Monday, November 07, 2005

Happy Birthday to Mom!

Saturday was my mom's birthday! Wish her well if you talk to her!

So in recognition of Mom's birthday, G and I demolished our bathroom this weekend. We pulled out the toilet and bathtub (G had previously torn out the sink) and then tore down the walls and peeled up the linoleum from the floor.

The bathtub was harder than we expected. We kept thinking it was ready, but nothing would happen when we pulled on it. G had to go under the house multiple times to investigate the situation. Once we had the plumbing figured out, we had to take down part of the door trim so we could slide it out.


Part of the difficulty in all our home projects so far has been that we've never done any of this before. Our trusty Home Depot book teaches us how to do it.
Unfortunately, it's a little weak in the "removing a bathtub" section. What took us at least an hour was described something like, "Remove faucet and drain. Slide tub out." You can see why we were surprised when it was difficult.

Removing the linoleum was also hard. We spent a lot of backbreaking time scraping up the paper backing and glue. We think it might be worth it, though. The floor appears to be in good shape, so I think we are going to be able to have it refinished when we do the rest of the house.

Our goal is to have the bathroom back in working order before Thanksgiving. We're on track so far, but we've got a lot of work to do!

3 comments:

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Anonymous said...

I feel so special to have the bathroom demolished in my honor! Brings back memories of my own experiences with peeling lineoleum -- ugh!!

sycamore said...

Well, you are special. And isn't that the thing you'd most like to be honored by - a bathroom demolition? xoxoxo