Tips For Scheduling Your Project
Scheduling your trades is especially important to all. The HO, the sub contractors, suppliers, and the builder. Homeowners should know that it’s easy to put the cart before the horse. No matter how anxious you are to get the job done quickly if you go out of order you will incur greater costs and a longer time frame and often end up with a job that could have been better. Scheduling is a great way to avoid this.
Understand that the moment your shower tile is installed you should have the glazer out and templating for the shower doors, as it often takes 7-14 days to get them installed. The moment your cabinets are installed granite should be templated and scheduled.
Something that I feel is important is that tile, plumbing and electrical fixtures sometimes come wrong or get back ordered and this often happens after you place your original order. So, a way to avoid these often lengthy delays is to place these orders before demo and check all items before you start.
First thing is, get your game plan and start ordering materials early if possible. Prefab cabinets often have a 6 week lead time and may come wrong or maybe damaged. Custom cabinets can take 12 weeks. So I like to get a space on my job to store what is ordered, get everything ordered and on the job and give it a quick inspection so if something is wrong it can be remedied and not influence the timing of job completion. Another thing I do is get all my subs info on when they’ll be needed. Letting your cabinet builder know you have a job coming and knowing his schedule will influence how your entire job goes. I keep all my subs informed via email of my start date and progress, which allows me to know if one can’t make it or if something may have to be rescheduled. No surprises is a good thing! Also, will often save time and money and makes your HO happy.
Once your plumbing and electrical fixture choices are made, tile and cabinet style is determined ahead of time, then during the crucial phase of layout you can make adjustments. Especially if you are breaking concrete to move plumbing fixtures or having a chimney style hood or center island. In some cases, I like to make sure before things go in to draw locations on the floor and walls. Use layout lines. Getting your electrical in the right places is imperative. Check your appliances before you even do demo as if you need additional circuits it can be very costly. Maybe a different appliance or less of them might be desired or at least knowing the extra costs involved ahead of time will help you prepare.
Now we have all this handled and have mitigated unknowns and other potential delays you can finally demo and start your project!
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