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Entries Tagged as 'Bathroom'

Picking our Bathroom Tiles

August 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

I think the thing that probably surprised me the most when we were picking our bathroom tiles was that Tamara and I agreed on the tiles almost right away.

The tile that is actually on the wall is the tile that we picked as our bathroom floor tile. The one that you see there is a [...]

Tags: Bathroom · Tiles

Bathroom Walls Sheeted and Floor Waterproofed

July 29th, 2007 · No Comments

The bathroom walls are all sheeted and the bathroom floor is waterproofed. The have also waterproofed the wall around the bath tub and the sheeted frame around the tub that is holding it up.

Tomorrow they should start to tile the bathroom and we hope that we will be able to start painting mid-week and move [...]

Tags: Bathroom · Flooring

New Load Bearing External Bathroom Wall

July 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday they managed completely remove the exterior load bearing bathroom wall and build a new one, all in one day.
The old external load bearing wall in the bathroom had been cut in half in places and was sitting on the crumbling old concrete floor. It really had to be replaced since it was expected to [...]

Tags: Bathroom · Framing

New Bathroom Floor Installed

July 26th, 2007 · No Comments

They have finished installing the new bathroom floor in our upstairs bathroom. After ripping out the old bathroom floor, it was good to see how quickly they got the new one installed.
The obviously started by putting down the new floor joists. They attached them to the bearer on the internal side of the bathroom, and [...]

Tags: Bathroom · Flooring