I'm about half way through my new bathroom casemod :D

acruxksa

My house is 26yrs old and things need some updating. We have slowly been moving from room to room and the kids bathroom is next on the list. I didn't get pics with the stuff in it because everything but the tub is going. (Tub and tile was replaced just prior to us buying the house in 2000). Here is a picture of the floor after removing the old tile, and vinyl flooring. I REALLY wish I could meet the builder who decided to glue particle board in as a sub-floor. Mad

The particle board took most of the weekend, an air hammer and belt sander to get out. Here is what I have today. Smile

Fresh paint and new cement board for sub-flooring. Smile

We will probably either sell or lease this house out in 2-3yrs, so we are not going to spend much on the bathroom, but when it's done I'll post the finished product. Maybe I'll have to figure out a way to put a computer in there to make it a more relevant post. Grin

One of those nice outlet computers in another thread would be cool with a 7" touch screen lcd and speakers in the wall...................................

knight0334 · Posted: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:08:17 Post Subject:

d00d!!! I can sooooooo relate... I wish you well, I know how frustrating some home improvement projects can be.

My fiancee'(RIP) and I moved into this house New Years day 2002. With it being built in 1853, and having survived a tornado lifting it 2ft and dropping it in the '70s - it needed work.

I've been working on it for the last 5 years when I had money and time. Pretty much doing it all myself - except for the floor in the livingroom when a friend from FL was up visiting and helped out.

I'm presently clearing out the spare bedroom that Teeny's son had and making an office/PC room out of it. Carpet need pulled up, new floors put put down and new wall panel put up. Then I plan on knocking out the rest of the wall that seperate the present PC room and master bed to make it one big room. We had partitially knock out a 30" wide section to pass between the rooms.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:44:08 Post Subject:

ACK... we have to remove all the carpet, yes I said carpet, from all our bathrooms. Specially the 1/4 bath on the main floor it smells like pee.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Yup, bathroom remodeling is coming VERY soon in my future....I think they did the same thing in my house for the master bathroom (the wife's bathroom).

Particle board for the flooring, covered with carpet...Needless to say she didn't tell me there was an issue until this week when I went to get into the shower and felt the floor give a little...

Immediately thought of rotten wood flooring! ACK!

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:27:27 Post Subject:

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:18:55 Post Subject:

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:37:00 Post Subject:

So this is what I have to look forward to?

acruxksa · Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:32:04 Post Subject:

Yep,
They will miss the target. Especially at night when they are half asleep. Grin

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

I've always been impressed at the ability to miss the toilet, then when they get the aim down, you then have to deal with the "splatter" effect...

acruxksa · Posted: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:32:49 Post Subject:

Well,
95% done. I have a couple small pieces of molding to install and then clean and reseal the tile grout in the bathtub. Not bad considering. Total price for the mod..................$1525. I planned on only spending about $900, but I was over ruled on several key items...............Who am I kidding, I didn't get to pick anything except the small clear plastic mirror fasteners. Wink

You would not believe how much "fixtures" cost. That little tiny handle on the toilet was $42. Sad

I did get a new router (the woodworking type, not the networking type) out of the deal though. Grin