Thursday, July 26, 2007
remind me to buy "new" next time!
Well, as anyone who's been following along knows, I'm in the middle of a remodeling/refurbishment of my house. I've finished the living room, and it looks great! Then I started the bathroom. Oh, my goodness! The sink base was rotten, so I disconnected the sink and put the base on the curb. The commode came up easily enough, but there isn't much of a flange left to mount it back on, so I'm going to have to get one of those spacer deals so it's actually got something to seal against when the wax ring is installed. I pulled up the linoleum, which revealed the crack in the slab that I knew was there - I just didn't know how wide it was! It goes 3/8 to 1/2 inches in most locations! it hasn't moved since I had the foundation leveled a couple of summers ago, but it needs to be sealed and leveled so I can put the ceramic tile down. Oh, I decided to remove sheet rock up to about 32" so I could check plumbing and what not, only to find that all of the 2x4's, including the base plate, were rotten - so I had to saw them off, install a new base plate, and sandwich new wood where the old studs were so that there's something there to nail to when the wainscoting goes up. Whew! Anyway, I finished the studs yesterday. So far today, I've cut and fitted a backer to replace where the sheet rock was and replaced a rotten elbow and close pipe for the drain stub. Then, I mixed up a big batch of thinset and filled in and leveled the crack in the slab. I'll have to do it again in the morning, but at least it's a start and the thinset I'll use to mortar the tiles in place will also act as leveling if I'm careful about how the tiles are placed (making sure its a level installation as I go). Well, got to go. I've got a piece of the beaded panel that I used on the ceiling in the LR that I'm going to use as wainscote in the bathroom and I've got to cut it in half. - Dan
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4 comments:
You exhaust me, just reading what you're doing. ;)
I'm running out of time, unfortunately! I've got to get finished with the remodel and get everything moved out so I can put the place on the market! Yesterday I put down the ceramic tile. Today, I cleaned up, fitted the wainscoting for the wall behind the toilet/sink base, primed and finish-coated that "hard to reach" area behind the commode, and then grouted the tile. Monday, I have to clean the grout, finish the wainscote, prime and finish coat it, install the lip and baseboard, then rinstall the commode and sink-base and sink. Then....I'm finished in the bathroom! (time to start moving stuff!). It is exhausting, but it'll be worth it in the end!
LIC, Dan
Whew! ;)
Update
I cleaned the grout, reinstalled the commode and sink base (after a 2nd trip to Lowe's to replace the first one, which was defective), hooked up all the plumbing, finished the wainscoting, installed the lip, and started on baseboard. Unfortunately, the baseboard isn't going in like it should, so I called it a day. I should finish in the bathroom tomorrow, and then I can start moving stuff!
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