Bathroom remodeling in Idaho has to respect the house you actually have. A cabin bath under firs, a small bath in an older town, and a valley bath over a basement are not one showroom. Dry southern air still leaves the shower in the wood if the fan quits in the attic. Plenty of fans never leave the building. Find the end of the duct before you choose tile.
Wells, scale, and septic lines show up as soon as you leave town water. Scale on the glass is not waterproofing. Ask what goes behind the surround and whether the alcove is square. Moving a toilet means the joists and a drain that may already sag. If a bath window ices all winter, fix that opening in the same scope or the new wall will mark.
Layout changes are harder where the stack is buried or the basement ceiling is the only access. Say if you can reach the trap from below. Say if the house sits cold part of the year, because a remodel that assumes daily heat can freeze its own traps. Adhesives want a heated house. Do not open an exterior wall into a hard night and hope the foothill wind stays polite.
A basement bath and a high water table are a pairing people ignore until the new floor cups. Canal seepage and a cracked slab are not a tile problem, and tile will not stop them. Sort that water before the finish. Keep the waterproofing specific: a sheet, a liquid, or a prefabricated base, and how the floor slopes to the drain. A pretty fixture on a flat floor is a pond.
Say the town, tub or shower, and whether the layout stays. Mention a fan that dies in the attic, a window that ices, or a basement that already takes canal water. You do not need a drawing. You need the room and the ground under the house. Say if the stack is buried. Call the number on this page.