Will your new shower need a permit? Ask before work starts

You have heard about remodels that ran into permit trouble, and you would rather not be one of them. You may also be thinking ahead to the day you sell your New Port Richey home. The good news is that this question has a simple first step, and you can take it before anything is torn out.

This worry usually has two parts. First, will the job stall halfway because a permit came up late? Second, will a buyer ask about the work years from now? It is a reasonable thing to want settled. Both come from the same place: not knowing the answer up front. Whether a permit applies is something to confirm for your exact home before any tub comes out of the bathroom.

It helps to know what the job actually is. A conversion pulls out the tub and puts in a low-threshold Jacuzzi® shower. The work stays in the wet area, and the rest of the bathroom is left as it is. Your choices, like walls, base, fixtures and a seat or grab bars, shape the plan. Knowing the scope makes the permit question easier to ask in plain words.

Put the permit question on paper now, next to your other questions. A short note on your phone works fine. Then call Love Your Bath and schedule the free design visit. A designer sits down with you at home, takes in what you want, and builds a custom plan with options and a free quote. Bring up permits during that visit, so the answer is settled before work starts. Do not agree to a start date while the question is still open.

Once the permit question has an answer, you can focus on the shower itself. File the contract and any permit documents in the folder where you keep important house papers. That is one less thing to keep track of. Then the next big day is install day, when the work is done mainly by their own crews. Richard C. called his installer Marcel "Very detailed and fast worker."

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