![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bathroom, some more
Sep. 3rd, 2007 07:35 pmToday, 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.
