We decided that the bathrooms needed upating. Since we cherish peace and quiet and are constrained by a very modest fixed income, we are not in the mood for a noisy expensive renovation, involving hammers and chisels, dust, banging and sawing, plus weeks of not having working facilities. So, we have elected to do a minimalist project.
The old large wall mirror and an ugly medicine cabinet were removed with the aid of my friend, DMc, who also installed new drywall and plastered the hole like a pro. I spent the remainder of last week scraping and patching, sanding the walls and ceiling, and painting. The part that DMc did looks smooth and straight, the sections that I did still look like a painted over moonscape.
New floor tile will be laid over old tile, and the wall tile will be painted by what they call electrostatic method.
Makes old wall tile look like new, according to the brochure.
9:10am Project has started off well. Plumber came on time. He is removing the old toilet and vanity from upstairs. These will be replaced by new fixtures next week. Since the new tile is going over old tile he needs to raise the flange by 1/2" (whatever that means).
9:25am Tile guy, Paul, arrives. Starts setting-up his saw and stuff.
10:10am Plumber leaves. He promises to come back next week July 5th to install new fixtures. Time to go to Lowe's and get the new toilet.
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