This bathroom renovation was completed in 1994. My wife and I took a week vacation to take on this project. Moreover, our 2 year wedding anniversary fell in the middle of this week off. This was our only bathroom and our neighbors were generous enough to allow us complete access to their house with bathroom priveleges. (We did get a hotel room on our anniversary.)
As we tore into this project, it quickly became much bigger than we anticipated. We found the plumbing wall was completely unsupported from the floor and left hanging by the 2X4 ceiling joists. This prompted us to go under the house and “jack-up” the wall with hydraulic jacks and frame new floor joists from bearing point to bearing point. More than half of the sub-floor was dry rotted and needed replacement.
The wiring was the original “knob & tube” ungrounded circuit and the plumbing was black iron pipe. Once the walls were opened all the wiring and plumbing was updated to code. All the walls were then insulated for warmth and noise control. The sheetrock was screwed (not nailed) and finished smooth wall. The walls were painted with a technique using solvent rags to remove the fresh paint, leaving a “marbelized” texture appearance. The toilet and bathtub were re-used due to their charm and fitting style of the old house.
All the structural and major repairs were made during one week; the finish took place on weekends and after the day job was over.
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This 1970's bathroom remodel has 4 different pattern schemes (floor, sink cabinet, tiled and papered walls). The toilet, sink and bathtub are close together. There is a window in the shower area ( reflection in mirror, photo 2). The original floor plan was 35 square feet.
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After tearing out the shower end wall, we found this pink plastic tile on the original plaster and lathe wall. Behind this wall was the front bedroom closet. Also, there was a linen closet aside this bedroom closet that was accessed from the hallway outside the bathroom.
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After the bathroom was completely gutted the room was expanded to include the front bedroom closet and linen closet. The new linen closet was placed on the outside wall to allow the new pedestal sink to be installed opposite the original sink. The window was removed from the shower area / outside wall. The new floor plan is 50 square feet.
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The pedestal sink is in place with new halogen lights wired on each side of the circa 1930's refurbished beveled mirror. The pedestal sink and the linen closet occupy the footprint of the original front bedroom and linen closets.
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In the space of the old sink, a homemade ladder is lag-bolted to the wall. The ladder acts as a towel rack for bath and hand towels, as well as a focal point when first entering the bathroom.
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