Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wallboard in the Bath
Wall board is in. Going green. Better if I replaced the wallboard. Not all that hard with new board. Now for the fun of mudding the board. 
Earth Hour
I guess I'm just too far right and have spent too much time doing things environmental to get caught up in the Earth Day or Earth Hour feel good, enviro stuff. My favorite eldest child put out a Facebook request for all her followers to turn out the lights for Earth hour. I turned on extra lights between 8:30 and 9:30.
Unlike most of the left, I don't have the arrogance to believe I can change the climate.
Unlike most of the left, I don't have the arrogance to believe I can change the climate.
More Bath Remodeling
Problems encountered
1. The premolded 34" shower wall is really 36" and extends into the drywall on the perpendicular wall face. My solution was to cut the overhang from the drywall. I'll install the wall then cover with a small strip of drywall and the metal corner edge
I decided it would be easier and look better if I didn't try to cut mounted drywall and patch it. The drywall on the back wall was removed.
The rear of the pan was 1/8" inch too far back and the wall didn't fit into the mounting slots on the pan. A bit of removing subflooring and moving the pan solved that. Took about an hour to figure that out.
The shower faucet is nice. Just takes a while to figure out the set up.
1. The premolded 34" shower wall is really 36" and extends into the drywall on the perpendicular wall face. My solution was to cut the overhang from the drywall. I'll install the wall then cover with a small strip of drywall and the metal corner edge
I decided it would be easier and look better if I didn't try to cut mounted drywall and patch it. The drywall on the back wall was removed.
The rear of the pan was 1/8" inch too far back and the wall didn't fit into the mounting slots on the pan. A bit of removing subflooring and moving the pan solved that. Took about an hour to figure that out.
The shower faucet is nice. Just takes a while to figure out the set up.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Shower surround
Partially installed but not with caulking. The back piece was loads of fun for two old folks to get up the stairs.
Bathroom Plumbing
Needed to do some additional cutting to get the drain to fit. Then replumbed the drain piping. Not much of a job, but I'm slow. The empty hole is where the tub drain was located.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Shower base going in
Stirling (Koehler) 60"x34" shower going in. The base is a very tight fit. More drywall gets removed. Can only find these in center drain. Took a couple cuts to get the drain opening in the subfloor big enough. Next step will be do rough in the plumbing.
Redoing the batchroom
Lot's of fun just cutting out the old one. A bit more stuck under the drywall than I thought.
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