New guy - Bathroom reno

[Directional]

Hey guys

Currently renovating my house before it goes to market. Then moving to the country, in a trailer, and building the dream house. So, i have no mancave,,yet, though i do have a pretty good idea of what i want.

Anyways, i thought i'd share pics of my recent bathroom reno.


Here's a shot of me standing in the Master Bedroom, looking towards the ensuite.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/b41.jpg


A lovely black tile, maroon paint, and carpet. Seriously, who does that ?

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/b42.jpg


Your standard shower insert

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/b43.jpg

Seriously,,, carpet ??

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/b44.jpg

Mmmm. Bubblegum pink walls in the toilet room, at least it had lino.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/b45.jpg



And now the after pics


Re-painted to match what we put in the bedroom

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr1.jpg


Busted out all that glossy black tile and put down new stuff with some border.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr2.jpg


Took off the old counter top, put down a new one and tiled that too.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr3.jpg

Couldn't just leave the floor plain tile. Had to put a little pattern in there.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr4.jpg


Cut out the shower insert and tiled some more.

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr5.jpg


Last one

http://www3.telus.net/jalbert1/Pics/aftr6.jpg

Anyways, that's about it. Not quite done yet, a few hours to go next time i have days off should get it finished, then it's onto hardwood in the living room and stairs.

[Slick]

very nice work..

Will save additional 'comments' for later :)

welcome to the forum!

[Trann]

Great work.

But you should have left a little strip at the entry, maybe in the shape of a lightning bolt or a heart or something. You didn't have to go Brazilian. 8)

[Joe Bass]

Nice shitter, a shame you won't be able to enjoy it for long. Make me want to go.

[Quads]

Very nice work!
Nice to see the old and new shots in each project. You really appreciate the work done.

[gator20]

Welcome to the forum....nicely done!!!!

[Directional]

Thanks for the comments. The left out strip at the top of the steps is going to be a bamboo stair nosing to match bedroom floor. It's only my 3rd tile job, still learning some tricks, but it's way better than the gross carpet that was in there before.

[GamblinFool]

Love the work... doing great, nice color combinations.
Don't you just hate it. Doing all that work and then moving.
On my first house, I spent three years working on it to get it just the way I like it.
Then I sold it!
So my next house I left it empty for 1 month and renovated the entire thing. Moved into the house and its awesome (for now... lol) way more satisfying. Good luck on the sale of the house.

[Wedge Rock]

1. Nice work. Real nice job. Love the repeating border tiles.

2. Tim Horton's coffee, eh? Good man.

3. I'll wait until you've been around a bit longer before I add my third comment... ;) The regulars know where I'm going...

[Guma]

:fail: No pics of wifey in the shower!

Wedge, I will pick up your slack...













Don't mind me, I'm drunk. Just got back from our bowlking nitht

[JCinPA]

Outstanding work.

Who the fuck is Tim Horton? Why does that coffee keep coming up? Seriously?

[sunsetpizza]

I like it - looks like a good return on the investest.

I'd love some more detail on taking out the shower insert and retiling. I'm looking to do that myself. In my case - I'd like to expand the basee too so It's probably a big job.

[Directional]

Who the fuck is Tim Horton? Why does that coffee keep coming up? Seriously?

Best....coffee...ever.


I'd love some more detail on taking out the shower insert and retiling. I'm looking to do that myself. In my case - I'd like to expand the basee too so It's probably a big job.


The shower was about a 6 on a difficulty scale imo.

1) I cut the old fiberglass insert into about 6 pieces with my saber saw.
2) Trimmed the drywall higher, to about 4" below where the tile would start.
3)Built a solid plywood base, flat, with 2 x 6's on the sides and back
4)Built a lip for the front of the shower out of 2 x 2x4's.
5)made a sloped base that drains out of thinset.
6) Covered the sloped thinset base with a waterproof rubber membrane that also extends 8" up the wall.
7)made two shelves inset into the walls.
8 )covered the walls with concrete backerboard
9)Tile. Floor first, then walls.

[zack]

looks good, but not waterproof.

For anyone looking to do a tile shower in the future, cement board is not waterproof. It actually soaks up water. Tile is waterproof, but grout is not. Average shower gets 1400" of water a year.

Use a membrane over the entire project. If you wouldnt take a shower on in there before the tile goes up because of fear of things getting wet, then your shower is not waterproof.