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.