This week, I take a break from my normal posts to show you the bathroom I’m remodeling. I’m going to try to finish the entire thing in 5 days. Today, I tell you about day 1.
Pesky plaster and rotten wood
Day 1 of the bathroom remodel is in the bag. Actually, the bathroom is in the bag – the garbage bag. Lots of them. Our house is from the 50s, so the walls are 1″ thick plaster. And plaster is heavy. Really heavy. We took out 23 bags, each weighing about 75 pounds for a total of about 1700 pounds. I am scrawny, so tomorrow, I will be sore.
We also discovered a lot of rot. The wall that Mrs. 1500 is fighting with in the photo below was half rotted out. We took the whole thing out and I’ll frame out a new one tomorrow.
I thought that we’d have the tub out today, but it was not to be. This will be first on our list for tomorrow.
Falling behind
What is worse than removing plaster? I’ll tell you: getting our older daughter (C) to take oral antibiotics. C was diagnosed with strep throat today and I’m convinced there is nothing she likes less than ingesting medicine. Combine that with amazing stubbornness (my genes, I confess) and you have a recipe for sitting there for 45 minutes, egging her on.
C was up all last night with a sore throat. I was already dead tired from the Berkshire weekend, so now I’m feeling downright delirious with exhaustion. Seriously, you ever get so tired that you can’t remember things people told you 20 seconds ago? That is how I am now. The brain just isn’t working. But the show must go on.
Tomorrow
I’m not as far ahead as I’d like to be, but worse things have happened. On Tuesday, I hope to remove the tub, install the shower, hang drywall and get the plumbing fixed. Tune in Tuesday evening for another riveting update.
Progress
Remove all fixtures including light,tub,toilet and vanity.Remove all plaster from the walls and ceiling, gutting it down to the studs.Remove all floor tile.- NEW -> Frame new wall.
- Fix rotted floor. The shower doors were not installed correctly which resulted in a leak which rotted lots of stuff.
- Reframe wall to accommodate a bigger door. The current door is very narrow.
- Fix the plumbing: There is a clog somewhere in the sink’s pipes… (Mrs. 1500 note: Ask Mr. 1500 how that clog happened. Go ahead, ask him. **Someone** cleaned tiling tools out in the sink… Not naming names but it rhymes with Trister Bifteen Lundred…)
- Hang and finish drywall.
- Install new tub/shower enclosure.
- Tile and grout floor.
- Paint.
- Install toilet.
- Install new vanity and cabinet.
- Tile backsplash and install light fixture.
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You two are amazing. Wow!!
Ha, don’t count your bathroom before it’s finished.
You can do it!!!
Ha! I hope so…
These are awesome to read…
Do you think you would like help… Or is more then 2 people to much for that small space…. I was thinking of carpentourism… I keep wanting to help out with projects like that so I can get some knowledge under my belt with out having to buy the house firsts. Its a win win scenario I think since whom ever would get free labor…. Inexperienced labor… But I would follow all the directions… Plus since I’d be doing it for free it won’t be like I’m just trying to earn a paycheck
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Thanks Roamer! Can you be here tomorrow? 🙂
Most of it will be done by end of week, but if you’re in the area, feel free to stop by any time!
The demo is always the easy part, it the putting it back together part that is work. Good luck!
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Don’t say that! This was a miserable demo. I hope the rebuilding goes better…
Your poor girl- strep is horrible (I got it once a year for the first 22 years of my life). Good luck on nursing your daughter and your bathroom back to their former glory.
I know, right? Sore throats are horrible. She is already doing much better. Getting the medicine down is still a huge fight though.
On the antibiotics – have you tried using the blunt syringes to squirt it in the mouth and then clamp her mouth shut until she swallows? Sounds cruel but that’s the only thing that worked for my kids – plus the syringes make for super accurate dosing. The pharmacy should be throw one in with the Rx.
On the exhaustion be CAREFUL. Exhausted workers make mistakes and/or injure themselves. I know this from repeated personal experience doing manual labor when I was younger.
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This is a great idea, but I’m thinking she may throw up too. She already did it once. Seriously, it takes her 45 minutes to get it down.
I hear you the exhaustion. My brain just isn’t the same. I lose tools constantly. It is miserably.
I can’t wait to see part 2 – I hope it all goes well.
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Ha, there won’t be much to see. I’m thinking it won’t get good until day 4…
Killin’ it! Who doesn’t love some DIY!!?? Can’t wait to see the finished project. Hopefully no more suprises…
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Lot more surprises. Sigh…
Wow, just wow……
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But so sleepy…
I’m not going to lie, when I saw this post on my feed I thought it was round 2 of the soylent experiment.
This is the Comment of the Year! LOVE IT!!!
LOL You look like a project manager with that punch list. Also thought of a poop joke that I’ll hold back on. It involved lots of Taco Bell…
Must feel good to get that bathroom gutted though!
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Let the poop (jokes) fly! Half my humor comes from bodily functions!
I think it’s a dad thing. We just have really base humor. It’s just our duty (doody?).
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LOL!!! Keep it coming!