So, after several fits and starts, endless planning, many changed decisions and a few bumps along the way, the spare bathroom remodel is nearly complete. We only have the shower to tile, which I will start prepping for this weekend, but we have a functioning bathroom again and we can once more move around the family room. The saga was this:


Start in April
Tore tile off wall in shower
Drywall moldy
Tear off drywall, studs rotten in spots
Surgically remove sections of studs, replace parts, add companion studs
Build wall at end of shower to get rid of "shelf" in shower
Add studs to cement wall to secure heating unit
All on hold in June for being ill, trip outside, company
Restart in September
Remove tub
Fix too large hole in cement floor
Neighbor replaces shower plumbing
Place shower pan
Durock shower walls and drywall walls
Replace lower half of drywall due to long ago, not us, water damage
Remove washer/dryer to remove wallpaper, fix holes in wall
Faucets bad on W/D water supply
Shut off water and replace
Bottom drywall also needs to be replaced
Replace W/D to do laundry
Go to get last load from dryer, step into 1 inch of water
Vanity water supply has broken
Wet vac, pull up carpet in bedroom closet
Turn up heat, turn on two fans, three plus days to dry
Next day, replace all 30 year old water shut-offs and supply hoses
Tear out vanity and toilet
Remove Washer and Dryer
Drywall here needs to be replaced
Mud and sand, mud and sand, mud and sand drywall
Prime drywall, texture drywall, prime drywall, paint drywall
Install upper cabinets
Tear up vinyl flooring
Glue/Wax and backing remain
Scrap floor with razor blade thingy for week and a half
Map out tile on graph paper
Mark floor and chalk line
Laying out tile to check
Back into vanity water supply, goose myself
Stand up and belt catches water supply
Water turns on, hits light, breaker pops, in dark in basement at night
Turn off water, turn on breaker
Water dripping from light, ceiling, cabinets, all over floor and me
All dried out, no repainting necessary
Spend twelve hours tiling floor
Two days later spend 3 hours grouting floor
Three days later clean up grouting and treat
Caulk all around
Install toilet
Install vanity
Install faucets, then top on vanity
Drain pipes don’t match, trip to Lowe’s, again, pipes now fit
Return W/D to room again
Install accessories
Christmas Break is over
Shower to complete
Saga will continue I am sure

Notice the drawer in the bottom of the vanity. Nice feature we thought since cabinets above washer/dryer are for that stuff, and cabinets on end wall are only 7 inches deep.

Anyways, that is what it is. We are pleased and have done nearly all the work ourselves.

Later

Moonset/Sunset

This is the view from my classroom. The mountains in the background are part of the extended Alaska range. Every morning, especially in the winter, I usually have some fairly beautiful scenes from the glow of the sun on the snow on the mountains. Sometimes reds, sometimes pinks, this particular morning in early December with all the fog it was more blue.

Moonrise over the parking lot at school.

This picture is beyond the parking lot and zoomed in.

This is the sunrise in about 2:oo in the afternoon after the moonset the same morning.