Bathroom Project

Our big bathroom ("big" har har har) has been in need of some serious attention.

 

I love white. Walt Kowalski always wanted a little color.  I said when we remodeled we would add some color.  Well it was time.  I have been smelling stinky old wood in the bathroom lately.  We were suspecting some water damage to the subfloor beneath the tile behind the toilet.

 

 

 

Then there were several cracked tiles.  One was from the floor being uneven, one was from a dropped curling iron that hit straight down and cracked the tile, one was from a drilling mishap when we added new heating ducts during the game room remodel.
 

And the grout used to be white.  Used. To. Be.

And when I remodeled this bathroom, I didn't know we were going to have four black cats. 4 black cats and 1 white bathroom are not a good combination.

There was some water damage to the subfloor.
 

 
Of course, everybody had to sniff all the stinky boards and roll on them.  The entire old subfloor was composed of only three thin plywood boards. It was only held down with one screw in each board.  I'm amazed there weren't more broken tiles.

 
I know so much more about remodeling now than when I did this bathroom originally.  A layer of waterproof cement board went down before the tile.  You can see where we repaired the wall. In the previous photo you can see the hole in the wall where the heat register was.  When we remodeled the game room, we brought the heat up under the vanity.  But never repaired the hole.

Pepper would stick her head in and look down that hole every morning. 

 
It looks so big with no vanity, door, or toilet.

Floor done.  Wall fixed.
 
It took me an entire evening to cut the five tiles in front of the tub.  I outlined the pattern on paper, cut out the pattern, transferred the pattern to the tile and then carefully cut the pattern with the wet saw.  As always with me and tile, I make my cuts too precise.  They fit too tightly together and against the wall and tub. We wanted a little wiggle room for grout.  Cut, measure. Cut, measure. Cut, measure.
 

 
We still want a new toilet.  One that has two buttons, one for liquids and one for solids.  With a well that type of toilet is a HUGE water saver. We know what we want, we just have to find it.  The old commode, with a good scrubbing, will be fine for now. 

They also have new toilets with no touch features.  Just wave your hand over the tank.  Flush! 

My concern was that Fudge and Pepper sit on the back of the tank while I get ready for work.  Every tail wag might mean a flush. Too many flushes.

Chain Saw Johnny gave us the idea for the sink top.   We went down to pick out the color from the selections he had to offer.  He even gave us a tour of the granite factory where it was carved. (Very cool.  No photos allowed.)

The vanity was also new.  We were going to use the old one (which was similar) but it was glued to the countertop and wouldn't release. The fixture in the sink was in good condition.  Also got a good scrubbing.

It added a little extra to the cost of the project, but it is nice.  For under $600, we replaced the subfloor, got new tile and grout, a new vanity and granite top.

Now to keep it clean.