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Bathroom Remodel
Hey, me and my wife have been working on this bathroom for awhile now, and it's practically done (minor finishing on hold due to newborn). We started with a 1958 original bathroom, this is what it looked like before we moved in.
http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=617 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=618 And the work begins... http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=619 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=620 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=621 I cut around the top of the drywall down a bit to preserve the ceiling and eliminate the need to finish the top corners all around. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=622 Then I had my friend over and we began Demoing all the bunker like tiles and cement. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=623 It was a bomb shelter. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=624 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=625 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=626 |
Then I started on the floor, found that over 50 yrs, 8 layers of tile had been laid, all plastic...
http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=627 Ahh, through to the subfloor... http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=628 http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=629 A previous owner had installed two medicine cabinets and cut 3- 2x6 studs in a row without reframing around them... nice.. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=630 Had to fix that.. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=631 on to the outside wall.. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=632 Installed new insulation to the outside wall and the bedroom wall for noise... http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=633 Refit the window.. it was installed improperly the last time it was replaced.. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=634 Vapour barrier... http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=635 My wife and my son(in her tummy) helping out. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=636 |
new plywood on the subfloor.
http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=637 then the wonderboard.http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=638 Running new electrical outlets and switches. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=639 The drywall is up, and the tub is in! http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=640 On to tiling.. this took a long time, especially getting it right around the window. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=641 Cutting holes in the tile.. an exercise in patience. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=642 It's all in.. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=643 Missed some pictures of the install of the toilet and plumbing of the sink stuff, but it was all done in a hurry because my wife was due soon so we were focused. http://www.diychatroom.com/picture.p...&pictureid=644 It's a little more done than that now, I'll upload another picture or two of where it is now soon. THANK YOU EVERYONE who had a hand in answering all the questions we had about this project, it turned out fantastically, and just in time for the little one. |
Looks like a first class job!
How did you waterproof the backerboard? There's definately a few ways to skin that cat. Congrats on the new bathroom and the new kiddo! :thumbsup: |
Good job. Very well done.
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Looks great. Nice job.
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Excellent job, my wife and I are also hoping to get our bathroom completed before the arrival of our little one, (10 weeks to go).
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Awesome! :thumbup:
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I did notice that he does like the sound of the drill, I think he remembers it from the womb. |
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Thanks! We used fiberrock aquatough (neat stuff) on the walls, and a good quality thinset to fill the seams. Then more thinset to lay the tile. The floor was a plywood layer on top of the subfloor, then thinset, then cement wonderboard, then thinset in the seams, then thinset and then the porcelain tile and a polymer grout in the 1/8" grout lines all around. It was our first time tiling ever, and we're really pleased with the results... although there was quite the learning curve. The window was difficult, because we previously had a wood frame there, and it was all water damaged, so we put tile in instead on a slope so the water wouldn't sit, it was much more difficult than we anticipated. Next to that the other difficult spot was the heat register, it ended up falling right in the middle of a tile. They're 13" tiles, and the register is 11" wide, right in the middle of a tile, it took me 5 tiles to get the cut out without snaping the tile. Best tool for cutting the holes I found was an angle grinder with a diamond blade. We still have to install the bathroom fan, but that's going to wait until we do the roof next year, and then we'll cut out the hole for venting it. Sorry I rambled on. have a good one. |
nice remodel
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