Bathroom Progress
Work has now begun on my bathroom - although, not everyone thought it really needed updating. You can make your own mind up about that one!
I started off the work by removing the lovely brown/green/yellow ish carpet…. unfortunately, that left some cork tiles. Great.
So skipping those, I started stripping off the wallpaper - which was actually very easy as the previous owners had papered straight on to paint - so the pieces came off pretty much in one sheet!
Back to those tiles. Cork tiles do not come up easily, let me tell you! I used around 5 different tools and in the end favoured the heat gun and spade method. (Which in the process I managed to crack the loo…. oops)
Now all that’s done, we moved on to the good stuff. Smashing and taking to bits. First to go, the cracked toilet, as that pretty much lifted off the fixtures. Really safe. Then the sink…. Snore….
…Then outcame the sledge hammer. The bath was made from cast iron so weighed a tonne. The only thing to do - smash it to bits surely?!
The sledge hammer came out for a second turn in helping bring down the wall which previously housed the hot water tank. This bit was the best. Lots of noise and dust.
The end result being a nice mess which hopefully tomorrow Glen (plumber) and my Dad (builder & superman) will make nice!
Update: 19-09-06
The new stud wall has been put up and covered with plaster board, and the floor has been covered with plywood so the tiles can be placed on top. New bath has arrived (as the old one had wonky taps!) - it’s a bigger, better bath too for no extra cost! Tiling is starting tomorrow - so hopefully will have some more interesting pictures by thursday/friday!!
Update: 08-10-06
Quite a lot has happened since the last update - we have working fixtures now which helps! The sink and toilet are in, all the tiling has beein done (except for around the bath). It’s finally starting to look like a bathroom! Oh, and my new mirror is up - which apparently is good for putting on make up. Super!
I started off the work by removing the lovely brown/green/yellow ish carpet…. unfortunately, that left some cork tiles. Great.
So skipping those, I started stripping off the wallpaper - which was actually very easy as the previous owners had papered straight on to paint - so the pieces came off pretty much in one sheet! Back to those tiles. Cork tiles do not come up easily, let me tell you! I used around 5 different tools and in the end favoured the heat gun and spade method. (Which in the process I managed to crack the loo…. oops)
Now all that’s done, we moved on to the good stuff. Smashing and taking to bits. First to go, the cracked toilet, as that pretty much lifted off the fixtures. Really safe. Then the sink…. Snore….
…Then outcame the sledge hammer. The bath was made from cast iron so weighed a tonne. The only thing to do - smash it to bits surely?!
The sledge hammer came out for a second turn in helping bring down the wall which previously housed the hot water tank. This bit was the best. Lots of noise and dust.
The end result being a nice mess which hopefully tomorrow Glen (plumber) and my Dad (builder & superman) will make nice!
Update: 19-09-06
The new stud wall has been put up and covered with plaster board, and the floor has been covered with plywood so the tiles can be placed on top. New bath has arrived (as the old one had wonky taps!) - it’s a bigger, better bath too for no extra cost! Tiling is starting tomorrow - so hopefully will have some more interesting pictures by thursday/friday!!
Update: 08-10-06
Quite a lot has happened since the last update - we have working fixtures now which helps! The sink and toilet are in, all the tiling has beein done (except for around the bath). It’s finally starting to look like a bathroom! Oh, and my new mirror is up - which apparently is good for putting on make up. Super!
luce said,
September 12, 2006 @ 10:15 pm
Erm Matthew……..”my dad, builder and superman”????? Surely we do not need to go into all this again? MY DAD IS SUPERMAN and can kick yo dads ass! Ya get?
fakman said,
September 13, 2006 @ 12:14 am
lucy pembertonshirester…. my dad is SUPERMAN. There is simply no argument. Police Advanced Driving Course. Need I say more? My dad is chief of police and could throw yo dad in a jail 50 miles under the earths crust which is then filled with bullet, bomb and kryptonite concrete which is also filled with twinkys - everyone knows nothing can harm a twinky. So ner. You dad has a nice pond, I’ll give him that…. but my dad is AL FACER “THE GREAT”. Even more wonderful than Tony The Tiger, and he’s pretty grrrreat. Heeeeaaaarrrr me now?
luce said,
September 13, 2006 @ 1:21 am
To be honest ‘Fakman’….i shouldn’t really be justifying that appauling attempt at blatent lying-ness with a reply. Tony The Tiger is just a pussy cat with a good make up artist and agent. And he is a Homo, he wears a neck tie- you figure it out ……..as for a bullet/bomb/kryptonite concrete……. PUR-Lease, its almost so obvious i want to stroke you on the head and put you in my pocket, as my dad IS superman (and has the afore mentioned antidode injection to liquid, gas and solid forms of kryptonite) this ridiculous notion of him actually being caught by the Police is just downright laughable!
Also……if i haven’t already ridiculed you enough, what the fook would Superman want with an advanced driving licence?????? My dad flies so fast that last night he switched off the bedroom light and was in bed before it went dark!!!!!
Luuuuuuuce said,
October 17, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
Alreet Mafyew…..you failed to explain WHY the mirror is so darn good fo puttin make up on! “light goes on, light goes off, light goes on, light goes off” Add a swishy hand movement and you’RE away!!! Worryingly happy to see everything is back up and running….stoopid bleedin gremlins. Tsk. Luvyoooooooo