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01BATHROOM REMODELING
In an apartment, the bathroom is connected to everyone above and below it. The drainage stack, the slab and the building's rules on wet areas set firm limits, and working inside them is what makes an apartment bathroom renovation succeed.
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Request a bathroom renovation quoteOr message us on WhatsAppToilets connect to the building's soil stack, usually in a duct shared with the units above and below. Moving a toilet more than a short distance from the stack is often impossible without breaking into the slab or building up the floor, and many buildings prohibit coring through the slab at all. The practical rule: keep the toilet close to where it is, and be flexible with the basin and shower, whose wastes are smaller.
Building management typically requires a written application describing the works, the contractor's licence and insurance, and an undertaking on waterproofing. Some buildings insist on a flood test witnessed by their own team before tiling, because a failed membrane damages the unit below and the building's common parts.
Working hours, noise restrictions and service-lift bookings also apply. Demolition of tiles is the loudest phase and is usually restricted to set hours on weekdays.
Most apartment bathrooms in Dubai are compact. A sliding or fixed glass panel instead of a hinged door, a wall-hung toilet against the duct, a vanity with drawers and a mirror cabinet recover space. If there is a bath, a shower-bath with a fixed screen is a reasonable compromise when the room cannot fit both.
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