For fun my wife and I decided to remodel the tiny bathroom we have in our house. While I should have made the first post yesterday, this will hopefully be the first in a series of posts related to our bathroom remodel. This remodel will be new vanity, medicine cabinet, paint, toilet and flooring. We are leaving the bath/shower alone.
Last week was all about the shopping. We made a couple of trips to Lowes and Home Depot here in Pocatello and just looked. Then we went back with the intention of buying. What we discovered was that we needed to just pick a piece and then match everything to it. We picked a faucet and ran with it. Oh, I should mention; my brother-in-law is doing the vanity and cabinet. I have yet to see them, but my wife says they look real good. So with that here goes my shameless plug for my in-laws side business, Walker and Sons. He does an amazing job with cabinets. If your in eastern Idaho look him up and tell him John sent you.
Anyway back to the remodel.,,
Yesterday was all about the ceiling fan. I tried to find one that was exactly the same size, but no luck. So I got one a bit smaller and with some cutting I was able to get it in. However, I flipped the switch and nothing happened. Looks like I have either a bad switch or I have some bad wiring. I gave up on it, my dad will be here in a few weeks and we will look at it then.
Today...
Today was demolition day. First out came the medicine cabinet. That darn thing was only being held up by two screws. Glad we didn't experience a major earthquake. Once that was out I worked on the vanity. My approach was to disconnect the water. Of course this requires turning off the water. This meant going underneath the house. That's never fun, but it wasn't too bad.
Then I disconnected the piping for the sink. Then came the fun part - pulling out that vanity. It took a bit of pounding and a little crow-bar work (and a little blood, sweat and tears), but it came out. During the process, I had asked Jen to come given me a hand since I didn't know what exactly to expect. I stopped because I needed another tool and as I'm walking into the garage I hear BANG, BANG, BANG. Jen had my 3 lb sledge and was going to town.
Once that came out then came off came the old valves and then a quick trip to Home Depot for two replacements. Those went on real easy. Today was finished up with a little clean up and some Spackle and texture.
Tomorrow is paint day...
Bottom line is after 2 day, I'm tired and my hands hurt.
Left to do:
- Paint
- Install Cabinets
- replace floor
- replace toilet
- touch up
 That's where the vanity used to be |
 Another shot of the vanity spot |
 That is where the old cabinet was. |
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