One Month In

Today I'm about a month in to the project. Things have been going pretty well - so far there haven't been any big surprises, and I'm pretty much on schedule.

Since the last update I've turned the corner from removing things to installing new stuff. The biggest piece is that the plumbing is done now. The old shower and bath valves are something from Mixet. They're really small compared to the new Delta ones we have now. Both still worked, but probably didn't have a whole lot of time left before they start to leak.





I also installed the new bathroom fan. The new one is MUCH quieter. It's a Panasonic that I picked up on Amazon. This one is properly sized for the bathroom and water closet and includes a night light which is a nice touch. For anyone installing one in existing construction, to make the night light work you will need to put in a short run of wiring from your light/fan switches to the new fan or else there's no way for the light to be on all the time - if you wire it up with everything else the night light is on a switch with the light or fan, and there's no point to having it anymore. The difficulty in doing this ranges from easy to next to impossible depending on how your house is built and how many walls you have open at the time for some other reason.

Yesterday and today I installed the doors in front of the bathtub. Now there will be access to the plumbing and pump, and the jetted bathtub will be up to code. Earlier I was planning on waiting for the flooring to get in but doing it now works just as well.



At this point, until I either get in the stone for the floor or the moisture barrier for the shower and tub there's not a lot that I can do anymore. Tomorrow I'm cleaning up and painting the baseboards but really that's about it. The tile for the shower and backsplash came in, but I can't put that in yet because I need to waterproof the shower. The cabinets and hamper are here, but I can't install those because I need the floor to be in place. We'll see which comes in first. If delays get too bad I'm either moving on to finishing the rain gutters behind the house or removing wallpaper from the dining room. Both have to be done sometime.

It's nice to be completely finished with removing anything and finally building again. If materials start coming in soon I could be done in under two weeks. Here's to hoping for no big delays!