Our Bathroom ReDo!!!

Hello Family and Friends!

The Background

We purchased our home a little less than a month ago- and because of good timing, good capitalization of the struggling contractors, and an intense desire to change the pink bathroom- we have started the renovations on our master bath.  

The purpose of this blog is to show all the photos and to tell you the process of updating a bathroom in two weeks.  We are basically a reality show. 

So- let me begin by saying that we know that we could live with the pink bathroom for quite awhile.  We did not start down this road for purely asthetic reasons; the primary reason was the suspected wood rot (or something similar) under the pink tub that was causing it to sink into the floor.  The rest is just a bonus. Of course, to find out if there is a problem, we have to rip up the tub and floor- and if we rip up the tub and the floor, well.... you know. 

The first set of pictures were taken before we closed on the house. 

 

 

We did not really think the whole redo was going to be possible or something that we were going to do initially- so, we did a mini-redo by replacing the toilet and sink right away.  There was no way I was going to sit on the 40 year old pink toilet- and the sink was just. old. 

Side note: The plumber took the pink toilet home... to put in his front yard....to use as a flowerpot....

I never took a picture of the toilet and sink in the bathroom- didn't realize I was going to be doing a blog!! I'll add pictures later...

The toilet will go back in the renovated bathroom, and the pedestal sink has already been moved to the guest bath. 

In another post, I will tell you about the laundry closet that we added to the sunroom.  But for now, all you need to know is that the guy (Joe) who built the closet, mainly designs bathrooms and kitchens.  When he was over finishing up the closet, we asked him to do an estimate for our bathroom.  He came back with something within our budget- and with quality ideas- so we decided to go for it.

We met with him two other times before deciding to start the demo this week.  So far, we've ordered the cabinets and have secured a tile guy.  We still have a lot of decisions to make in a short period of time, but I am excited about the changes!  

I took a few pictures before the demo started today:

The inside of one of the cabinets. I know you can smell it...

This shows the closet door and the door from the hallway. The main door could not open all of the way due to the closet- a closet with three shelves.... this created a very narrow area between the vanity counter and the back wall. 

DEMO DAY

Demolition started at 7:20 this morning.  Contractors attacked the towel bar by the toilet and the overhang first...and then I went to work (three more days until summer!!).  This is what we came home to: 

The closet.  

Dr. Walker checking out the damage... pretty cool, if you ask me.  Also, if you look closely at the door on the right, you can see the door knocker that is on our bathroom door. So weird. 

What Was Found

I was hoping we would find a hidden stash of money or something- but instead, the contractors found totally rotten wood underneath the tub; rotting wood behind the tile near the top of the shower wall; and other areas of evidence of moisture damage.  Yuck.  They also discovered that the floors are 1o inches thick- with 6 of those inches being concrete.

Tomorrow: The plumber and the rest of demolition.