Bathroom Project

[Fox]

Well I went ahead and worked on the bath today til around 2:30 pm. I got two sides of the shower tiled and applied the final skim coat on the drywall so a quick sanding tomorrow and it's ready for primer and paint. I thought I grabbed white tile but it is almond colored. Home depot is closed so I said "screw it!" and went ahead and used it. I grabbed white shelves and soap holders when I got the tile thinking the tile was white. The two together don't look bad IMO.

I used a couple of 2" strips of drywall as ledgers for the first row of tiles to sit on and then went up the wall off that. Tomorrow I'll pull the ledgers and install the bottom row of tiles



I took a couple of shots under the floor so you can see that I wasn't lyin' when I said I had to rebuild it "from the floor joists up" I used PEX tubing for the water feeds. It's kind of expensive but it's super easy to install. You just cut the tubing and push it into the fittings. It's flexible so you don't have to glue up a bunch of elbows and tees. $128 for the PEX and another $20 for the black ABS drain pipe and fittings.

[90GTVert]

Coming together nicely. The almond and white looks good to me. Never seen PEX before, or paid attention to it, but that's pretty cool.

[Fox]

Yeah, Pex is something that's been around for a while. I've never used it before now but I've seen it lots of times on TV. They run that stuff through an entire house off a central manifold like this:
www.homebuilding-questions.com/pex_installation.html

They also use it for radiant floor heating. Your supposed to use red for hot and blue for cold but I just used red for both to save money.

As far as the white/almond combination, I have an almond pedestal sink that I acquired from a job a couple of years ago that I'm gonna install right next to a white toilet.

[Goosey]

Looking nice. The white/almond looks good. Do you do any kind of mildew treatment to the ceiling?

[Fox]

The drywall is supposed to be mildew resistant. At least that's what it says on it. Other than that a good coat of primer and semi-gloss paint on it should keep out the moisture and running the exhaust fan for a while after a shower will help dry out the room. The key is air flow. Crack the window and run the fan for a while. I'm gonna put on a set of shower doors so an occasional dousing with a 50/50 bleach water solution on the tile and doors should ward off mold. It's not good to put bleach on the paint so I expect a little mildew will try to grow on the ceiling but you just have to wipe it down with a rag and windex or some other ammonia based cleaner every so often before the mildew has a chance to embed itself into the paint.

[Goosey]

LOL, so if I open this window it'll help?

My mother who I bought the house from just recieved notice from the city planner that the roof needs to be done, the house needs to be painted, and the garage needs to be removed, by Feb 14th, LOL. It was 9 degrees out when I left for work this morning. And I need a building permit for my scooter shed :bfg:

[Fox]

That's messed up Goosey.

[shakerdriver]

evrything the government can do to get in our pockets they will, now matter how rediculous it is. and that bathrooms lookin real good fox, had you not said anything about the almond/white difference i wouldn't have noticed it in the pics. i thought it was just the way the light was hitting it. that pex tubes some amazing stuff, and the accompaning sharkbite fittings make it extremely easy and convienient to use. beats the hell out of sweating copper or doing a bunch of measuring, cutting, and getting hi off the cleaner and glue on pvc.

[Goosey]

It bothers me more knowing they were inspecting my property twice last weak without my knowledge. I will have to get ahold of them and see what I can do. This was all on my summer 2011 list of projects.
I like that plumbing Fox. Filed the info away for future reference.

[2strokd]

That IS BS Goosey! Im sorry to hear about the pressure the city is putting on you. They can do some crooked backstabbing shtuff and get away with it.... And the timeline is just F***ed up!
Wish i could help out. At the least you should be able to get the due date continued until late spring when it makes sense to do that kinda work. A roof and paint in the winter? WTF? That guy is
WHACKED!


BTW, Very nice B-room Fox! Im sure the Mrs. is happy with it a well.?.

[Goosey]

Well just like the rest of ya all, I'm just going to have to talk to someone and find out what my options are. Maybe they just wanted my/the owners attention to get the ball rolling. Heck, I know I have the worst looking house on the block, just need a chance to work on it in a reasonable timeline. It kinda came this way. Apparently they don't know the owner changed yet, may buy me some time, and really they can't expect me to paint and roof in the middle of winter in Wisconsin.
Every little milestone is something to feel good about though on these old houses. I am following the bathroom project to learn something here.. don't stop the updates Fox Don't want to hijack your thread, it just started on the old house theme...

[Fox]

Well, slowly but surely I'm getting closer to the finish line. Still have to install the sink, do the baseboards and door trim and then finish tiling the shower and install the shower doors. I figure I'll be able to shower in it by next weekend. I found a diamond hole saw at Harbor Freight for $10 so I can drill holes in the tiles to fit over the plumbing. I have some Ikea cabinets and shelves to put together as well.

WORK WORK WORK! :stars:

I got the vinyl floor and toilet in today. It's a tall toilet and I bought a Toilevator® for it so it's really tall now. Makes it easier on my old knees. Wasn't cheap.






Tiling this wall is going to be a bitch I just know it.

[stepthrutuner]

Lookin' righteous, man. Tell me about that base under the toilet. Is that to give it more seat height or what?

[Fox]

Yeah Step. It's a plastic base to raise the toilet higher. It was easy to install. Cost about $100 shipped. It's a medical aide for people with bad knees so it's easier to get up and it's more comfortable to sit on because your knees aren't bent as much. I have an old knee injury so it's great but we really got it for my girl because she has knee, ankle and back problems.

Here's where we got it:
www.dynamic-living.com/product/toilevator-a-raised-seat-alternative/FROOGLE/#clear

[stepthrutuner]

Hey, and a closer target for us men folk too. ;D