Michael Gabbay
08-23-2005, 8:56 AM
Well after 9 months of work on our masterbath (one hour hear one hour there schedule) I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I sure hope it's not a train! :eek:
I started with a complete tear down to the studs and joists. A soffit over the original sink was removed and the electric was rewired to add 2 recessed lights and 2 sconce lights. The exhaust fan was replaced and vent rerun to meet new code requirements. The walls needed interior insulation and the joists needed to be sistered to reinforce the tub area. Also the joists were not level so I ended up pouring leveling compound after the subfloor went back in to get things as level as possible.
The floor has 3/4" T&G subfloor with 3/8" ply on top of that and 1/2" backer on top of that. This brings everything back up to the original height so I did not need to redo the toilet flange and threshold.
We are using octagon with white squares fo rthe floor and 3x6 subway tile for the shower walls and tub walls/fronts. I'm making a panel for the tub front to match the vanity doors and drawers. The vanity doors and drawers will be flat panels inset to the frame. The vanity top and tub deck will be white carrera marble. The marble should be cut this week and installed sometime next week.
So all that is left is to install the tub, toilet, sink shower glass walls and finish the tile once the marble is in place. I'm hoping to be finished by October. :rolleyes:
Thanks for looking,
Mike
I started with a complete tear down to the studs and joists. A soffit over the original sink was removed and the electric was rewired to add 2 recessed lights and 2 sconce lights. The exhaust fan was replaced and vent rerun to meet new code requirements. The walls needed interior insulation and the joists needed to be sistered to reinforce the tub area. Also the joists were not level so I ended up pouring leveling compound after the subfloor went back in to get things as level as possible.
The floor has 3/4" T&G subfloor with 3/8" ply on top of that and 1/2" backer on top of that. This brings everything back up to the original height so I did not need to redo the toilet flange and threshold.
We are using octagon with white squares fo rthe floor and 3x6 subway tile for the shower walls and tub walls/fronts. I'm making a panel for the tub front to match the vanity doors and drawers. The vanity doors and drawers will be flat panels inset to the frame. The vanity top and tub deck will be white carrera marble. The marble should be cut this week and installed sometime next week.
So all that is left is to install the tub, toilet, sink shower glass walls and finish the tile once the marble is in place. I'm hoping to be finished by October. :rolleyes:
Thanks for looking,
Mike