Let the painting begin.....

I got a coat of primer on the walls and ceiling and I think we have decided to do a little texturizing to hide the flaws. I also got the ceiling fan light installed over the weekend so I should be done going into the attic, whoo hoo! I was hoping to be farther along by this point, but as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day, but this isn't Rome now is it?

Drywall is in.

Craig started putting in the drywall yesterday, we got a little sidetracked when we went to Lowe's to pick up the drywall and ended up coming home with a new table and chairs for the back deck. So we didn't get it done yesterday, but got right to it today.

Here is our new outlet and switch.

This week we will get the seams taped and the screws holes filled and hopefully will be able to paint by the end of the week so I can get the tiling done over the next weekend. I went to Lowe's today and got the tile and adhesive, but after that I spent the entire day cleaning our disgusting garage. I am so glad I did though because now it is so nice and clean and even smells good.

The tub is in!

The tub and surround are in and look great!

Here it is getting filled up with water, you can see all of the pipes for the whirlpool. The jets work amazing, we are never going to get Carina out of this tub.

Here it is with the front panel on. We are going to start sheet rocking tomorrow and then I will tile the floor, then it's just the toilet and sink-whoo hoo!

Weekend progress on the 'ol bathroom

Well, as you can see we spent the weekend working on the bathroom. Craig got all of the rotten flooring out, which left us with a small plank to walk across.

We got a nice view of the crawlspace as well.

Finally the floor is back in and the back wall is painted, not for aesthetics, but to kill the mold and mildew, we used a primer that was made for that purpose.

I also got most of the wiring finished. The wiring in this house is very funky, the fixtures are so intertwined throughout the house that if you don't wire the new fixture right then none of the fixtures in the rest of the house work, so it took some trial and error to get it right, the new vanity light and new exaust light are on existing wiring. I put in a dedicated GFCI plug for the new whirlpool tub and another GFCI outlet by the where the sink will be, this bathroom did not have any outlets before these are now on a new circuit. I also put in a new switch that will operate the vanity light and exaust light, the old switches where on the outside of the bathroom and I put this one on the inside.

We got some issues

Craig spent most of the day yesterday ripping out the rest of the floor and drywall. Unfortunately (or fortunately for me) there isn't enough space for both of us to work in there at the same time.

It looks like there is significant rot in the floor and in more places than we had expected.

It appears that there had been some patch up jobs in the past to temporarily cover up the problem. Now they will have to be fixed right, but we are not exactly sure how to do that, but I know we will figure it out.

I am going to give the plumber a call to get the toilet drain replaced and go from there.

Craig's home, now we're getting somewhere!

Craig dove right in and ripped out the toilet, I have to say that this isn't my favorite part of the remodel, I like the putting it all back together part.

We are doing our best to keep this mess contained to just the bathroom, unlike the kitchen remodel which disrupted the rest of the house. Carina is not happy about this though because she loves her baths and our bathroom just has a shower, and we are not happy because we have to share out bathroom with her but in the end it will be worth it all.

Just as we suspected, that corner between the tub and toilet were really rotten.

After some serious tugging and pulling, Craig was able to dislodge the tub, now we just have to get it outside.

Let the destruction begin....

While Craig was helping a friend move, I took it upon myself to start tearing out the bathroom. First I had to get all of the pictures, shower curtain, rod and towel bars down, then the real work begins.

The wall behind the shower surround just crumbled when I took it down.

Luckily the studs are still solid, but we will have to treat for mold before we put it back together.

I managed to also get the sink out. This house is 50 years old and I think the tub is the original cast iron tub, so we are not looking forward to taking it out, yet we are looking forward to it being out.