“Honey Do” Hot Place

[Peter Drouin]

  nice.

[Stephen1]

Carry on! looks like great progress.

[SawyerTed]

I've not been fishing in so long I can't remember who I am.    :D

BUT the bathroom remodel from hades is getting done.    ;)

By the weekend, I should be nearly done.  

My lines are plumb and square because the laser doesn't lie



 

 

 



The boss lady worked Saturday and today.  I'm thinking she's as ready to be done as I am.  

[Walnut Beast]

Looks great!!!!

[Stephen1]

Looks Great Ted, 
I really thought it was going  to be pictures all finished. you were gone so long from this post! :D :D :D

[SawyerTed]

It has been slow work on the tile. 

There's a reason there aren't many 60 year old solo tile guys. :D :D 

It's tough getting up and down, doing the fitting, and going outside to cut the tile when a saw is required.  Installing the heated floor took three extra days.  

Just a couple of days of help from Emily moved things along a lot faster.  Having a regular helper probably would have cut the time in half. 

[LeeB]

No lawyers have been brought in so you must be doing fairly well.  :D

[Resonator]

Like the look of pebble rock floor, my best customer did something like that when they finished their bathroom.

[SawyerTed]

Two young men, who looked 14 years old, installed the new granite vanity top per the boss lady's direction.

The carpenter, sheetrock guy, tile man, and electrician installed the plumbing after the teenagers left (when did they start allowing 14 year olds to drive box trucks?).

Fortunately, the plumbing only took one trip to the orange box store for parts.  

 

 

My wife hates a thick backsplash and the granite company can't do much thinner than 3/4" so there will be a tile backsplash and the peach wall will have tile.  

I sure wish that new sawmill would come...

[Walnut Beast]

Looks great! Are you going to float that drywall tape line out on the wall or do you plan on going that high with the backsplash ?

[Walnut Beast]

Are you happy with the young guys work they did ?

[SawyerTed]

The young guys did excellent work so yes, I'm very happy.  They even repaired a chip on the kitchen counter that's indistinguishable.

The drywall line has one coat of mud and it's been sanded.   There is some touch up to do.  It is much smoother than the photo makes it appear.  

There was alot going on in the area above the new vanity top.  Torn sheetrock paper from the caulk on the old backsplash, three different shades of paint and the old anchor holes for the bottom of the 36x72 mirror.  

The mirror goes back once the backsplash is done. 

[Southside]

Is it the angle or is that vanity big enough that you will need your cell phone to call each other when at the sinks?  :D

[Resonator]

Looks like the tools and tape are staking claim to the "His" corner of the countertop. Everything else is "Hers". ;D

[SawyerTed]

The vanity top is 9'-4" long.  With nothing on it it looks like you could land a F/A- 18 Hornet on it.  

[SawyerTed]

Looks great! Are you going to float that drywall tape line out on the wall or do you plan on going that high with the backsplash ?

Looking back at the photos I see the tape line you are talking about.   The mirror covers it.

[GAB]

In reply #33 Tom wrote: "I sure wish that new sawmill would come..."
Me thinks that your wife is probably praying it doesn't come until after the project is completed.
GAB

[SawyerTed]

Funny you guys noticed the "division" of space.  Because that's exactly how it is!  I have the quarter around my sink on the left and everything else is hers.  :D

I'll finish setting the tile today, the niches over the tub and in the shower will be finished and I will start grouting the walls.  

Got the backsplash and mirror installed yesterday. 


 

[Resonator]

Good to see the mirror is still in one piece. 

[samandothers]

Good to see the mirror is still in one piece.

I am sure it was not heavy!

Nice job on the 'thin' backsplash.

[SawyerTed]

That mirror is 34 years old.  We decided we liked it so it went back in place.  Same with the cabinets.  They were custom built by a local man.  He has become my best sawmill customer. We will eventually update the cabinet hardware.

Yesterday we worked 9 hours finishing the tile and doing the biggest part of the grout. 

We are taking the day off today.  

[SawyerTed]

Eight weeks later... I'm down to some crown molding, a little bit of work on the tile in the closet and a finishing some caulking.  The last 5% seems to take 15% of the time. 

Eight calendar weeks from the day we moved our stuff out and demo began.  Take out one week or so for Christmas and New Years and a weeks vacation to Lake Lure and total time is somewhere near 225 hours.  



 

 

[Walnut Beast]

And material costs ?  Looks great!!

[CCCLLC]

And when can we sign up for this B&B?
Looks great! Can't  wait to try it. 😃

[Resonator]

Those multi-sided floor tiles make a neat look. Having big tiles on the wall should make it easier to clean too (fewer grout joints).