Yesterday morning, we discovered the upstairs toilet had gone tits up (it's done this three times over the last year, pouring water into the kitchen). Last time, we replaced the flange under it but was warned it might not be enough. Sure enough, it wasn't.
Now, in all fairness, the drain is 100+ years old that services that toilet and cast iron doesn't last forever. So we took that one and the companion behind it out of service (there is a y at the top of that drain that handles both toilets) and today started on the renovation of turning one full bath and one half bath into one bigger bath with a huge shower.
Today, we got two layers of old tile up along with most of the trim out of the way. We are working in the half bath first. The trim in there won't be reused in there as that will be changed into the shower. We got down to the FIRST sub floor which I suspect was laid over a wood floor original to the house but ruined with nails and an overlay.
I am TIRED tonight. Ripping up old tile, popping trim, pulling nails are all tiring.
The up side to this is that dh is now occupied with a major project. My job is to help and find products to replace what is there. We want to save the medicine cabinets and relocate them. Right now they are where the door to the shower will go. The current door in the half bath will be closed off and the entire room will be tiled. I need to find a way to waterproof the window in that area...right now it's wood trim and won't survive a wet area. They do make composite wood windows and that would work to allow light to remain in that area. The tub in the full bath will be taken out and the vanity will replace it. The toilet in the full bath will be fixed...a plumber will come in and cut down and fix the cast iron drain. We have to get the floor removed to check the joists in that area and sister them if needed.
The downside to all this is that we have to go to the main floor to go to the bathroom, and if it's occupied...we do have one in the basement that we finished last spring. But we have gone from 4 toilets to 2 right now.
Swinging a hammer is work.
Now, in all fairness, the drain is 100+ years old that services that toilet and cast iron doesn't last forever. So we took that one and the companion behind it out of service (there is a y at the top of that drain that handles both toilets) and today started on the renovation of turning one full bath and one half bath into one bigger bath with a huge shower.
Today, we got two layers of old tile up along with most of the trim out of the way. We are working in the half bath first. The trim in there won't be reused in there as that will be changed into the shower. We got down to the FIRST sub floor which I suspect was laid over a wood floor original to the house but ruined with nails and an overlay.
I am TIRED tonight. Ripping up old tile, popping trim, pulling nails are all tiring.
The up side to this is that dh is now occupied with a major project. My job is to help and find products to replace what is there. We want to save the medicine cabinets and relocate them. Right now they are where the door to the shower will go. The current door in the half bath will be closed off and the entire room will be tiled. I need to find a way to waterproof the window in that area...right now it's wood trim and won't survive a wet area. They do make composite wood windows and that would work to allow light to remain in that area. The tub in the full bath will be taken out and the vanity will replace it. The toilet in the full bath will be fixed...a plumber will come in and cut down and fix the cast iron drain. We have to get the floor removed to check the joists in that area and sister them if needed.
The downside to all this is that we have to go to the main floor to go to the bathroom, and if it's occupied...we do have one in the basement that we finished last spring. But we have gone from 4 toilets to 2 right now.
Swinging a hammer is work.
