Rub a dub dub

Well as promised here is the post concerning the bathroom remodel (Todd can get off my back now:) First off, it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, thanks mostly to Barry. What a life saver it is to have an expert in the family. The only real thing that did not go well was the fact that our bathroom is so small that it was hard to get two people into it to do actual work, so I could not help him as much as I would of liked. It took approximately a month from the time we lost the function of the bathroom until we could use it again as we finished the last few details.


We had one small crisis with the plumbing suppling the hot water to the sink. We were installing the new leads and I was under the house ( what a joy that was) trying to guide Barry as he attempted to get the galvanized pipe through the bathroom floor and get it threaded on the copper supply. It got cross threaded, and as it was turned it ended up distorting and crushing the copper line, who knew galvanized steel was stronger then copper :) One quick trip to the Home Depot and we had our supplies and went back to work. We were only out of water for the portion of a day, so not a big problem. So now I can solder copper pipe if I ever need to in the future.

Amanda picked a tile that really looks nice and we both feel the glass block window really makes the room feel so much bigger then it is. It really lightens up the room as well as the window of block is much larger then the old window was. The pocket cutouts were a good idea that Barry brought up as well. The small one is for holding some of Amanda's knickknacks and the large one holds a towel or a bathrobe. The tub is the only thing that remains from the original bathroom, it got reglazed to a nice bright white, yea no more peach!!

Last but not least it passes the toughest inspection of all. Cole likes it just fine for his swim/splash sessions we call tub time. Sorry I don't have more of the original photos but I can' t find them so you will have to use imagination to remember the horror that was the peach putridness it used to be. Talk to you all soon.

Robb