bathroom, some more
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sorrowmonkeyToday, I finished removing the last of the window trim, broke up the old tub, picked up materials at Lowe's, and started framing the new tub enclosure.
I have to say that man with hammer versus 350-pound tub was pretty rewarding. If you have an old cast iron tub, I highly recommend it. However, I won't be doing it for you: it's pretty vigorous exercise.
I have no talent for framing. You'd think that the mad set construction skillz would help, but then again, it would be easier if I was building a brand new wall rather that trying to retro-fit an existing wall to new specifications. This would be much easier if lumber in 1920 was the same size as lumber now. I'm going to have to custom cut bits to make spacers, and I'm a little scared to check out how of square and level everything is.
All of the demolition is done, except for stripping off the floor tiles, and I've even vacuumed the worst of the mess so that I can work in a relatively breathable space. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to go back to fighting with the framing tomorrow and hopefully finish the plumbing. Once I get those two items off the list, I can put the tub in.
Although I'm not really looking forward to the sheetrock phase, as itself, it does signify major progress towards the end of the project. I have a half-dozen little electrical bits to do, but those are playtime compared to the rest of this.
I have to say that man with hammer versus 350-pound tub was pretty rewarding. If you have an old cast iron tub, I highly recommend it. However, I won't be doing it for you: it's pretty vigorous exercise.
I have no talent for framing. You'd think that the mad set construction skillz would help, but then again, it would be easier if I was building a brand new wall rather that trying to retro-fit an existing wall to new specifications. This would be much easier if lumber in 1920 was the same size as lumber now. I'm going to have to custom cut bits to make spacers, and I'm a little scared to check out how of square and level everything is.
All of the demolition is done, except for stripping off the floor tiles, and I've even vacuumed the worst of the mess so that I can work in a relatively breathable space. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to go back to fighting with the framing tomorrow and hopefully finish the plumbing. Once I get those two items off the list, I can put the tub in.
Although I'm not really looking forward to the sheetrock phase, as itself, it does signify major progress towards the end of the project. I have a half-dozen little electrical bits to do, but those are playtime compared to the rest of this.
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Date: 2007-09-04 01:09 am (UTC)Greg came home from work the other day irritated and frustrated. It was trash night--and there was an old washing machine in the basement that we had been waiting a year for someone to come and help him get it out. I can't lift it, and no one else ever seemed to have time.
He got a gleam in his eye, grabbed a hammer and two screwdrivers, and headed for the basement, where he fought a mighty battle indeed with the Black Knight...oops. Got carried away there. :-) I meant the washer of course.
And he won. He got the whole bloody thing de-constructed and out the door for trash the next day.
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Date: 2007-09-04 12:28 pm (UTC)