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Done with the bathroom

It took a long time,but I'm finally done with this bathroom. The flooring is all vinyl,but the trim is high quality red oak. I did ceramic tile around the fiberglass shower,from left over materials.The ceramic job is pretty much a hack job of cut from 8x12 porclean. This project cost me about 3500$. I would have paid that alone for plumbing{plumbers won't do work like this in my area.They sop up all the gravy like new constuction, drain clogs or charging some old lady 300$ to fix a toliet}.

4 coats over gray primer

I'm about ready to rag roll this wall. I regret using this colour,i't's a nightmare!

THE WALL DOCTOR

I am, almost done with the taping.

Guess what, I forgot about a closet, must be the Irish blood in me. It was my wife who reminded me. She is Filipina and needs lots of space for shoes

Finally got the drywall done, I don’t know how I did it alone but I did; must be the German blood in me.

solo drywall hanging

This drywall project looks like a hack job. Well, it sort of is a hack job because I couldn’t get 8’ sheets up the narrow, enclosed stairwell. The biggest sheet I could get up the stairs was 5’. There are lots of butt joints, but I’m a pretty good finisher.////---- Notice my homemade sheetrock lifter.

tear out

Started a new room.The plaster is old and crumbly,so it needs to go. Nasty job,but it has to be done. If I ever buy a another house,it wont have plaster.

the 1/2" pex fitting

PEX FITTING NIGHTMARE

Two 1/2" to 1/2" fittings,but the pex on the right will not thread into a 1/2" valve for a leakproof connection. I had to sweat copper to get this valve on.

My drain didn’t line up so……. I had to tear into the ceiling below. This surprise project looks worse than what it was.

My drain didn’t line up so……. I had to tear into the ceiling below. This surprise project looks worse than what it was.

alcove

The cap at the top is 1"

Shower alclove problem

New shower today

NEW FLOOR TODAY

My wife wanted vinyl flooring. We did ceramic on the other bathroom, but she doesn’t like it because it’s cold in the winter. This vinyl has a nice feel to it, and it was cheap!

Shower drain

I think these pictures explain my drain problem more than anything

MOLD!!!!!!!

This room was gutted and insulated about 8 years ago. As you can see, there is mold on the insulation and wood. The wood being cedar clapboard nailed to 2x4's. I guess I shouldn't be to surprised because I can see daylight when I look at this wall. The wall is also damp and it's a north wall that gets very little sunlight if any at all. What should I do with this mess, so I can get this bathroom done .

The drill bit is on the outside of the wall cavity. Right photo is in the basement. Left photo is above. The whole mess ends up in an upstairs closet{top right picture}. From this location, I'm thinking I can run it along the floor into a room and them build a false floor on the top of it. Is this possible? or am I nuts. I have a heating air guy coming over tuesday. He already told me where to cut some holes so he can run a return air duct up there. He wasn't real hip on the idea of running duct up there because there just isn't much to work with as far as accsess. I think the false floor idea would solve the accsess issue.

I have the idea of doing a 32x60" kerdi

shower along this wall. As you can see, a lot of the area is sloped and a joist is in the way of where the drain needs to go.

shower location

This is my shower location where I wanted the sink