Along with the rest of the house the bathroom was gutted (You can see why)
And the demo begins
One damn heavy cast iron bathtub, nice, but they do not hold the heat and takes a full tank of hot water to fill, so away it goes.
View from the dining room, past the stairwell and in to the bathroom (note the little step up)
Once the lino had been torn up it was evident that some changes would be needed. An entire new sub floor went down, all the old cast iron was removed.
The back wall was showing signs of rot and had been leaking for a while, in order to install a new window and fix the wall we had to open it up and re frame the wall.
New window opening and framing is complete, time to start running new pex plummbing and get the wiring underway
The new little bathtub was installed. I used 3 bags of concrete to set the tub in to prevent any movement (we hope)
Next went up the cement board around the tub wall and green board on all the other walls, all sealed and primed. Although not suggested I used green board on the ceiling. I just needed to use a lot me screws to secure it.
New rain glass window in place and the wall being mudded and sealed up
The wall tile goes the entire way up to the ceiling, again no square corners so had to try the best I could. After I started the wall tile I talked to Karen who wanted the tile in a brick pattern, it was unfortunate that I missed on this as all my tiles are in a straight line up and down. (Sorry love)
The floor tile was a true nightmare. 3 different types and 3 different thickness's of tile on an uneven floor. If I was asked I would say never again. Only 12 X 12 tiles from now on. We did manage to install in-floor heating and it works a treat.
You can see here the 3 types of tile, Hexagon in the center with a glass tile boarder finished off with a standard 4X4 white tile.
The new view from the dining room in to the bathroom.
Some of the finished tile work, note the curved shower rod, supposed to give you more room and stop the shower curtain from being sucked in, have yet to try it out.
Karen picked out this very cool light from Restoration Hardware
I trimmed out the door in keeping with the age and style of the house, the door was the an original and required a ton of work to fit in the space, once stripped and painted I frosted the glass and Karen had the WC sign made (WC is an old English sign for a bathroom) (Water Closet)
Not the best final image but it gives you an idea. I need a wide angle lens
A more interesting shot of the sink and taps, also shows the colours nicely and the tile chair rail that runs around the entire bathroom walls.
