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New Load Bearing External Bathroom Wall

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Bathroom Wall Completely RemovedYesterday 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 hold up the roof in that back half of the house.

Sisalation Installed on Bathroom WallThey have not yet cladded the exterior of the load bearing bathroom wall, but the sisalation has been installed, as well as some ply to give it a bit extra rigidity.

The new wall looks a heck of a lot cleaner and stronger than the old one did. All of the wall studs go right from the top to the bottom of the load bearing wall, without being cut in half like the old wall was.

New Exterior Load Bearing Bathroom Wall

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New Bathroom Floor Installed

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Bathroom Villaboard Installed over New Floor JoistsThey 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 then welded brackets onto the steel beam on the outside of the room and attached the joists to that.

It looked a heck of a lot more secure than the original bathroom floor did.

New Bathroom FloorAfter putting down the new floor joists they then put on 16mm villaboard. Villaboard is a material that is generally recommended for use in wet areas, as it is extremely resistant to moisture, and is very hard wearing.

They will be waterproofing the entire bathroom with a water proof membrane, hopefully before the weekend comes so that they can start tiling on Monday.

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Demolishing our Bathroom Floor

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I think that I will let the photos do most of the talking here, as I am extremely tired and Tamara’s dad is about to go to bed (we are staying with them while we don’t have a bathroom at our house).

Using a Jackhammer on the Bathroom Floor Second Floor Concrete Bathroom Floor Pieces in the Ground Floor A large hole where our bathroom floor used to be

Unfortunately for us they decided to do the bathroom floor demolision a day earlier than expected, so we didn’t get a chance to clean up and pack up like we had wanted to. Our house is now discustingly dirty. Concrete dust has gotten into every nook and cranny in the house and our furniture is caked in it.

We had planned to seal off the work area with plastic sheeting, but we never got a chance to. When we got there this afternoon to cover stuff with sheets it was too late.

I don’t know how long it will take to clean it up, but we are probably talking days, rather than hours.

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Renovating the Upstairs Bathroom

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It’s sort of funny, I was flipping through some of my old posts trying to find photos of our office and I came accross this quote:

That does bring up another problem though, what happens if it starts to leak again? How will I know until it has actually destroyed the ceiling under it?

Given the option I would just get rid of the spa bath all together and redo the entire upstairs bathroom, but I can’t see that happening any time soon …

Given the fact that we have just ripped out the floor, ceiling and walls in our upstairs bathroom so that we can completely renovate the bathroom to replace the crumbling floor I thought that was kind of ironic. It made me smile, although I am still not in a chuckling mood right now.

Original Article: How to Fix a Spa Bath