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The New Shower is in Place - Huzzah!

13th December 2006

The New Shower is in Place - Huzzah!

posted in Bathrooms, Rooms |

SO the shower is in place! It wasn’t looking good there for a while. The plumber had the bathroom filled with his tools, he didn’t show up one day, and when he left the day before that we weren’t sure it was going to get done this week. Well the guy finished up on Monday night and everything works. It is so nice to see some big progress in that room. It can be pretty crazy having your main bathroom be a construction zone, totally unusable, and not very kid-friendly. It’s been almost a month now since we started the demo and we are ready to finish off the drywall around the shower, tile the floor, move in the new vanity, install the new light fixture, install the new baseboard molding, install the new door, finish the decorative treatment on the walls, and re-install the toilet.

Hah! Small list right…well, when you tear things down to the frame you will find yourself with a huge list like that. It’s going to be great when it is complete though. What’s nice is knowing that we did most of it ourselves. If you’re a do it yourselfer you know that satisfaction and it definitely drives you and motivates you.

So you want to learn how to remove a toilet? Replace a shower? Demo an old vanity? Put slate tile on a bathroom floor? Stick around, because I plan to create individual sections with pictures, instructions, and my notes on all of these projects. Until then, take care!

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  1. 1 On December 30th, 2006, sparks3 said:

    It sounds o.k. if you have unlimited time and patience. How about some photos?

  2. 2 On January 15th, 2007, LeftoverJoe said:

    Hi Sparks, thanks for taking the time to comment. As you can see in the follow-up post I put up four pictures on the different stages of the shower demolition. There’s not too much detail there, but these are just basics to give people an idea of what was involved with this bathroom renovation project.

    Yes, it certainly does take a lot of patience. The biggest reason why this job was possible was that we had another full bath in the downstairs. If we had to somehow do this renovation without the use of a separate shower, sink, etc., than I definitely would have hired most of it out to a contractor.

    We’ve done a lot of work over the past week or so and I’ll be ready to post a new round of pictures soon. Thanks again for your comment. Have a good one!

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