Bathroom Renovation-IT IS FINISHED!!!!!

Here are some before and after shots of the bathroom.

Bathroom Renovation Week 8

Ok, we are back from our vacation. Now, we have a working toilet and the baseboards are completely in. The vanity is in place, but not screwed to the wall yet and the sink still needs to be glued to the vanity. We are really getting close. I am so thankful for my husband's tenacity. After returning home on Wednesday, going to work on Thursday, he then proceeded on Friday and Saturday to get back to work on the bathroom.

Bathroom Renovation Week 6.5

Here is the final step in our tile placement in the bathroom renovation.

Here is Ralph putting the first grout lines in

Here is the final floor...completed!! I think it looks AWESOME!!!

Thank you, Ralph for ALL your hard work. You are the BEST!!!!

Bathroom Renovation Week 6

This weekend Ralph finished laying down the tiles. He had to pick up a tile saw, so he could make the cuts necessary to fit the final tiles in place. He did an awesome job!! I am so thankful for a husband who is not afraid of trying something new. As usual, he is a success!!!

Here is Ralph making the first cut on his new tool

Here is the final phase complete of laying down the tiles

Bathroom Renovation Week 5

Well, the first tiles were laid this morning. My wonderful husband put down all the tiles that did not need to be cut first. He did an awesome job! Here are some photos.

Here are the first tiles being placed

All the full tiles laid down

Bathroom Renovation Week 4

Ralph had a few extra minutes yesterday, so he layed out the tiles to see how they were going to fit. Here are a couple of photos.

We are hoping to get the tiles put in next weekend. Don't they look GREAT!?!

Bathroom Renovations Week 3

Here we are at week 3 of our bathroom renovation. Things are moving much slower now. (I didn't realize how much work was involved getting a floor ready for tile.) Ralph worked really hard yesterday. He did a lot of measuring, then more measuring, then he did some more measuring. He wanted to make sure he got the measurements just right. He knew we only had a set amount of sub-flooring (and didn't want to have to purchase any more), so he got the measurements right before cutting. You know the old adage, to measure twice and cut once. Well, he took that to heart. We didn't have the "right" tools, so he did a GREAT job of improvising. He had to cut a hole in the middle of this sub-flooring that is made of a cement product (so it was really hard). He drew out the size of the hole on the flooring, drilled some holes around the circle then used his grinder to "connect" the dots. He had it almost perfect the first time. Believe me, I was REALLY impressed with his precision. He only had to enlarge the hole ever so slightly on one side so it would fit perfectly. Then the rest of the cuts were pretty easy after that. (Before he put the pieces in to make sure they fit, I vacuumed the floor to have it free of any debris.) He did a "dry" fit, then put the cement down to keep it in place, put the flooring down, screwed it to the floor and taped the seams. It was a hard job, but for the first time of ever doing this, and without help, I might add, he did an AWESOME job!!

Here are a couple of photos of the floor.

Doesn't it look awesome!?!

We won't be doing anymore work for a couple of weeks, as Easter is next week and Ralph will be working the entire weekend, so won't have any time to work on the bathroom. So look for more updates in a couple of weeks.

Bathroom Renovations Week 2

Here is the progress we have made to date.

We painted

Here is the old light (when Ralph took it out, it said it was not to be used in wet or damp areas. What was it doing in the bathroom then?)We removed the old light and did some patch work

Put in new light. Doesn't it look great!?! (this one specifically said it was made to be used in the bathroom)

We sealed the floors, prepping them for putting in the new sub-flooring, then the tiles.

Spring Cleaning 2010

Well, our spring cleaning officially begun a couple of weeks ago. We started with the yard. Ralph mowed for the first time since last fall, the girls pulled some weeds, I sprayed some more weeds with weed killer and did a little trimming of a bush in the front yard. I also emptied the soil out of our large pots into the raised beds and cleaned some algae off of the front rails.

But this spring cleaning will be different then the others we have had so far. "We" (really Ralph is doing most of the work) are doing a bathroom renovation. This will be a first for us. Ralph has already taken out the sink and cupboard and towel racks, next will be the toilet, then the sub-floor and light fixture. We have already purchased the new sink and cupboard, toilet, light fixture, towel racks and tiles for the floor. I will take some photos of the process. I already have one of the before photos, but haven't loaded them onto my computer yet. It is an exciting prospect. One down fall though is, under the sub-flooring is mold and mildew (the big reason for the renovation) and we are both allergic to it. Ralph will wear a mask as he takes up the sub-floor and I will get in and clean the underneath with bleach and whatever else we think will work.

Stay tuned for photos and updates as this progresses. We have a goal of having it finished by Easter!

(Here are the photos I promised.)