the bathroom demo started today!

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the mirror was stuck to the dry wall, the tub and shower stall are out, the cabinet doors on the floors are covering 4" holes to (hopefully) keep the bugs out until tomorrow

woohoo! :bounce:

[Stinky The Clown]

1. I bet you're really gunna miss that ......

.... wallpaper and floor tile, huh? :)

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2. the wallpaper will stay for a while I fear. but at least I'll have ONE

white wall LOL

and the floor is nasty peel and stick tiles that have seen better days for sure

what I won't miss is that gawd awful "garden tub" that wasn't deep enough to get a 5 year old wet and took 16 square feet out of the room

BTW I found a good ol boy to make those drawers in the kitchen for me today. if he does a good job I'm gonna have him whip up a "window seat" for under that big window ( the broom is leaning against the window which is about 3'x4') with storage for my comforters in the bathroom. i'll make a cushion for it and it will be a nice storage solution and look nice from the main house too

I can't wait for the tile work to be done, the guys that have been doing the work are great, but geez I'm ready to get everybody outa here so I can finish unpacking and figuring out where every thing goes

[Warpy]

5. That's one thing I'll be glad to get rid of

I have a 1950's "standard" tub that isn't big enough for anyone over the age of six but which barks my shins nicely when I get into the thing for a shower. That one will be a shower.

I'm putting in a Japanese soaking tub into my new bath. No jets, just a one person, sit down tub to soak in that one day a year I need to SOAK, http://www.arpbathtubs.com/soaktub.html or http://bathtub.at-house.com/bt03.htm

Anyway, that's what my plans are showing. Whether or not it ever gets DONE is another matter.

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14. those look so nice! and it'll get done-- it will just FEEL like it's

forever

:rofl:

[TygrBright]

15. I hear ya on the "garden tub"...

...they are pretty much punk, in my book. And I say that as someone who was darn near seduced by the thought of lolling in one, looking out a window with a fizzy drink nearby. We saw several when I was house-hunting and I have to admit the *concept* appealed, and they sure looked pretty.

Then I woke up and came to my senses.

1. I don't really like fizzy drinks except sometimes a little mineral water.
2. I live in an ARID region with frequent water scarcity, I'm gonna have a giant tub? Not!
3. I'm gonna haveta CLIMB INSIDE IT to clean it? NOT!!
4. I take *maybe* 5 or 6 baths a year, mostly, I'm a shower person.

We ended up buying a place that has a tub/shower combo in the master bath, but the tub is an extra-deep 1-person jet tub. This is the best of all worlds for us, since the Darling Husband likes an occasional bath (couple of times a week) and uses the jets now and then. We're both large folks and the extra-deep works fine without too-much water since it's regular-tub narrow.

Having figured all this out, I wouldn't have one of those monster tubs as a gift. In an area with low-flow fixtures mandated, can you imagine just how long one of those puppies would take to FILL?

wetly,
Bright

[Warpy]

16. I agree with all of the above

which is why the main bathroom will have a large shower instead of the tub.

It's impossible to sell a house that doesn't have a tub, don't ask me why, so if I am compelled to install one, I'm going to install a useful one.

The second one I linked above is a water miser among soaking tubs, and the first one linked was second on the list of Japanese tubs for low water use.

The only fizzy drink I like is Perrier and the only cleaning the tub will need is when I'm on my way out of it, which has worked in the past when I've had the luxury of an old clawfoot tub back in Boston.

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17. I think I got drowned as a witch in an earlier lifetime or something

cuz I don't take baths hardly ever. I shower exclusively

i swore if I had to live with it, it would just be a giant plant stand :rofl:

[TygrBright]

18. Hahahahahah..... I KNOW someone who did that!!

A couple of dear friends redid the upstairs bathroom in their older (1920s?) house in Minneapolis on the cheap, and they just put a big piece of plywood over the tub, since they never used it, and painted it and put a shelf on it, and draped fabric over it and put plants on it and objets d'art and a big magazine/book rack! It looked pretty cool, actually.

They redid part of their basement as a luxury shower with adjacent dressing rooms for each of them. Wouldn't have worked for me to go up and down 2 flights of steps between the bedroom and taking a shower/getting dressed, but they had a nice little routine worked out where they stopped in the kitchen on the way up/down for coffee/toast, picked up the paper, etc. It worked for them for many, many years.

amazedly,
Bright

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19. and i'm complaining about the 75' walk the length of the house

bet they had good leg muscles though

[Catshrink]

3. OMG!

my house has looked like that for weeks! Not the bathroom, but the rest of it. Good luck on this project -- I'm glad you have help doing it. BTW, you can paint over wallpaper.

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10. true on the paint thing, but we have those damned expansion joints

to deal with so by the time we fill and texture them i'll have to prime anyway so might as well do the whole wall

[Warpy]

20. I found I had to pick at and peel the paper

because it was too slick to have even primer stick to it and I didn't feel like sanding whole walls.

I really wish those guys would do primed sheetrock and expansion joints (really just a way to reduce the labor involved in taping) instead of that loathsome wallpaper they all use.

[Warpy]

4. EEW, at least they used double sided tape to the drywall

in my trailer, so I only had a couple of minor holes to plug.

Now you've seen the 1/4 inch sheetrock. Don't be too dismayed. They have to do that for weight considerations.

I do hope you weren't wedded to that wallpaper. I don't know why trailer builders do THAT, either. It was a great joy to peel it all down and tape the sheetrock and get it painted.

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6. a room at a time

we're going to take down the expansion joints and paint a room at a time

this room probably won't be the first one done but OTOH i'll be half way home on this one so maybe it will

either way, I'll be glad to have my shower in my bedroom instead of schlepping the whole length of the house for a shower. AND we haven't unpacked the bath yet since we aren't using it yet so we're basically living out of our "travel bags" in the other bath

and the sooner they get this done, the sooner they'll be done and gone as this is the last job

[wildeyed]

7. I like painting bathrooms.

Nice, manageable sized job, although removing the wallpaper will add considerably to the labor. But it is nice to have a room all the way done.

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11. we should be able to wash the walls with vinegar and paint over most of

it and it's pretty big, the room is 17x9

[wildeyed]

8. What did you decide for the shower surround?

Will the subfloor take the glass brick weight?

Whooo, that picture has been my life for the past few months.

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9. nah, we went cheap with standard 6x6 white tile

the budget started getting tight so we gave up the glass or acyrlic blocks and it's just as well with the hard water around here, i'd never be able to keep them looking decent

when are the counters due to arrive? soon I hope!

[wildeyed]

12. Counters are in.

Sink is in, stove is in. :bounce: No dishwasher or backplash, but soon. I posted a little about it in C&B.

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13. just saw that! Congrats! n/t

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21. making progress (pic update)

the estimated tile need was WAY off, so I had to scramble to find more tile. I ended up with this nice tile for the floor. the walls will be 6x6 classic white. depending on the electrician, we should be showering by Wednesday or Thursday.....

[Kingshakabobo]

22. Is that all one big shower?

What are the dimensions? What did you use for a base?

It looks cool. I'm jealous! I need a project but I'm all built out. I guess I need to move.....LOL

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23. yes, it's almost 5x7. the tile is set on hardi backer board

for the floor and green board on the walls

here's a "before" the small stem wall on the left had a fiberglass shower in it that was tiny tiny as you can see in the mirror. we have a matching vanity with the john on the other side of the room

[Warpy]

26. Jeez, what were they thinking?

Usually the interior spaces in a trailer are all beautifully planned. They must've given the bathrooms to a new hire.

I can see why you called it a useless shin-barker.

I think the only thing I used my smaller and out of the way garden tub for was sloshing out the dirty mini blinds.

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28. I have no idea!

it was a useless (for me) waste of space. it would have been a plant stand in my world and that carpet around the outside was AWFUL!

[Warpy]

30. That was CARPET and not just contrasting ugly wallpaper?

Carpet on vertical surfaces is just SO seventies! Still got those disco platform shoes?

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31. yes! and I ripped out all that ugly crap day one

:banghead:

[Kingshakabobo]

27. That's a MUCH better use of space! n/t

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29. thanks! and that area under the window is perfect for my wicker

dressing table!

[catmother]

32. when we built our house we had them do 2 of those huge

walk in showers. mine is done in tile -- even has a little seat which i keep my shampoo and conditoner on. also has 2 shelves. my huband's is glass block with cultured marble on the interior. he has a vertical spa. you know the one where all the jets hit you at once. my tub, in my bathroom never gets used. it's strictly for resale. it's also hard to get into. lol

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33. we're adding 4 corner shelves and I'll pick up a nice shower stool

that I can move around to shave legs and just sit and let the water beat down

something like this



or this

[catmother]

34. great idea.

[Warpy]

35. Go to a medical supply store

and get one with a plastic top you can bleach, if necessary, should it grow mold.

They're lighter, too, easier to shift around. The one I got my parents was this one, because I knew my pop would end up standing on it. The handles on both sides are a bonus.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/seniorshops_1904_385011

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36. having started my working life as a nurse's aide I have been avoiding

those BUT they will blend with the white tile

[Warpy]

37. Yes, they will, and will be much easier to keep clean

That's why I suggested it.

It's what I'm gonna get after I put the walk in shower in MY bathroom.

[wildeyed]

24. Looks good!

So much better than that huge tub.

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25. whew, no kidding! DH is in heaven LOL n/t