This was how bad the leaks were after 7 consecutive days of rain.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Bathroom Project Part 6 - The Final Touch Up
In the final days of bathroom renovation I've painted the drywall part with white, removed the grout haze with phosphoric acid, installed the moldings, attached the shower panel to the wall, install the shower rod and curtain and put silicone to the gaps and patched some part of the tub that got chipped.
I also had to replace the main trap in the tub drain, wax ring in the toilet and bathroom lightings (yes, I know some basic plumbing and electrical at this point!)
The most challenging part here was the shower panel attachment. Porcelain tile is the hardest of all tiles and I had to get both the carbide and diamond bit to drill where I would put the screws in. With proper pressure it took me more or less 30 minutes just to drill 6 holes, can you imagine! Also the shower panel hanger were off few inches from the tile that's why I had to relocate it by making new holes as seen on the picture.
The Bathroom Project Part 5 - Tiling
The nightmare began. I installed this 24x12 glazed black tiles and was unsatisfied with the result. It was too shiny, it didn't suite our taste at all. We lose $300 right there. I bought the 24x24 unglazed porcelain tiles and my wife told me to have it cut to 24x6 so we went to this fabricator in Sunland and have them cut for $100.00. I installed the tiles for the second time and it came out unaligned. Its because the fabricator didn't cut the tiles in equal width. Wall tiling is way more difficult than floor tiling and with lack of experience disaster is inevitable.
This time I seek help from the pro. Tony has been doing tile installation all his life and that made him the perfect man for the job. Since his son is a good friend of ours we got charged at a very reasonable price. My wife and I had to replace the old wonderboard while Tony cleaned each tile with a grinder before it can be installed. It took Tony the whole day to finish the wall tile and I took care of the floor and tub tile on separate ocassion. I then did the grouting afterwards.
The Bathroom Project Part 4 - Plumbing
This was intermediate plumbing, at least for me that's why Jose helped me out on this one. The new shower panel I bought from eBay needs to be connected to the hot and cold water valve only so Jose did his magic and rerouted the piping as shown in the picture. He also installed the new tub drain, created a new power line for the tub and assembled the fixture in our new vanity. Together we secured the tub to the frame.
The Bathroom Project Part 3 - Installing Wonderboard And Tub Frame
If we are to install tiles drywall needs to be replaced with wonderboard so cement will hold to it.
As for the tub frame, Zen and I purchased this $399 whirlpool tub (whirlpool usually runs from $800 and up) at Lowes first so I could measure it precisely before making the frame. I also had to buy this 22 caliber pistol use for hammering hard concrete. Its scary to use it at first, ricochet can cause serious injury on my part.
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