So it begins...The Upstairs Bathroom Meets its Maker.
Before:
Day 1: Almost complete tear out of bathroom. The vanity and mirror are staying. The rest is going. Bye-Bye iron tub, you had a good life. Go in Peace. Plants will find new life in you.
I was sitting in the next room when they were doing this, and it was actually hard to hear. They say demo is cathartic, maybe if I did it myself, but even then I can't even imagine. This house has been here much longer than I, and I felt terrible having the plaster wall torn apart. Now that it is done, I have adjusted. And the curiosity returned. The insulation behind my walls and the processes they used to build were awesome to see.
Day 2: Need to move floor joist to accommodate placement of my shower floor drain. New drain is centered, old one was right handed, and cast iron, and huge, and dipping into ceiling below. The sparks flew, literally, disconnecting connection. They definitely don't make it like they used to: Made to last and take a beating. Or give one in this case.
Day 3: Electrical below floor unsafe. I knew that. Three electrical boxes, one room, each feeding each other, can't be good. The electrician needs to move lighting in downstairs bathroom, so electrical box and random wires are not directly under where the tub was (with water leakage I might add) and where new shower is to go.
Day 4: Drywall up, plywood floor down, squeaks gone, floor drain in, electrical half done. But I find out the shower I got such a good deal on isn't going to work as is, due to my window height and shower door height. Bah! Work stops as of now. New ideas to be sought. Because of this window, the small size of the bathroom, the location of the toilet, it makes it difficult to find the right fit. Custom is way too expensive, and may not be able to fix issue with glass doors anyway. It's not off the table, but if I can keep shower doors and maybe switch to Kerdi Shower base and it's higher curb, and put another layer of plywood down on the floor, I may just be able to make it high enough to get those extra few inches I need for my shower glass to work. An hour of figuring and calculating later, I still need an extra 1.5" and I don't want to make the curb too high or the threshold change from tile to my hallway hardwood to odd either. Unless I change the floor plan. But that means moving plumbing, and redoing work already done. Bah squared! To be continued...Hopefully soon.
- Thank You Time Line Construction
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