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This project started when Tim's mom decided she would like a shower in her main bathroom. This bathroom had never had a shower in it -- the house was built in 1969 and there was only a shower-less tub. Tim decided to take on the project, and since he likes spending other people's money <grin> talked her into doing a semi-complete bathroom renovation, since the room was pretty dated, having never had any major changes since 1969.
The tub was in good condition, so we salvaged that. The vanity itself was in ok condition, and we were able to salvage that with some repairs (replacing the side near the toilet which had some water damage and some drawer slides) but we gave it a new integrated sink/countertop. We removed all the old ceramic tile (a lovely shade of pink) and replaced it with new tile. We also ripped out the carpet and put in a new ceramic floor. Of course, the shower itself, as well as the sink, required some plumbing work, and we also installed a new "handicapped" toilet and some grab bars.
We were on a very tight schedule, and got it done: 4 very full days (13-14 hours with very few breaks) in one trip, plus a bit more work over Memorial Day weekend a couple weeks later. Since time was of the essence, we don't have very many "during" pictures, as we only took pictures at a couple different stages of the room's completion. Technically the room still isn't "done" as we want to get back and paint the wall area above the ceramic tile. But Mom's very happy with the new bathroom.
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"Before" picture: Vanity and CountertopHere's a view of the original bathroom's sink/counter area. The old tile was pink. Above the mirror was a very dated flourescent light fixture that wasn't connected to the wall switch -- you had to turn it on via a switch on the side of the light (the wall switch controlled an overhead light).
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"Before" picture: Vanity and CountertopThe old countertop was a 1960's faux-marble formica. The mirror was in great condition and we salvaged it.
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"Before" picture: Tub areaHere's the original tub area. No shower, and lots more pink!
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"Before" picture: ToiletThe old, water-guzzling toilet.
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"Before" picture: Tub areaAnother shot of the tub area. The old bathroom was in good condition, just quite dated, and no shower facilities.
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"Before" picture: Mirror and lightHere's another picture of the old flourescent light fixture. The three wall switches control an overhead light, vent fan, and heater, but not the flourescent light.
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In-progress: The tub areaAt this stage of the picture we had torn out the walls from the tub area, plumbed in a new shower valve, and lined the walls with Hardibacker underlayment.
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During: New tub surroundHere's the rear of the tub area. As you can see, we removed the old tile from the entire bathroom, and were able to avoid putting in new sheetrock outside of the tile area (once we cleaned up a bit better after this picture).
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During: Tub areaYet another picture of the tub surround underlayment.
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During: Tub areaOne final picture at this stage: you can catch a glimpse of the old carpet here (man that stuff was nasty/toxic to remove)
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During: Sink/counter areaAt this stage we've removed all the tile from the room (except for behind the toilet, which we tried to keep in service as long as possible), tore out the old countertop, installed the new sink/countertop, and tiled the entire tub area and back wall. The mirror was removed to protect it during tile removal.
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During: Tub areaAnd still another picture. The hole above the gray underlayment is where the shower head will attach.
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