The pink tiles and white tiled floor was not a favorite of ours. The little corner sink with hard to turn knobs made for a difficult drink of water in the middle of the night.
Esther got the last bath in our old bathroom. Please note the big window in our shower...and if you click on the picture maybe you can see how discolored and moldy the grout lines are between the tiles. After Esther's bath I said bye to Esther and Shie who went to stay with Raja and Amanda's during the real messy part of the demolition and construction of the bath.
My close friend Jonathan took off a Friday from work and a whole weekend to help me with the bathroom. He brought a sleeping bag with him and stayed in our messy, dusty house with me. What a gift he is and what a fantastic time we had together! Here he is ripping off the old plaster and tiles. Our small bathroom had more than 4 metric tonnes of debris!
The bathroom is demolished, the old window taken out and the access panel opened. At this stage all the new electrical and new plumbing work begun. I also installed a fan which vents to the outside, all bathroom should really have one.
After I was done with the electrical and plumbing work I found this new window. I thought it would look great in our new bath! By the way. The plumbing was no small feat. You really don't know what you are going to run into with old plumbing. I had to redo so much of it and it took a lot more time than anticipated but it just had to be done. Also, many of the floor joists had been hacked into by less knowledgeable plumbers in the past. This had to be fixed as well before new sub-floors could be laid.
Raising a 32' ladder (10 meters) by yourself to climb up for the install of the window was more of a challenge than actually putting it in.
More will come soon....
6 comments:
Once again, I must say that I am so impressed by your know-how in this area of expertise! I would panic if I was put in charge of dealing with fixing a new bathroom! You are absolutely awesome brother! I'm looking forward with excitement to seeing the "after pictures".
Love
Jo
Great job, husband. I know it's been stressful on all of us, but you have done such a good job. We will enjoy it for years to come!
I want to see the result. What have they built the walls with? "plockepinn"???? Em
No, it is not "plockepinn" it is lath. "Plaster and Lath" was used before gypsum was made into "handi" panels called "drywall". In some real upscale remodels Lath is still used. Lath is nailed horizontally to the studs one centimeter apart. When the lath is nailed to the studs cement is applied. Some of the cement or plaster will seep into the one cm crevice forming a key that holds the rest of the cement that is applied in layers making a very hard wall surface. The problem with lath is the cost of installation and that over 50-80 years it starts to crack because of house settling and heavy traffic from cars, trucks and even planes. It is then best to tear it all off. This is a VERY dusty and of course heavy proposition since cement is heavy! We had a fine layer of dust everywhere in our house from our small bathroom.
j
How did you shuffle it all away, and how many turns did you have to make with your car to get rid of it? Em
I had a container in the front of the house that was picked up when it was full.
j
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