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Its been a long time but lots has happened

By now most people are probably wondering what is going on with our renovation....some may even be expecting it to be done. Well unfortunately we aren't done but we are getting really really close and we have a good excuse or two for not being finished....first off both of us have been very busy with our jobs. Second off we have recently bought a third house which ..ughh yes...we are renovating and renting it out....photos of our Armstrong property to follow soon.

Let's start with our place. We have finished all the drywall and mudding and currently have Denis a good friend of ours coming in to do the tiling in the bathroom....fingers crossed in the next two weeks we will have a full bath. This would leave the bamboo flooring as the last big project to be done.

The new shower...just waterproofed and waiting for tiles

Our nearly finished guest room...walls are even painted

Yes we are still showering in our future office.

Downstairs is getting close!

Well some things have changed since my last post. I have completely demolished the bathroom. All we have now is some bare studs a lonely toilet and a bathetub that is located in the office.

Downstairs is a different story...my good friend Kevin and his company came over and took out our old stairs and installed a new really amazing stair system. It has completely opened the place up, even more so than before.

Here are some photos...hope you like.

Renovation news coming soon but for now wedding photos

Some of our wedding photos are up at Byron's blog. He did an amazing job making the fellas look good....a heck of lot of work considering the 10 second attention span we have...the girls well that was easy....judge for yourself...

Byron's Blog

Next stop the bathroom

Mel and I are now way into our bathroom reno. We have over the past week and a bit completely gutted it. The idea is to expand our incredibly small bathroom into the adjacent bedrooms. Our new bathroom will be much bigger and will have a Zen like spa feel.


First thing is first....anyone need a clawfoot castiron bathtub? We are getting ride of ours as we are just going to put in a shower. The bathtub will need to be re-enameled, which can be done on site.






Here is the view from the door of the bathroom. As you can see we are down to the studs in the wall....hopefully we are insulating before the cold weather really hits.





The plan is to put in the bathroom sink and vanity first then the shower after. This way we will have half a working bathroom at all times. You can see the temporary plumbing I have done so far. I have to recommend IPEX tubing as an easy to install replacement for copper piping...you even get away from soldering as the connectors use compression valves.




Here is the view from the shower. The toilet will either rotate to be parallel to the exterior wall or may go against the wall between the office (the new studs in this photo). This will depend on how easily I can do work on the plumbing stack and if I can work around the floor joists....it's not a good idea to cut into joists to move plumbing, never mess with the structural support of a house.







Here is the view from the office looking towards the shower. The sink is now gone and we are brushing our teeth in the kitchen. Where the sink is might be the new location for our toilet....beats peeing infront of the window I guess. Unfortunately it means I may have to rip open my nicely finished living room pillar to gain access. This would be the first time in this reno that we have had to tear something apart after it was complete...which in most renos is the usual instead of the norm.




We are not likely to get much done this weekend as we are headed to Niagara on the Lake to hang with my cousins, do some wine tasting and maybe check out Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House in Buffalo.