Bathroom remodel: Days 19-23

Monday - (9/20) - Contractor patched drywall and installed hardware on drawers and cabinets.

Tuesday - (9/21) Dehumidifier taken away, drywall patched

Wednesday (9/22) - Peace at last, no leaks. Now for wall color decision. I painted two more color samples. Do we want to go with a warm buttery yellow or a cool blue? (the yellow won)

Friday - (9/24) - While on the golf course, playing in my first ever golf tournament, the plumbers called. I was too afraid to answer. When I got home, I came home to... glass shower walls installed. Hooray! Now we're looking good.

Bathroom blahs: Day 2

Blahs Day 2: Today the plumber showed up early. I truly think he was just as upset as I was about the leak. He promptly assessed the situation and replaced a part (the vertical piece that's in the tank). He said the plastic threads must have cracked and he replaced with a new part that has brass fittings. T from the office brought over a huge dehumidifier by 9:30 am. They assured us that no damage was done to the subfloor, newly installed tile or newly installed heated pad.

We'll see.

Bathroom blahs: Day 1

This evening we discovered a leaky toilet. Yup, the same toilet that was just installed last week. It leaked over our newly installed tile floor, new sub floor and into our basement crawl space. I'm so upset; I feel like I never want to see these workers back in my house again.

Bathroom remodel: Days 14 -18

Days 14 - 18:

Monday (9/13) - measured for glass at shower. I bought mirror and light fixture.

Tuesday (9/14) - installed cabinets.

Wednesday (9/15) - installed toilet and shower/sink fixtures.

Friday (9/17) - finished electrical work for light fixture, heated floor thermostat and GFI outlet.

Bathroom remodel: Day 13

Day 13: Tile complete

Monday the contractor, plumber and glass guy are scheduled to be here.

Bathroom remodel: Day 12

Day 12: Tile in, spaced and ready for grout.

Bathroom remodel: Day 11

Day 11: shower seat installed

The seat is a nice beige/gray color. Not pink, as it appears in this photo.

Bathroom remodel: Days 6 - 10

Days 6 - 10: walls primed and ceiling painted, NuHeat electric floor mat installed (Yes, you read that correctly. We're going to have a heated floor!), floor tile laid. Tile NOT yet grouted.

The tile guy is slooow, but he's supposed to be good.

Tree trimming

I decided that having a bathroom remodeled and getting ready for my oldest's 7th birthday party was not enough, so we decided to have a couple trees trimmed. The majority of the work was done on our ash tree out front. Looks nice huh? Next time, I will take the photos from the same place.

Before:

After:

Bathroom remodel: Day 5

Day 5: Contractor sanded in early a.m. as requested so we could celebrate Taite's birthday!

He showed up with a plant for her; what a good guy!

Bathroom remodel: Day 4

Day 4: contractor spackled; painter visited for estimate

Bathroom remodel: Day 3

Day 3: new dry wall and pipes and marker fun!

Bathroom Remodel: Day 2

Day 2: new subfloor and half wall for shower

Bathroom Remodel: Day 1

Day 1: gutted bathroom

See water-damaged subfloor by old toilet and shower.

Look, under the window we don't need a radiator anymore. Ceiling ducts were installed as part of our new geothermal system.

Bathroom Remodel

Back in March 2010, the guys installing our geothermal system discovered some leaky pipes in the basement crawl space. Turned out to be from the toilet in our full bathroom on the first floor. It had been leaking for some time. We needed to remediate mold and replace some major components: subfloor, floor covering, toilet and shower. We decided it's time to remodel. This will eventually be the master bathroom.

Bathroom remodel - before photos