With many home blogs and TV shows highlighting renovation projects, it’s common to want to turn a bathroom remodel into a DIY project. If you are planning a small scale facelift and not changing out any major appliances, you can often do the project completely yourself. This could include things like changing out the shower head, upgrading the cabinets and countertops, adding mirrors, updating lighting, or redecorating. However, larger scale bathroom remodels involve plumbing, tile work, and electrical. All of these require the help of skilled tradesmen (and often permits). Taking plumbing or electrical projects into your own hands can cause safety issues such as fire or flooding risks. If you don’t have experience, you can cause damage and incur additional costs, probably more than it would cost to hire out the job in the first place. To save money, consider doing part of the job yourself and hiring out the rest. Though hiring contractors to remodel your bathroom will cost more than if you do it yourself, the project will get done much more quickly and you’ll have your bathroom back and better than ever.