We've had a really busy week of demolition in the bathroom this week so that we were ready for the plumber to come and install the tub. There were a few late nights but Brian was able to get everything out with special thanks to my parents and brother Mat for the extra muscle. Take a look:
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| Getting the last of the green out |
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| Took out both medicine cabinets |
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| View from the tub, ripping it down to the studs |
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| Sledge hammers don't work with a cast iron tub |
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| Almost all out, ceiling is next |
Getting the tub out was quite a task. We thought it was a porcelain tub that would be broken up fairly easy with a couple swings of the sledge hammer...wrong! It was cast iron and all the sledge hammer did was break of some off the porcelain surround. The boys had to cut the pipe from the garage in order to detach the tub and had to use a lot of muscle to get up and maneuvered through the door. Thank goodness we have a furniture dolly!
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| My handsome boys taking a quick break |
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| The tub is officially out |
We picked up our new tub and were beyond thrilled that it only weighed 80 lbs...so much easier to get it in than getting the old one out. Saturday we were all set for the plumber to come and install the tub. Of course, nothing can be easy so they had to remove the entire draining system and completely redo everything. The 2-3 hour project quickly turned into an 8-9 hour day.
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| Tequila waiting patiently for his new tub |
But alas, the tub is in and we are so excited. It is so much deeper and it's a Jacuzzi tub which will make the next couple of months a lot more relaxing once it's up and running. Plus we heightened the shower head so people over 5'7" won't hit their head while they're showering (the people before us must have been really short).
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| New tub is in |
Today we worked on putting the walls back together so we could start taping and adding mud. We used green board for most of the room and cement board around the tub. We'll have the rest up for the ceiling and the back end of the tub after we meet with the electrician tomorrow. But the room is starting to look a lot better/
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| Love new dry wall...and getting rid of recessed lighting |
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| Another view |
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| Almost done around the tub |
We'll be finishing the drywall and installing the floor and (hopefully) the shower tiles this week so that the plumber can come back and install the toilet and vanity. Good thing all this work will be done inside since it's supposed to be getting awfully chilly next week. Hope you are all staying warm and we will keep you posted on our progress.
Baby Schorr Update: We're at 15 weeks today and the baby is the size of an orange. All of our tests came back last week and everything is looking good. Just trying to get over a cold so we can help out more with the remodel.
XOXO,
Sara, Brian & Tequila
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