Bathroom Remodel has bequn

We put everything on hold to do a major remodel of our "master" bath. The bath was in poor shape when we bought the house, but we have lived with it up to now. It finally got the best of us and we decided things had to change. The cabinets are to be refinished since I cant justify the time to build new ones, but everything else is to go, including the counter tops.

This is what it looked like before demolition began...





This is a blue tape mock-up of the medicine cabinets and lights, that was part of the planning.



These are some shots of what we decided upon from my SketchUp drawings...





And here are renderings of those drawings done with Kerkythea (or KT as it is known)...





Here is where we are in the demolition...





The picture of the tub area doesnt reveal all the damage from leaks that occurred before we bought the house and sealed around the tub. More later, have more demo to do today...

08/24/08 - Discovered mold in wall around toilet (from old leaks), so had to remove all the sheet-rock on the two walls. It may be easiest to just remove all the sheet-rock and start over.



Unexpected findings in the wall behind the vanity any mean we will have to change our medicine cabinet design. The vent for the lavatories might not allow us to use partially inset medicine cabinets. Ill have to think about what the work-a-rounds might be.



Also found some really bad work by the builder/previous owner. Soldered copper right next to a stud and PVC drain pipe without anything to block the flame/heat, plus nearly cut the stud in two.



Things are going slowly, but steadily. Having surgery in a couple of days on my right hand for trigger finger and flexor stenosis, but should be back working in a few days.