Comments | pipu: 07.05.07 - the first day's work

pipu

07.05.07 - the first day's work

Jul 06, 2007 19:23

Note: I did not do any of this. I'm just documenting the amazing destructive powers of Sean, my brother Danny, and my dad.

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house, remodel, project 365, demolition, bathroom

Comments 12

gwenzilla July 7 2007, 02:50:04 UTC

your husband is a menace!!

serrana July 7 2007, 03:30:54 UTC

Ha ha ha, C. said he ran into you at Home Depot, and I said, "How'd they look?" and he said, "Um, tired. And sort of -- were they planning to take the wall out, or was that sort of an accident?"

I reassured him that you'd been planning on taking out the wall.

Phone if you need help; C's very good at toilets, having replaced all of ours in the last couple of years.

pipu July 7 2007, 14:22:38 UTC

He came up and said "are you building your house?" (we did have three carts of lumber, sheetrock and electrical supplies).

jennnk July 7 2007, 04:39:10 UTC

are you going to get a new tub, too?

and hooray for demolition work!

and look at all that old wood. Such craftsmanship, way better than 2x4 framing that's done nowadays.

pipu July 7 2007, 14:23:50 UTC

Yes, our new tub is the $99 special from Jerry's. Not anything special, but it is a few inches longer than the old one, and is very clean and new!

tahoebean July 7 2007, 18:17:20 UTC

what what, tubs for $99?! I NEED A TUB. I can't wait to see more progress on this project, we need to do something similar with my bathroom, but I'm not sure where we'd steal any extra space from :D

pipu July 8 2007, 14:39:34 UTC

Yep. It's super simple, like this one (but I'm not sure if that's the actual model).

mactavish July 7 2007, 05:51:34 UTC

Oooh, plaster and lath, both a delight and a bugbear.

artnoose July 7 2007, 17:44:59 UTC

I have been reading home repair books like they were Harry Potter novels and am now finishing up one on tiling. Now everywhere I go I look at tilework. The other day I told M, "You know I'm gonna have to tile SOMETHING in the new house."

Of course, knowing me, I'm gonna have to make a narrative mosaic across the bathroom wall or something.

pipu July 8 2007, 14:40:57 UTC

I called my friend Jamie (who does mosaic work) and asked how crazy a mosaic floor would be (I was thinking of a giant squid battling a sperm whale), and when I described the dimensions she said it would be about 10 full days of work. Haha, too crazy for me!