All Master Bath surfaces ready for finishing!

Well, maybe not the biggest news to post, but all surfaces (sheetrock and tile backer) for the upstairs bathroom walls and floor are now done, ready for the next step of taping and filling to their finished state. Almost all surfaces are new. The ceiling (except over the tub) and small portions of two walls are original. The toilet flange was marginal for height (had considered adding a 1/4-in backer board layer on top of the 1/2-in already installed). I did a test install, to see if that was needed, and it wasn't, which saved some work. Our new Toto toilet uses an unusual (to me at least) way of mounting. It uses an 'adapter' that mounts to the floor and the floor flange, and then the toilet mounts to that. My test install was installing the adapter, to make sure it would seat on the floor (layed loose tile down) and seal properly with a wax ring. Oh, my, the details!

Don

Coming Together

Don has been putting in full days on the bathroom and things are finally coming together. For the last week he has been installing sheet rock, green board and making a new set of shelves cut into the wall. He has also been making the cupboard that was already there deeper. The cupboard was built before towels were as big and fluffy as they are today. It’s a lot of work for an extra couple of inches!

Almost done with tile backer and sheet rock

Don's do-it-your-self shelf extender system

Sami has had her mind deep into a project totally unrelated to the remodel - writing a history of the Library Cottage.  Once in a while she gets to help lift something heavy or hold on to something while Don gets a screw started. Sami’s feeling a little guilty, but then seldom does an interesting project like the history come along.

Sami did lay out all of the decorative tile on the living room floor the other day to make a plan about which tile goes were. She hasn’t been a total slackard. (Guess who wrote this one)