https://whatitactuallycosts.com/tags/bathroom/ Recent content in Bathroom on What It Actually Costs Hugo en-us Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://whatitactuallycosts.com/faucet-installation-cost/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://whatitactuallycosts.com/faucet-installation-cost/ <p>I wrote “replace kitchen faucet” in my Notes app and, honestly, I should’ve stopped there.</p> <p>Because in real life it’s never one task. It’s a whole under-sink situation.</p> <p>Like:</p> <ul> <li>you turn the shutoff valve and it spins forever</li> <li>you bump the disposal and something drips</li> <li>you realize you’re doing yoga on plywood</li> <li>you find the mounting nut and it’s plastic and it’s <em>done with your nonsense</em></li> </ul> <p>Anyway. Numbers.</p> <p>But first, because I wish I had this the last time:</p> https://whatitactuallycosts.com/toilet-replacement-cost/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://whatitactuallycosts.com/toilet-replacement-cost/ <p>Toilet replacement is one of those jobs where your brain goes:</p> <blockquote> <p>“It’s a toilet. How hard can it be?”</p></blockquote> <p>And reality goes:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Cool. Does your shutoff valve work?”</p></blockquote> <p>I have seen exactly two kinds of toilet swaps:</p> <ol> <li>the boring 45-minute “remove + set + test + done”</li> <li>the one where someone says “flange” and then nobody is having fun anymore</li> </ol> <p>So I’m going to do the numbers first, then translate the little line items that make the price swing.</p>