There are many ways to save money on home improvement jobs.
I will try to give you a few ideas on how to save some money on your home
projects.



One way to save is to recycle materials. Most major urban areas have stores
that sell used building materials. Most of these materials where installed in
another home and business. When that space was remodeled or destroyed the
material was saved and brought to these resale shops.



Some items that are normally really good for your project would be ceramic
tile. You may have to clean some old dried mastic off the back of the tiles.
This is usually fairly easy and can save a tremendous amount of money.



Another great way to save money is to do as much of the remodeling you can by
yourself. A good example was when I remodeled my kitchen I bought stock
unfinished cabinets. Once I installed the cabinets I had to finish them myself.
This took approximately one extra day. However I saved hundreds of dollars over
the cost of already finished cabinets.



The biggest way to save money is to plan your projects around the sales at home
improvement stores. I once remodeled three rooms in my home at the same time.
It took a little longer to get the jobs finished then if I would have just done
one at a time. The difference was I saved hundreds of dollars by only working
on the rooms when I could get the items needed at a considerable savings
because of sales.