f@ck... I'm in constant pain but somehow got roped into a complete remodel of my daughter's bathroom. My buddy was more than happy to show me the ropes on a remodel but this was going to be painful for my wallet and body.
Should be straight forward?
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Right away he saw some serious issues with the framing of the house along with plumbing, false walls, electrical and insulation to say the absolute least. Well, now it's become a much bigger project. The tear down proved everything he thought was actually what he feared.
Hey, I got bushes growing in the walls! :o
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It was a nightmare, but we kept slowly rerunning electric, fixing plumbing... all just to make it up to code.
We realized the drain was set for a 46.5" shower insert and all shower inserts are now 48". They actually built in a fake wall to fit this cheap ass shower when they built the place. Only thing we could do to solve the issue was to hot mop the floor to make a new shower pan since all of the 48" ones wouldn't fit.
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Gutted and now to build up...
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The Lowe's run was an EXPENSIVE one..... I can't believe I fit it all in my truck.
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The dirty part...
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I've been helping my buddy but he's taken on 90% of the work since I had to work. I am going to pay him for his services, that's for damn sure. We agreed to $300 a day but it means we've been working for a week straight and it's getting pricey.
I cut tile all day after building a raised planter super early this morning. Nowhere near where I hoped to be at but there was a lot of structural fixing along the way.
Not done yet, but just took a picture with a bunch of the wall tiles up. Hopefully tomorrow we can finish the tiling and that leaves just the grout and accessories.
I'm sure I'm missing a ton of stuff, but I'm not over that this is my daughter's bathroom and not our master bath which still looks 1980....
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Oh well, I'll keep you posted with the progress but my shoulder is falling off right now.
I can relate as we did a bathroom remodel back in 2018. It snowballs fast :o All kinds of surprises along the way too ;D
Nice to have help with a bum shoulder, The material ain't light !
Your Daughter has a fresh new Bathroom now ! 8)
Now that the bathroom is done, keep going down the hall and watch $$$ fly out the window ???
Looking great! Wanna do mine now??