WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".
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Not sure if this counts? But here is my contribution since I am required to wear FR rated clothing for work.
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Removing tiles and carpet in 21oz
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We like the tiles they had covered up with other tiles (?) and will leave them for now while other work commences. Where carpet was removed there are now baseboards that are in mostly good shape so once other work has finished they’ll be sanded and oiled. With this house we just moved into it’s firstly a case of getting rid of a lot. One of the next jobs is peeling off textured wallpaper that has been painted over.
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Second trip to the dump and an update on the 888’s in sunlight. Brought home the big mirror from the dump for £5.
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Change of shift at the fire station.
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@jimcasey I read your name as Jim Carey, which is appropriate because that outfit is smooooookin
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@jimcasey I read your name as Jim Carey, which is appropriate because that outfit is smooooookin
Ha! Nice one.
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How's it going? Or should I not ask?
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It's actually going well @Chris - It's been a journey. The original shower had a 400lb mortar pan which I upgraded to Schluter pans, removed the oversized spa tub and moved the plumbing from the tub to having double drains in the shower, and sadly no rain shower head @Clint_D - that little joist notch was for the original wall, which I removed and built a more robust larger stud wall to take the shower from 44x36 to 44 x 80
It's been a process as the exterior studs are not super plum, so there are some humps I've had to level out - and big tile does not necessarily make bumpy walls easier, but in the end it will be sweet. We will have two shower heads on opposing sides of the shower (One oversized and one wand style). Lots of waterproofing happening as well, which just means layers and layers of seem taping and mortaring for me lol
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Sounds like it's going to be great when you get it finished. Double shower heads are fantastic, btw. When we were building our house, we did it because the builder suggested them, but I didn't realize how much use we'd get out of them.
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Thanks @Clint_D ! Yeah, it's not cheap, but it's pretty impressive. And after seeing how much moisture was under the shower on all the "by code" installs less than 10 years ago, I hope I make an impact on the long haul!
Once the shower is done in the next week or so, we will be ripping all the flooring out, replacing it with waterproof laminate, and then redoing the vanities, mirrors and lighting.
And potentially get someone to fix the hole in the ceiling and move that overhead light lol
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Great news @Giles !! Yeah, when it came time to deciding, it was either build a new mortar pan which would have weighted nearly 1,000lbs to cover the 25 square foot shower floor, or buy the Schluter's which weighed less than 1 pound and were presloped - All I have to do was chop and fit them to the new drains, which was nice.
I'm really impressed with their gear - I used the waterproofing membrane over all my seams and duraroc sheeting over my studs, and used all the corner and curb gadgets (With a ton of thinset applied in the process lol). Hoping it keeps everything dry, as my substrate is essentially a 3/4 piece of plywood with some spray foam underneath haha.
Thankfully we are 5ft off the ground under the bathrooms, so easy to access if needed.
