Remodeling

[R. J.]

The pee trap is not nickel plated. It's made of plastic and it is the same price as the chrome finished traps. Chrome don't get you home. . Why do the call it a pee trap. You don't pee in a sink even though I did once at a Night Club back in 1978. .

 

[R. J.]

Monday I mounted all the towel bars and medicine cabinet. They are all done in brushed nickel by Moen. They are the Sage line. I installed the handles on the vanity and cabinet. Also I had to lower the vanity light 3 inches. Today I'm going to finish the grout. I had to special order the grout. It took 4 days to get it. Next I'll finish up with the pocket door frame and trim. The last thing to do is caulk all the seams.

 

[R. J.]

Today I finished up with the grout. I also installed the faucet and shower head. ____________________________________________

 

[R. J.]

Thanks guys. I'm in the home streach.

 

[R. J.]

Tuesday I broke an FN tile. It broke when I was removing the 1/2 inch plywood from on top of the bath tub. I thought I was going to break more tile removing the bad one. I used my 3 inch dremal saw to section the tile so that I could get it out easier.

 

[R. J.]

Between Tuesday and today I stained and urethaned all the trim for the pocket door.

 

[R. J.]

Well I had another set back. The bathroom pocket door was catching on the tip of a drywall screw from the patch that I done for the old location of the hall outlet. The screw was 24 inches inside the pocket door frame and 12 inches off the floor. I attached a brass chisel to a 3 foot long pipe and knocked out the screw. Part of the wood from the patch came out with the screw. . I had to spread the pocket door frame in order to get the pipe in the doors frame. I finished up with the last of the drywall. I hung old bed spreads in the hall to keep dust from getting in the rest of the house. I had to get this done before my Wife came home. She just dusted the house. I also removed the trim that goes around the pocket door frame. It needed cut more narrow. It stuck out to far past the drywall and to close to the door. I had to cut a half inch off the floors tile so that the transition strip will be centered under the door. Saturday come hell or high water I will be done with this bathroom. _______________________________________

 

[2manybikes]

Just when you think you have it done! At least the screw was touching the door and not a wire or plumbing pipe. Sometimes pocket doors are the only thing that will work, but they can be a PITA! Your wifes idea about the shower shelf turned out well. Looking good but I am sure you have had about enough of that bathroom!

 

[markus56]

Now he's ready to get him a newspaper, sit on his throne and survey his kingdom.

 

[R. J.]

I finished up Saturday at 4 PM. I installed the pocket door lock. base board, door trim, floor transition strip, and all the caulking. I still need to do the 1/4 round molding around both sides of inside of the door frame. Also we ordered a new set of shower door enclosures from LOWES. $585.

 

[R. J.]

Our shower doors came in today. I ended up getting them from HOME DEPOT instead of LOWES. The style that we wanted LOWES could no longer get. Price shipped to HOME DEPOT was $800. They are made by Contractors Wardrobe Doors out of Valencia CA here in the USA. Model 7800. 60" wide and 66" tall & the glass is 5/16" thick. They are frameless sliding tub doors in brushed nickel with circular thru-glass pull. No handle.

 

[87kawzl]

Good enough! Tub surround, floor, new shower head and commode internals. The new type commode seals are much easier than the old wax seals. I think the refresh came in at ~ $500. The waterpick shower head set me back $50, those things are $100 for the nice ones with the stainless hose. The window film and flooring tiles were clearance at HD.

 

[2manybikes]

Nice job! Just in time for the holiday season as well. Getting a big project finished is always rewarding, especially if it pleases SWMBO!

 

[87kawzl]

I got a new calking gun, makes all the difference in the world on laying down a nice bead. Don't skimp on these. Buy the best available.

There was a deadline because we will be having a house full over Thanksgiving weekend.



I'll go RJ on our primary bathroom when that time comes... saving for a garage, priority #1

 

[R. J.]

Nice job on the surround. . I can never lay a good calk bead down. I put masking tape on both flat sides of the corner, lay the calk, smooth it out with my finger. Then remove the tape ASAP. __________________________________________________________________

 

[R. J.]

I've been wanting to install a window AC in my garage for the past 6 years or so. I spent about 12 hours finishing the drywalls corner bead, orange peel texture, marble window seal, caulking and painting. It took me about an hour to install the AC unit. I bought a MIDEA 550 square foot AC unit from LOWES. Price $460. Four year warranty $90. I have to mount my 2 medel shelves back on the wall and put all my bike parts back on the shelves.

 

[R. J.]

Today I bolted my metal shelves to the wall. First I mounted a 2"x 4"x 8' to the wall because the marble window seal sticks out two inches from the wall. Then I put all my bike parts back on the shelves. A few years ago I made a shelve above my tool boxes for more NOS parts.

 

[87kawzl]

Kitchen floor went from peel and stick early 80's to a vinyl plank no glue over this rainy weekend. Bought 240sf @ 2.30 per from Sam's club and used most all of it. Flooring is a young man's game, my knees and back are toast. Got a bit of trim, some calk and shave a door down to finish it up. When they say ez in the description, take that with a grain of salt

 

[R. J.]

Looks good. I still have 6 rooms and a hall way to do with laminate flooring. I have (1,482 square feet) 114 boxes of Pergo XP alexandria walnut flooring in our spare bedroom. Luckily I have my two sons to help me. One son does the measuring and the other does the laying and I do the cutting. We did two rooms 24x16 feet in under 8 hours.

 

[R. J.]

Today I spent from 7 AM to 7 PM laying 15 patio blocks for my 12'x20'x7' shed. Man I'm wiped out. It was 85* today. At least the humidity was under 40% and it was cloudy most of the day. The shed base is made out off 4"x4" treated lumber so I had to cut the 2" spacing on the patio block to 4". I also had to dig out the roots of two trees that I cut down. They was in the way of two of the patio blocks. I used 15 patio blocks in case I ever want to drive a car into the shed. _______________________________________________