Wet-area work is concealed by finishes. Decide which substrate, membrane, transition and penetration evidence must be captured before tile or other coverings hide it.
KEEP
Map wet zones and substrates
Identify shower, tub and splash areas, floor transitions and known moisture conditions. Record substrate and preparation assumptions. Begin the room schedule with a date and its fixture, wet zone and building interface; attach the available evidence before making the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision. The next checkpoint is “Keep demolition findings open until exposed.” Separate plumbing leaks from assembly questions. Keep that action beside its observation. The renovation-scope reviewer can then distinguish the intake room schedule from bathroom closeout file material added during later pricing or investigation.
Separate plumbing leaks from assembly questions.
REMOVE
Keep demolition findings open until exposed
Review wet-zone substrates, compatible waterproofing components, transitions, penetrations, photo checkpoints and tests in the context of the actual property rather than as a standard allowance. Wet-area evidence should identify substrate, membrane, seams, penetrations and transitions before tile conceals the assembly. Request current system documents; then separate plumbing leaks from assembly questions. Label each room photograph, drawing and prior record by fixture, wet zone and building interface and date. When a concealed service or wet-area question remains, record it in the room schedule; identify the renovation-scope reviewer review or bathroom closeout file document that could resolve it. A finding behind one finish cannot be projected across every wall, floor or shared building service.
Request current system documents
Separate plumbing leaks from assembly questions
COORDINATE
Detail transitions and penetrations
List corners, seams, drains, curbs, niches, benches, fasteners and service penetrations as explicit checkpoints. Describe each fixture, assembly and building constraint separately, citing its supporting room photograph, measurement or dated document. Record approved changes. A finding at one fixture, wet zone and building interface may alter the proposed layout, assembly or building-logistics decision; unobserved parts of the bathroom renovation stay outside the available evidence.
Record approved changes.
DETAIL
Ask how components remain compatible
“Ask how components remain compatible” belongs on its own line in the room schedule. For the fixture, wet zone and building interface, pair the room photograph evidence with any concealed or untested bathroom renovation limits. Set photo checkpoints before covering. Record approved changes. Cross-reference the renovation and wet-area response answer to its room photograph; include the room schedule drawing, a product document for the renovation and wet-area response, or a dated reply from the renovation-scope reviewer. Resolve rough-in, strata and wet-area reviews before walls or tile conceal the work and before fixtures are released for purchase.
Set photo checkpoints before covering
Record approved changes
SELECT
Define tests and closeout evidence
Where a reviewed test or inspection applies, state method, timing and record output. Collect photos, product information and maintenance guidance. Before proceeding, document unfinished or excluded areas. Give task ownership to the renovation-scope reviewer; place its checkpoint before the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision, then name the expected bathroom closeout file. This separates current room schedule evidence from the proposed renovation and wet-area response. Put manufacturer information and renovation-scope reviewer input in the bathroom closeout file; file authority questions under the relevant bathroom renovation decision.
Document unfinished or excluded areas.
VERIFY
Avoid guaranteed waterproofing claims
Resolve “Avoid guaranteed waterproofing claims” before ranking proposals. State the baseline fixture, wet zone and building interface, proposed renovation and wet-area response, exclusions, quantities and written change process. Retain batch or product references where useful. Document unfinished or excluded areas. Review each room photograph while it can still change the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision. Record a dated layout, assembly or building-logistics decision choice or assign the remaining concealed service or wet-area question. Track that uncertainty in the bathroom closeout file, outside the lump-sum total.
Retain batch or product references where useful
Document unfinished or excluded areas
FILE
Complete the wet-area evidence record
Finish this wet-area evidence as a room schedule: include its starting evidence, location map, proposed renovation and wet-area response and unresolved limits. For “Ask How Wet-Area Details Will Be Documented,” justify each renovation and wet-area response inclusion and assign the next concealed service or wet-area question. In the room schedule, list the approvals, product records and bathroom closeout file expected. Continue with “Specify the Existing Room and Every Proposed Change”, “Normalize Scope, Allowances and Building Logistics”, and “Map Plumbing, Electrical and Building Impacts” for related bathroom renovation decisions. Use the room schedule guide links for any wider renovation and wet-area response comparison. Keep each dated Burnaby, provincial or BC Housing reference with the trade, strata or wet-area question it informs.
Name the next layout, assembly or building-logistics decision, responsible renovation-scope reviewer and room schedule evidence still required
Retain dated official bathroom renovation sources and guide links within the bathroom closeout file