The people I talked too were too flaky to get me a quote for how much it would be to remove the tile, so last week I just did it myself. There were a couple of problems though... I started on Monday and noticed that the compressor wasn't running very well. On Tuesday it had enough and left me stranded 1/3 of the way through the job so I had to get another one - bigger of course. Long story short, the tile was out 5 days after I started.
The shutoff valve for the toilet and the hot water line on the left side sink leaked so they were replaced. My only advice - don't bother trying to reuse the nut and compression ring on the water line. 2 times out of 3 it won't work, and you'll just have to cut the line and put a new one on anyway.
We ran into a little problem removing the sinks and countertop because of one thing I overlooked. I had no idea just how heavy that thing is! 6 feet of cultured marble weighs a whole lot more than I can manage, and I didn't want to try and break it up because that would mean debris flying everywhere, and even more stuff that I'd have to break up and bag so the trash guy would take it. Finally someone came over to help this evening and we got it out. This will allow us to do three things.
Work on replacing the valve for the tub because it can only be accessed from behind.
I can finally take out the cabinets.
I can plaster that short wall off to the right.
Sometime soon I will also need to work on a little construction problem that came up before the foundation was poured. The drain line for the sinks was about an inch too far in to the bathroom, so now I have to make a workaround for this. I have a couple of ideas and it won't come out perfect, but it will look better than it does now. The big hole was covered in plywood with two layers of wallpaper on top - I didn't cut it. Luckily this is below the vanity so it won't show very well.
I spent a little time tracing the electrical lines behind the big light fixture and so far it's looking good. Instead of going down the middle it looks like the electrician ran the wiring down towards the right, to what would be the right side if there were two fixtures instead of the one long one in there now. That will make life a lot easier when I get around to installing new lighting.
Tomorrow the shower will finally come out and that will pretty much wrap up the demolition work. This weekend it'll be time to install some new plumbing for the shower and bathtub, and then I will be able to start working on the cement board for the shower.
I would be able to start test fitting the floor, but Carpet Source (12027 Huebner Road) has broken their delivery date for the stone and tile I ordered twice now. The latest time was because they thought they had the material but they don't (so how did they expect to deliver it the first time???). At this point I am tired of excuses and can no longer recommend them to anyone. They're great at sales, but bad at delivery and following through. They're supposed to call tomorrow about a new time... hopefully the third try will work out.
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