional space for you, since a rack frame will be created. By the complexity of tiles and plastic for the walls have equal values, in the case of tiles you will need to take the time to accurately glue each tile, and for plastic you will need to build a perfectly smooth guide frame.
The ceiling can be covered with inexpensive water-based paint, or make a suspended ceiling.
To the note. Suspended ceiling will be less suitable for those who live in an apartment, because if you seriously leaking from the neighbors on top you will have to invest financially in repairing your bathroom.
It should be borne in mind that the suspended ceiling has 2 similar minuses, as in the case with plastic walls: it will take extra space, and does not like the aggressive impact of moisture.
Water-based paint - this is the most successful and inexpensive option, you just have to level and plaster the ceiling. If you decide to flood the neighbors from above - it does not matter, the ceiling will dry up, and you will again walk through water-based paint. And economical and beautiful!
As a result, we have a set of materials from which you need to make the layout yourself:
- Sand and cement, plastic pipes for cold and hot water( and, if necessary, sewage pipes)
- Wires, wiring harnesses, sockets, switches
- Lighting, light bulbs
- Screws, bits for screwdrivers, concrete drills
- Facing tiles( tiles)
- Adhesive for tiles
- Scaffolding rails for plastic panels
- Plasteak panels, guides, corners
- Putty, primer
- Linoleum, skirting boards, small mounting nails( or skirting boards)
- Water-based paint, grouting agents
From the list 1-4 items are mandatory in all cases, but everything else you will choosebased on their preferences and parameters of their inexpensive repair project. You can divide the materials from the list into 3 variations( mandatory items are not taken into account):
- Budget option. Floor - linoleum, walls - plastic, ceiling - plastic. For this option, materials from list No. 7-10 will be needed.
- Middle class. Floor - tiles, walls - tiles, ceiling - water-based paint. This option will require materials from the list number 5,6,9,11.
- Balanced version. Floor - tiles, walls - plastic, ceiling - water-based paint. For this set you will need materials No. 5-9, 11.
Step-by-step instruction on inexpensive repair in the bathroom with your own hands
So, it's time to go to the most important and interesting. For greater clarity and structuring of this project, a step-by-step list of actions is best suited.
Step 1: Leveling the floor
The first step is to level the floor. This is done by the method of pouring concrete. Before this, it is necessary to complete all the work to divert the sewer lines that go under the floor.
If there are significant potholes in the floor, you can fill them with rubble and then pour the solution. The solution itself is best made more liquid for greater fluidity, so that it spreads evenly throughout the floor and fills all irregularities.
Step 2: Wiring
After the floor has solidified, it is worth switching to the wiring. It is necessary to consider where the washing machine will be located, where there will be lamps, sockets, switches. The most successful solution will be the location of lamps on either side of the mirror - and looks beautiful, and in fact practical. The outlet can also be placed near the mirror for greater convenience.
It is also very beautiful to look like a uniform distribution of light devices on the ceiling. Now it is important to use small LED lamps, they are durable and economical. 
To the note. Buy sockets, switches and lamps intended for use in conditions of high humidity.
Step 3: ceiling
The next step will be the facing of the ceiling. To begin with, it is necessary to prepare for this, that is, take into account where the lamps will be placed, if they are there according to plan, to determine the type of cladding. If you decide to make a suspended ceiling, then you need to accurately mark out the places for installing spot lighting and bring the wires to them. After making the frame and start the lining with the plastic guide. 
In the case of an inexpensive version of water-based paint, you do not have to make a frame, but it will be necessary to level the ceiling with putty, and then wipe it, and only after all the procedures, paint it.
Step 4: Installing the
Door At this stage, you can install the door if its replacement was planned for you. In fact, the door can be put both earlier and later, but it is necessary to do this before the beginning of the walls.
To the note. If the bathroom is small, opening the door is best done outside. This is necessary in order not to occupy unnecessary, already small space by opening the door inwards, so do not skip this step when designing.
Step 5: finishing the walls
After the ceiling and the entrance door, go to the walls. Inexpensive, but not less beautiful is the option with plastic. First, an even frame is made of slats over the entire surface of the wall, a foundation, a platform for plastic panels. Then the guides to the edges of the wall are set exactly, after which plastic panels are threaded one by one into the guides.
If you have chosen a tile finish, then you need to align and wipe the walls of the bathroom, then proceed to the laying. Begin the laying from the right bottom corner of the wall, gradually trowelling the tile glue on the wall surface. It is important to set the first tile accurately in the level, from it we glue the next to the left, then upwards, while installing remote crosses between the tiles to preserve smooth and beautiful seams. Thus, poking a light kyanik and orienting on the building level, we make a beautiful masonry on the wall. 
Step 6: plumbing
The next stage of the repair - bringing water pipes to the plumbing, sink, bath. Also at this stage, install a bath and a sink, if they will close the floor on the installation site.
To the note. At this stage, you can save the most by buying a tested, but inexpensive plumbing( washing machine, bath, sink, shower).But you can not save on cranes and knots where the water supply level is blocked and regulated, in the end it will be more expensive - substandard parts quickly fail, which will again require financial costs and repairs.
Step 7: laying the floor
Now the final step is laying the floor. In the case of tiles, the same actions are repeated as with the laying of tiles on the wall, only it is necessary to make an easy, hardly significant, inconspicuous slope to the center of the room, so that the water does not go under the bath or sink, and it could be wiped off during the accumulation. When laying linoleum things are simpler. It is necessary to accurately measure and mark the cover, then cut out the right part and lay flat on the floor. At the end, lay the plinth at the junction of walls and floor in visible places. 
Shutdown
Connect all nodes, water and electrical. We install sockets, switches, we put lamps, a mirror. We hang hooks, shelves, lockers, check all the nodes for serviceability, open the water in the preliminary cranes, check the plumbing. Repair is ready, it remains to enjoy and get used to the new bathroom, the repair in which you did cheaply, beautifully and with your own hands. 
