I Donated thefultonhow Posted June 26, 2015 I Donated Share Posted June 26, 2015 A couple of bonus "after" shots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nouse4aname Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice. Â Ready for some serious work there with the dual tp rolls and backups at the ready heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I dont see a place to put the iPad or the magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) I gutted and remodelled our mudroom. Took 28 months. I got sidetracked a few times  Anyways, I don't have a before pic handy, but it was paneled walls, popcorn ceiling, Nasty tile, Carpeted steps. It served it's purpose well, as it took a beating during much of our other renovation work over the past few years. Decided to do this project last (more or less). The first few photos were taken about six or seven months ago, and it was not quite done. But you get the point. The last handful of photos, are after some finishing touches I just added over the last couple weeks (underneath the landing).  The landing was the only thing that I kept original, as it was in solid shape, but not very pretty. It turned out decent, I think!! It's a relatively small room, so it's very hard to photo. There is also a lot going on in this room. Three exterior doors- one to the kitchen, one for the garage, and one to the exterior. Where the mudroom bench is, used to be a window, about 2 1/2 feet off the ground. I took that out, and I raised it up, putting in the higher, arched window. This will also help me out at the back of the house, for future deck expansion which is underway next month. There were these stupid concrete footers everywhere, that made me think a bit outside the box. In the last photo, you'll see what I did with one of the footers. I boxed it out with cement board, and had a custom umbrella stand made per my dimensions. It is actually made out of 100-year-old tobacco sticks, from a farm in the Carolinas. It's pretty cool. The bottom 6 inches of the walls, is actually all cement board, that I taped and seemed into the drywall. The base trim is also PVC. I wanted to make the room useful, and I knew it would take on some moisture, as it is the main entrance of the house. 7 coats of poly on the steps too!  http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/c2bcca41740b9e2f51a1085d645774fd.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/d135cef1716216ceecd3a2b8d2904b6b.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/81a0e073dcfba02f90846719609221df.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/5689e03fece46dcbbf578b01ef67658f.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/5ac5c9c9ce999aa222b24ac887204699.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/5377ad5ba2614f834f8f05795ddf8d76.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/79d150170ad3d728fd6ffb7541126c52.jpg Edited July 18, 2015 by jasejase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) As "unfinished" as the stairs looked before the beadboard, I think it tied in with the rustic look of the stair treads. I do like the beadboard though. Nicely done. Â I've been meaning to post some pictures of my ongoing bathroom gut and remodel but I just haven't gotten around to it. It's two (shit, three) weeks deep and will need another week or so... first week was 12 hours a day ("vacation" days at work) and the last two weeks have only been 2-4 hours a day after work so progress has slowed considerably. Anyway, I was planning on doing the PVC trim as well just because the bathroom obviously will have some moisture to it even with the oversized exhaust fan I put in. Edited July 18, 2015 by baconbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 thanks. It was old, beat up lumber. Not stained. A ton of nail holes etc. The stairs are brand new. In person, it was night and day! Â Originally I was gonna put doors on it, but had a change of heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Nah, open is good. If it were my house, I'd end up kicking shoes and boots under there to get them out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Yep. I figured originally doors, because I have a little boy. And little boy stuff will be all over the place lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 "Dad built me a fort!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Welp, here's my bathroom progress for the first two days. 1 - 4) What I started with 5) Water damage behind the handles for the shower after removing tile. The inset soap dish in the shower was the same way. 6 -7) Starting gut 8-9) New glue-up surround (I kind of wish I had done direct-to-stud) and Moen faucet By this point, I'd realized bagging it up in contractor bags isn't feasible. I went out and bought a Bagster and had it filled 3/4 full. $140 I wasn't budgeting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Nice man! Add 20% budget to all projects. And round up. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated thefultonhow Posted July 18, 2015 I Donated Share Posted July 18, 2015 By this point, I'd realized bagging it up in contractor bags isn't feasible. I went out and bought a Bagster and had it filled 3/4 full. $140 I wasn't budgeting... I did my whole bathroom with contractor bags. Most I could fill most of them was about 1/4 full. The shit that comes out of a bathroom during demo is heavy! I'll probably tell my parents to get a Bagster if I do their upstairs bathrooms. Jase, tl;dr on the post, but the pics look nice! Wish I had a mudroom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Next week or so... 1) Bagster filled. It's not supposed to be on the sidewalk but because my tree lawn is 18" wide, front yard is a hill, and my driveway doesn't have the appropriate vertical clearance, it was my only choice. Luckily I didn't get popped by the police for it. 2) Toilet and vanity/sink out 3) Going to need a new closet flange... 4) Old floor. Opalescent vinyl, luan stapled to old floor every 2 inches , 1973 penny, old floor, 3/4 plywood, 1x8 planking. What a bitch to get up... 5) Old floor up 6) Four tubes at $3.47 each before putting down new OSB with 2-1/2" deck screws into the joists and 1" screws elsewhere. Worth every penny for the Liquid Nails... no squeaks and makes the 1x8 planking and OSB one solid slab. 7) Decided to finish demo at this point. Remove the mirror to find... an old medicine cabinet cutout and boxes for sconces and an outlet. The left sconce (all knob and tube) had been tied into romex and run to the light above the mirror. 8-9) F. Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) One more post should do it. Â 1) Second Bagster filled and the last two buckets of demo debris. My debris is so heavy because the entire house is done with 3/8" cement board with 3/8" plaster over that. 2 - 3) Terminated the knob and tube in permanently accessible boxes per electrical code. I was able to terminate it all because one of the circuits was dead (disconnected at main panel) and everything downstream of the second circuit had been rewired already with romex run to the main panel. 4) Tile backer down. I love me some Hardie Board... stuff is great to work with. Easier than drywall IMO 5) Laying out tile. Went with a 6x24 with a marble look and a medium grey sanded grout, 3/16" spacing. 6) Tile down and grouted 7) Neat trick I learned for hanging ceiling drywall by yourself... screw a piece of scrap to the studs leaving space above it for the ceiling piece... use it as a rest to hold it up while screwing up the other end. 8-9) Drywall up and second coat of mud on. I hate mudding because it means sanding and cleaning that up. Edited July 18, 2015 by baconbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Nice work!! I can see the end in sight! I nearly bag all my projects in contractor bags. Either using the city garbage pickup over the course of a few weeks, or putting all the bags on the side of my garage and taking a pic, and putting the pic on Craigslist. Within an hour, someone is pricing it at $50 to come get it!  I hate drywall too. I'm way too picky, so I'll do like 3-5 coats.  I paid someone to tape my mudroom. The 11' ceiling wasn't sounding that appealing. Lol. Plus we had family coming the following weekend and the wife wanted it painted at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 And that floor may not have been 100% 'vinyl' lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 And that floor may not have been 100% 'vinyl' lol Here's to hoping it was. It's buried in a landfill two weeks deep now so no worries. Problem was, I had roughly 20 bags before I went to buy the first Bagster and probably would've had 50 by the time it was full. Tile and this cement board-plaster combo is obscenely heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Has anyone done a whole house water filter and water softener?  I'm considering doing that or installing a kitchen hood that actually ventilates externally. I have a microwave with a exhaust underneath that only filters the air. Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I have a water softener. Â Don't have a whole house filter, but they are cheap and easy to put in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el5y Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 One more post should do it.  1) Second Bagster filled and the last two buckets of demo debris. My debris is so heavy because the entire house is done with 3/8" cement board with 3/8" plaster over that. 2 - 3) Terminated the knob and tube in permanently accessible boxes per electrical code. I was able to terminate it all because one of the circuits was dead (disconnected at main panel) and everything downstream of the second circuit had been rewired already with romex run to the main panel. 4) Tile backer down. I love me some Hardie Board... stuff is great to work with. Easier than drywall IMO 5) Laying out tile. Went with a 6x24 with a marble look and a medium grey sanded grout, 3/16" spacing. 6) Tile down and grouted 7) Neat trick I learned for hanging ceiling drywall by yourself... screw a piece of scrap to the studs leaving space above it for the ceiling piece... use it as a rest to hold it up while screwing up the other end. 8-9) Drywall up and second coat of mud on. I hate mudding because it means sanding and cleaning that up.   I'm starting to have flashbacks from my reno. Luckily I didn't end up paying for Waste Management to come pick them up. Someone was driving around and asked for the metal from the bags. We told them they can have the metal and $100 if they haul everything to the dump for us. For the scrap metal and $100 we had 4 bags removed that afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Spent a couple hours sanding and cleaning up the ensuing mess last night. I'm going to throw a coat or two of drywall primer on it today after work so I can see the high/low spots better, fill those tomorrow, and hopefully be done sanding and mudding Thursday sometime. Prime it Friday for the last time and paint the final color Saturday morning. I've got a pretty busy weekend ahead of me outside of this bathroom reno so sometime end of next week or weekend, everything should be done... trim, caulk, light fixture, new wall stuff (shelf above toilet, towel bars, etc), vanity and toilet back in... Home stretch for sure but damn, there's still a lot left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Good news: - Final coat of paint is on the walls and ceiling so I'm ready for baseboards. - I was able to get the drywall mud off the tile easily along with out of the grout lines... bit of water and a green/yellow scrubbing sponge worked A+ - Light fixture is up, ceiling fan is done (roof vent too) and all outlet/switch boxes are buttoned up Semi-good news: - Aside from the towel bars and some misc plumbing under the sink, I've bought the last of what I need, I think. Closing in on $1500 with WM/Bagster fees... - Baseboard and quarter round, toilet and sink, accessories, and I'm done. Oh and 30 miles of caulk. Not-so-good news: - Several spots never showed up with a coat of drywall primer coupled with a coat of ceiling paint... then showed up after the final coat. They could definitely could use another skim coat of drywall mud but if I don't point it out to people, they won't know and I'll eventually forget. I hope. - List is small but there's still a lot of time left... was hoping to be done by this weekend but that won't happen.  The blue is slightly darker in person and looks fantastic with the white and grey... at least my girlfriend and I think so. First brush stroke of the blue on drywall primer got a solid "Oh.... shit...." out of me thinking it was too dark. Two coats up and I'm very happy with the color choice. Edited July 30, 2015 by baconbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Looks like the color of our hall bathroom. Nice work. Â Floor is cool. Is that marble plank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattCPa Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I painted professionally for about 10 years for my dad's business while going through highschool/college. That "OH Shit" moment happens more than you could think. Dad has been painting for like 35 years, and he always suggests going at least 1 or 2 shades lighter than the swatch you actually pick. It's really interesting to see how the color changes when its on the entire wall, especially how it changes from the cut to having a single wall done, to having the entire room finished. Bathroom looks good man! I just did my bathroom about 8 months ago, said and done with a new vanity/tub/floor and I think I was right around 1200... Most of my time was spent in skimming the walls because I had to remove the 60's baby blue 2x2in tiles from every wall...what a pain in the ass that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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