Thursday, January 1, 2009

Days 2, 3, 4 & 5: a floor, drywalling and a plumber

The last 4 days have been ssslllooooowwww. I've layed my subfloor and drywalled MOST of the bathroom although there are two small areas left to still do. My plumber came by on day 4 and changed out the leaky toilet water supply valve and put the new tub/shower handle on (thanks, Nick!).

A few things I've learned so far:
  1. Remodels always take longer than you think.
  2. Doing a demo right upfront is HUGE!
  3. Using a circular saw with the correct blade to cut concrete board is so much faster than using the scour and snap method.
  4. Measure, measure, and then measure again.
  5. My boyfriend is amazing.
I'm not expecting to get to tiling until the weekend (at the earliest). Good thing I had this whole week off with no plans. Construction is hard work but I'm still optimistic that it will be well worth it.


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  1. LocipooJanuary 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    With the title I was worried the plumber was an unplanned part of the remodeling process. Glad to see you meant to have one there! Phew!
    I am enjoying watching the events as they unfold.

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  2. LanceJanuary 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    Looking Good. For a moment I feared you were going to use drywall rather than hard board. Keep up the great work. I still think you could encorporate a few of those design changes I sent.

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