Category: Bathroom

Bathroom work

This weekend was the first free weekend in a while that we could get some work on the bathroom done (and by we I mostly mean Ryan because someone has to occupy the little one).  Ryan had to work last weekend so he was happy to have a free weekend and jumped right in to projects.

Saturday afternoon we got a start on things, we all ran to home depot after nap time.  Some new wood and some sheet rock and we were back.  I decided to take Alex to the park and our neighbor came over to help Ryan unload the wood and work on the bathroom for the afternoon.  The final wall by the tub was framed in, the firring strips screwed in and the blocking for the vent/fan was installed.

Tub wall done – we bought some redi-shelves to install so we can tile some shelves into this wall of the shower.
Ready to install the fan.

Sunday Ryan got to work on the hard part – installing the vent for the fan.  He went with the soffit which was trick since a) it was insulated already and b) it’s a tight angle.  It was messy/yucky work but by lunch time he had the soffit vent installed and was ready for me to wire up the fan so he could finish the installation!  It came out great and hopefully it works great (and better than our downstairs one).

 

Soffit vent installed, i didn’t get a picture of the inside before sheetrock.

In the afternoon our neighbor came over again so he and Ryan got the rest of the prep work for sheet rock done (installing the boxes for electrical and making sure the firring strips were all ready).  Then they got the a/c outlet installed and went to work on sheet rock.  While they sheet rocked the ceiling Alex and I ran to home depot again for a few tools and some more sheet rock, then we went to the park again (I love having a park within walking distance).

They finished up the sheetrock (just the ceiling) in time for Ryan to meet us at the park for some Alli time 🙂  The hardest part is done (ceiling) and the bathroom is starting to come together.  If I wasn’t traveling this week I would try to get the electrical finished up but as it is I’m traveling and then this weekend is booked so no progress until after that.

Ceiling up!
Boxes installed (fan/light switch, then vanity switch/outlet, and vanity light above).
Another ceiling view.

Next up on the bathroom list, is to finish the rough in plumbing and electrical.  Then install the tub, sheetrock and go!!!!

Some painting

Ryan had to work late tonight so after I got home and had some dinner I decided to do some painting.  First I sanded the crown molding and baseboards lightly.  After cleaning that up I put the second (and final) coat on the crown molding and then the first coat on the baseboards.

Crown molding finished
First coat on the baseboards

Once i cleaned up the paint brush from that, I pulled out the bathroom paint and did a coat on the spots we had touched up.  They probably need a second coat still, we’ll see how it looks once it dries.

Bathroom wall touched up

Tomorrow night is stitch night!  Twice in one month, definitely a record since I moved to NH 🙂

Crown Molding – it’s up!

First – for future reference -be careful when buying moldings at home depot, these were marked at 53/37 angles however that’s not a standard spring angle (37) for crown molding, so we decided to actually measure the angle using some of the nifty tools Ryan got for xmas.  Right on the dot it was 38 degrees spring.  Which is standard, so that’s what we used.

We also decided to start on a different side this time around, leaving the crazy bowed ceiling side for 3rd instead of second, and helping to hide our last coped corner behind the door in case it didn’t come out great.  And without further ado – here are the pictures to show our work for the day…

First piece going in
second piece...
third and definitely the hardest piece

Just a quick note about the piece above the window … this is where our ceiling bows down and also where our wall bows a bit.  So to accommodate these curves we had to scribe and cut the molding along the ceiling.  Finally in the left corner we had to just leave a gap (we could only bend it so much) and decided to spackle the ceiling down to match the molding in that one corner.  We were actually quite happy with this piece when done but it was a lot of work.

close up of what the molding looks like (and the corner coped)
And the final piece is in!

After getting some cakes in the oven while ryan went around and added some nails and set them all to tighten it all up, I went around and filled all the nail holes and did some spackling (couple of dings in the walls to get too).

Since the spackle was out (for the ceiling corner and dings) we decided to touch up the bathroom a bit too.  We got a crack next to the door so we put in a piece of wood behind the drywall and screwed along the seam.  Then I spackled it to start the process of covering it up.  Probably need 2 more coats on this seam.

fixing the seam in the bathroom

Now I’m off to work on my valentine’s cake project… if it’s successful i’ll post pics tomorrow.

Back from stitching for a surprise

While I was gone tonight Ryan was very busy! We now have a door knob on both sides of the bathroom door! This was no easy feat – a larger lockset needed to be installed which meant mortising out a spot for that larger lockset.

It’s not completed – we need to patch up the old holes and repaint but the door knob works! And there’s room to grab it on the outside!

Door knob!
It fits with the door closed!

This was a huge surprise and with a few touchups to paint the bathroom will soon be crossed off the list completely!

And tomorrow it’s back to the porch!

A weekend home

We didn’t do much around the house this weekend, it was too hot and humid and we had a picnic to go to on Saturday.

Sunday we did manage a few small projects, first we hung the bathroom door!

Finally a bathroom door hung.

It still needs some touch ups (had to plane off one corner – which is very familiar since we had to do the same for our exterior door). And we have to put in a door lockset or a tiny handle on the current lockset. But the door functions which is a huge improvement!

After we relaxed during the hottest part of the day we decided to do some paint stripping on the trim for the tvroom. A lot of it had been stripped but the 4 pieces for the window sides need to be done still so Ryan got out the heat gun and I got out the strippers and we got to work. Until I cut my finger – then we called it a day.

Stripping trim for the tvroom

A couple more hours and we’ll have the trim for the windows all done. The trim for the exterior door is done already but can’t go in until we have a closet door frame and trim installed.

First coat of paint on the trim

After work last night I broke out the paint again 🙂  I got the second side of the door primed and then I put the first coat of paint on the window trim!  Of course painting at night comes with lots of little tiny bugs that can fit through the screen so there were some casualties and there will need to be some sanding before the second coat now 🙂

First coat of paint on the window trim in the gym

Well the weather out-smarted us!

We had NO rain today – despite forecasts yesterday for rain all morning and thunderstorms in afternoon.  All well – can’t complain about good weather however we had changed our weekend plans (my parents did not come out) because we expected rain.

So we continued to pretend it was raining and did indoor projects 🙂  First we did some shopping and ordered our new front door which will take a few weeks to come (and then I’ll have to finish it to match the other door).

Then we finally added the little bit we needed to the bottom of the bathroom door so it doesn’t have a big gap at the bottom.

Bottom of the door patched

And after much wood filling and sanding during the day (and more sanding, and more sanding), I finally ended the day with some priming!  I got the window trim in the gym all primed and side one of the bathroom door!

Top of the window trim primed
Bottom of the window trim primed
Bathroom door - one side primed

And this week I’m hoping to continue priming/painting the windows in the gym and the bathroom door.  Soon the bathroom will really be done!