The depths of the Bathroom

One thing leads to another. As recounted by Shoo and Ronn in various oblique empathic bloggings.

The bathroom in question used to have a tub. This is a good thing

The drain pipes are black steel. This is a bad thing

We wanted a shower and sink added. Good Idea

We had to re-do all the black steel and creativly add a 1-1/2 drain for the sink. Hard idea to accomplish.

With luck my Pop is a Plumbing Guru beyond all mortal kin. It was easy to accomplish.

The old toilet was a replacement for a broken one bought at low low pricing. This was a bad thing.

It did not flush totally and its clever design allowed for um... bodily leakage on the floor. Bad thing

When I yanked it out I found that the reason it was not unlike a rocking horse was the water damage of the boards under the back.. A bad thing.

I spent today crushing boards into dust with my hands and cutting out water damaged wood, then reinforcing the floor and cutting new boards into clever patterns to replace the old damaged ones. A good thing.

The electrial system in the room sucked. It was tied into the north side of the house as far as lights and plugs go. Meaning plugging a hair dryer in would blow a circut. A Bad thing.

We had to unwire the old stuff, rewire it back again. Then run wire to its own circuit for the new batroom. A good thing.

Again, the way I wanted to do the wiring was very tricky and luckily my Pops knowledge of electrical workings came through again.

The only thing now is to run the venting into the room and I can finally seal up the floorboards and stop having to crawl under the house again and again... I hope.

So now I just need to...

1. Run the vent line and cut the vent into the floor
2. Screw down the floor boards
3. Roll out the moisture barrier on the floor and lower walls
4. Cut and fit the underflooring
5. Install the bathroom out vent into the side of the house for the moisture
6. cut and fit the unterlayment
7. Put up the insulation
8. Roll the moisture barrier up the walls
9. Install the roof insulation
10. put up the roof sheetrock
11. Put up the walls sheetrock
12. Install the shower
13. Install the vanity
14. Have the walls and roof taped and textured (I have no skill in this)
15. Primer the walls
16. Paint the walls
17. Install the vinyl
18. Install the toilet

And then we are all finished!

Wheee!!!!!!!!!