the Girls' Bathroom
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August, 2007. The girls bathroom is finally (almost) done! This one took lots longer than anyone ever thought... |
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HERE's what we started with. The floor was vinyl-asbestos tile, the tub was rusting and the faucet barely worked... pretty suboptimal. |
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So around March, 2006, we started ripping it apart. George couldn't remove the tub intact- it was built in place- so he had to cut it in half to get it out..! |
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Everything else went out the window ;-) |
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Then we reframed the window and insert a new, double-pane beauty- what a concept. HERE we've finished the bathroom window and we're doing their bedroom window. |
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Back to the bathroom- the new tub that was wider than the old one, so the drain didn't line up. George had to chisel away a bunch of concrete and then- got LUCKY! turned out they had banded the drain together 40 years ago, so he was able to disconnect the old band... |
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...and reconnect the new to PVC. |
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Fast forwarding almost a year (after a slight detour to redo the kitchen)- |
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A few weeks later and YOW! new floor tile, grouted and all! note- this is the second floor that got put down. the mastic didn't set up right on the first attempt and george had to rip it all up! |
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and some glass wall tile, too! |