Final pictures of the bathroom and laundry room flip/remodel...
Before & after pics
Pictures of the journey - 34 working days over 8 calendar weeks (started building cabinets July 11th and started on site demo two weeks later)
Old laundry room / new full bath transformation
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Our arrival, looking at what Jeff had already removed.
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Removing panels from walls
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Pulling up linoleum
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Prying up subfloor
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Frame for new trap door into crawl space, in the hallway
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Reinforced floor for new tub
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Rewired, reinsulated, new subfloor, studded up walls
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Green board up & mudded; installing new pocket door frame
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Durock, shower shelf, and tub installed
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Greenboard left open, behind linen cabinet, for easy access to shower & bath plumbing; new fan installed; light & fan switches installed
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More mudding
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Shower shelves tiled
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Shower and bathroom floor tiled
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Floor left open under hot water heater for easier access to plumbing and gas lines
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Shower and bathroom floor grouted; floor sealed; vanity & mirrored medicine cabinet installed
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Hot water heater surround installed
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Pocket door installed - ready for plumber to hook up sink and shower!
Old bathroom / new laundry room & half bath transformation
Next was demo day of the old bathroom - we needed to completely demo in order for plumber to gain access to the sewer line for the new toilet installation...
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Removing bathtub & shower wall liners
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Liner was thick and hard to remove
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Yuk!
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Last piece of liner!
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Tub out and starting on removing tile floor - 1" of mortar to get out.
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Sheetrock coming down
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Masks required!
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Where tub & shower used to be
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Where toilet used to be
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Lower corner was all rotted out
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Where vanity used to be
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What?! The toilet was sitting on a concrete slab!
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Hmmm - newspapers in the concrete form
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May 17, 1964!
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Forms removed - need to bust away concrete to get to the sewer pipe
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Found rotted floor joist inside the concrete slab - I guess that's one way to fix a bad floor.
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Sewer pipe revealed - yeah!
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Nothing holding up that corner now
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Rotted out portion of joist removed
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John busting up sewer connection so toilet can be lowered 1"
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Sewer connection removed
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New toilet plumbed and hooked up into the sewer system!
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All in a day's very hard work!
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The next day, rotted out corner was rebuilt with new pressure treated floor joists, studs, a little Tyvek and pressure treated plywood
Before & after of rotted out corner...
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New dedicated 20amp circuit added for laundry room
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Nailer bar for hanging mirror
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New vanity plumbing and HVAC duct under vanity
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New toilet plumbing and HVAC duct running towards kitchen plumbing to help keep pipes warm in the winter
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Main water shut-off valve still located in crawl space - pretty much right in front of vanity sink drain pipe
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Vent pipe for toilet in full bath is running into vent pipe for vanity in laundry room
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Subfloor just about all put back together
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Sheetrock up
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Drain hoses for hot water heater and air conditioner come up through floor and drain into washer OxBox drain
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Mudding begins
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Durock on floor
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Mudding the ceiling
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Primed, painted, and tile installed
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Temporary walkways to bathroom and bedroom while tile sets up overnight
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Grouting hallway & laundry room floor
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Installed linen cabinet, door jambs, and trim
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Installed light, outlets, and heat vent in vanity (vanity had to be removed to get washer & dryer into the room)
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Installed cabinets, washer, dryer, and shelf
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Installed toilet and vanity
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Installed new bedroom door
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Installed new laundry room door & sealed the floor
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DONE!!
Rendering pic and layout of new bathroom