Just to let you all know I am going on holidays for the next two weeks. Yeah!!!! A girls gotta have a break, right? I will be sure to blog and update on the bathroom as soon as we return from our camping trip.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Getting There!!
The walls are up and the taping & mudding have begun. The new tub is very well liked but we can not 
wait to try out the new shower.
Next on the list is the tub surround which should
be a challenge, after that the rest should be a piece of cake and the wall is almost ready for the medicine cabinet to be installed.
wait to try out the new shower.Next on the list is the tub surround which should
be a challenge, after that the rest should be a piece of cake and the wall is almost ready for the medicine cabinet to be installed.
WE'RE GETTING THERE!!
Monday, July 09, 2007
A Work in Progress!
Our bathroom didn't start out all that bad. We thought it would be an easy job and I think that is where we went wrong. 
The mold was not nearly as bad as we thought it was going to be.
This was our original tub which had been painted in the past and had since began to rust.
The mold was not nearly as bad as we thought it was going to be.
This is the fire wall that separates our house and the one we are attached to. This is the reason why we hired a plumber. We were not confident enough to try it ourselves simply for the fact that it would all be hidden once the wall went back up. It would be a lot of work to fix it ourselves if it leaked.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
My Bathroom
Its really funny how one small idea can lead to so much trouble. No matter what we did nothing worked. We tore down ugly wallpaper and painted but nothing helped. One day we came up with the brilliant idea to redo our bathroom. It is really small so it was nothing to think that we could do it and it would only take about two weeks. It wasn't really that bad of an idea. Take out the old and replace it with the new. So off we go on our quest to find the items we need and of course the things that I like (at the right price). Over a couple of months we find everything that we need. We did not pay full price for anything except for the tub. Whohoo!!
So we take the time off work and begin our task. It took several trips to remove the vanity, toilet, tub and the walls. Once the mold was gone we had a clean slate. Not a problem, or so we thought. First problem was that none of the electrical was done properly. So my husband spent a whole day rewiring what was there and added a new plug. Next came changing the ceiling fan to a new bigger model. When we removed the old one we found out that it was hanging on by a thread. Not safe, I just thank God that the roof had never leaked.
Installing the tub was a task all in itself. It is really hard to install something so big especially when the floor is not level, the drain is not centered and the pipes have to be moved. This was something we did not want to try by ourselves so we called a plumber. Little did we know that was going to be a problem. The pipes are located in a hidden wall so we thought get someone else to do it right the first time and that would be that. Well the guy comes and sets us up. Buddy leaves right after for an out of town wedding so we have to call the guy on call because his weld did not take. Good news I hear, the guy can't come until Sunday (this happened Friday night). No problem lets hang drywall. Give me a power tool and look out. I am not just a pretty face I can actually do things.
It's been awhile but all the drywall is up and we are back in action. We had to take a break because of other things that had been going on. Our next task is to hand the tub surround. The problem is that the floor is not level, the tub is level and the walls are nowhere near being straight.
What next? I don't think that anything else can go wrong. I just want to give up. All I can do is thank God we have a second bathroom.
So we take the time off work and begin our task. It took several trips to remove the vanity, toilet, tub and the walls. Once the mold was gone we had a clean slate. Not a problem, or so we thought. First problem was that none of the electrical was done properly. So my husband spent a whole day rewiring what was there and added a new plug. Next came changing the ceiling fan to a new bigger model. When we removed the old one we found out that it was hanging on by a thread. Not safe, I just thank God that the roof had never leaked.
Installing the tub was a task all in itself. It is really hard to install something so big especially when the floor is not level, the drain is not centered and the pipes have to be moved. This was something we did not want to try by ourselves so we called a plumber. Little did we know that was going to be a problem. The pipes are located in a hidden wall so we thought get someone else to do it right the first time and that would be that. Well the guy comes and sets us up. Buddy leaves right after for an out of town wedding so we have to call the guy on call because his weld did not take. Good news I hear, the guy can't come until Sunday (this happened Friday night). No problem lets hang drywall. Give me a power tool and look out. I am not just a pretty face I can actually do things.
It's been awhile but all the drywall is up and we are back in action. We had to take a break because of other things that had been going on. Our next task is to hand the tub surround. The problem is that the floor is not level, the tub is level and the walls are nowhere near being straight.
What next? I don't think that anything else can go wrong. I just want to give up. All I can do is thank God we have a second bathroom.
Enough!!
What is with all the comments from the peanut gallery? I mean do you all care that much, I don't think so. Is a girl not allowed to take a break? Really come on, you don't have anything better to do? God forbid I spend a little time away from the computer and get some quality time with my kids? Not really all that time away. I have been checking in but only for about 5 minutes at a time. Now that school is over and dance is done I don't have all that much free time. As bitter as I sound about all of the comments I would like to say THANK YOU for checking in from time to time.
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