We haven’t even started demolition and I’m already exhausted. The build part I can handle, I’ve got a good contractor and I trust him, but the planning is endless decisions and half of them hinge on stuff I don’t understand, especially anything involving pipes. Every time I think I’ve decided something, someone asks where the vent stack goes or whether we’re moving the supply lines, and I realise I’ve made a decision without knowing it. I ended up going down a rabbit hole last night and honestly you should check out this guide on smart plumbing planning for kitchen and bath remodels if you’re in the same boat, it walked through the order of decisions in a way that finally made sense to me. Turns out the plumbing layout should basically drive the whole design, not the other way round. Wish I’d known that a month ago. Is it normal for the planning phase to feel harder than the build itself, or am I just overthinking it?