The bathroom before we started tearing it up. Note the
lovely wallpaper.
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See the beautiful plastic tub-surround and the neat seamwork
performed by the previous owner.
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Yuck! At some point it's easier to demolish it than to clean
it.
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This is what the ceiling in both the kitchen and bathroom
looked like before I started.
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Here's what it looked like with all the fixtures (including the
tub) removed, and most of the walls. There are still eleven
layers of flooring to be removed.
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Who's your favorite little home improver?!?!?
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This is what it looked like after the ceiling collapsed. Oops --
I guess the walls were all that was holding it up.
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More naked walls, before we put in the new, mildew-resistent
wallboard and dura rock.
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Look! The flooring has been removed, and the new
Whirlpool tub is in! All new electrical wiring and
plumbing have been installed (by professionals, of
course). And check out the beautiful new ceiling we
hung! With screws this time, not nails. Maybe
this one will stay up.
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That nasty window and the rotting wood that went with
it are gone, gone, gone! New insulation and roofing
felt are in place.
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And there's Enda, showing off our Durock ("No,
Du Rock!") handiwork.
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Now we've got the cement board laid on the floor, too!
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Floor tiles have been cut...and the new window is in
place...
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Tiling around the tub has commenced. This is
about the time when Enda and I almost killed each other.
Wall-tiling is tedious work!
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Sheetrock is all in place and mudded, tiling is finished,
new sink cabinet is installed...it's starting to look
like a bathroom!
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Ahhhhh....Whirlpool bath...
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Yes! We have a toilet! (May 2002). Time to move back
home.
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Look at the fabulous shelves Jan built behind the door!
Talk about economy of space, eh?
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Check out the fish mural Jan painted. Ignore the light
"fixture" and bathroom mirror!
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More fish mural over the door. And there's the new ultra
quiet bathroom vent, that has its very own switch (so it
doesn't come on every time you use the light). Fancy, eh?
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The mural is even on the ceiling!
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