Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Bathroom renewed









The first image shows the 'original' bathroom (sans 1960s shower doors) of the house when we moved in last year. I write, 'original' because the bathroom is clearly a mix of designs & fixtures from various decades past. 

When trying to decide how to update the bathroom, we went back and forth on whether or not my hubs and I should retain anything from the current iteration. We were also keen to see if we were capable of doing any of the work ourselves. After ripping out the glass shower doors and taking down old towels racks and a light fixture, we realized that we weren't really able to do much more and decided to leave the bathroom alone until finding a suitable builder. We had wanted to keep the original tile work, but both the floor and wall tiles were a bit too scratched and chipped to retain. In the end, we opted to replace everything in the bathroom but the toilet.


Where the tub stood.


New tub and tile.

All new save for the loo.




The last to be installed is a hinged glass shower partition along the tub. We opted not to put up a shower curtain as the room is small enough without sort of cutting off more of it with  fabric. 

This small job was the first of its kind we've had done. And it was not straightforward as I suspect many jobs of this sort aren't. There were a few false starts what with product delays and a few changes to the plans to come down the pike. Additionally, some of the floor tiles were massively askew and a few were noticeably chipped. The man whom we hired was able to come back today and re-work the work, as it were. What began at the beginning of January will now finally be finished in March. I'm just glad that the end is in sight. Thank goodness we've a small bath downstairs. I'm wondering how folks who have this sort of work done with only one bath on premises get through it. I'll be glad to be back in upstairs bath & can only imagine that it will feel as if I'm on vacation when first using in its new and improved form!

 

20 comments:

  1. Wow, outstanding DIY job! I especially like the flooring you installed.

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    1. Yeah, I really like the floor tiles. Beach-y sort of hex tiles about the size of a large coin. We really didn't do much beyond the mini demo stuff at the beginning. We were glad to have tried, at least!

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  2. Well done! Rome wasn't built, etc!

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    1. Just enlarged and noticed cat in bath - even better.

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    2. Yeah, I forgot Marcel was tub-sitting that day. :)

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  4. When I renovated my bathroom, I had the contractor re-set the toilet every night so my old legs did not have to walk upstairs or to the basement to pee.
    You will feel like it's a new bathroom!

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    1. Yes, that's it. I look at it and think whose bathroom is this? It's so new looking.

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  5. It always takes longer than you expect. It looks great.

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  6. Well done. As Liz says, jobs like that often turn out to be bigger than expected and it can be to keep motivated.

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  7. We desperately need bathroom work done, but as you say when you have one bathroom; we keep putting it off...trying to decide a convenient time. Yeah for you, and I'm sure you're really anxious for it to be completed.

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    1. There seemed to be never the best time to do it, so we plunged ahead!

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  8. Making blog rounds today, so popped in to say hi. Hope all is going well.
    Sandy's Space

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  9. Making blog rounds on this cold sorta snowy morning. Winter has returned. Boooo Hope you're doing well
    Sandy's Space

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  10. Nicely done. It looks fantastic.

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