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Bathroom | As Purchased

Taken in August, 2007, when looking at the house.

July, 2009... not much had changed since the day of purchase. Loved that golden shiny shower door and bland white tile.

Bathroom | Remodel Progression


There was a good sized leak into the wall. Removing the shower door and gobs and gobs of failed caulk revealed the source.


Removing the old tile.


Backerboard will come down next.


Continued removal of the old wall.


Up with the new backerboard and a new vapor barrier.


Had to use an angle grinder to remove some old hardware. Sparky!


These niches were quite the hassle, though the end results are quite nice. The only area I didn't address was the location horizontally. Originally, I wanted them perfectly squared to the tiles, but wall studs prevented that (without overly excessive effort, at least)


New plumbing is in! I moved the shower head up, and the control knob up for better reach from a standing position.


First pieces of tile and RedGard.


More tile. The niches had to be done in small increments, so I did a little wall with each batch of thinset.


I used an assortment of items to keep everything in place while the thinset dried.


Slowly but surely!


Time to start work on the vanity.


Vanity Top is gone.


Fixtures are in.


To accommodate the drain location, the old cabinets were a very odd assortment of non-symmetrical pieces. I wanted something a little more uniform, and I didn't want to give up drawer space just because the drain plumbing was in the middle of the side wall. I re-routed the drain behind the new cabinet's drawers.


Do you know how hard it is to put a straight set of vanities on a sloped floor between straight walls???? It's even harder when you have decorative toe kicks that can not be shimmed to avoid appearing like they are on stilts.


Vanity top, new faucet fixtures to match the bath, and lights are in.

Bathroom | Complete


New mirror finally arrives. This was the fourth mirror, received broken from Lowes. All damage on this one was structural, so I was able to fix it from the back. Original price: $202. Discounted price due to the trouble: $5.


View of the cabinets with knobs, and the new elongated Toto ADA height toilet. Who would have thought a new toilet could bring so much joy!