Archive for August 6th, 2006
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
PLUMBING
Okay – so I was a little bit in denial about the plumbing. Somewhere in my mind I knew that when you have the walls open you are supposed to replace all the old pipes and yet it wasn’t until the walls were actually open that I realized – yes indeed- It would all have […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Demolition
There is always a moment of hesitation before the actual demolition. I stood looking at the old bathroom. It was still a bathroom. It still worked. It was not yet a mangled heap.
I shut off the water and removed the sink, then eagerly ripped open the hated box that protruded from the floor. It seems […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Elaborate Notes/ Drawings/ measurements-
Get a notebook where you have all your information. Yes- it makes you vulnerable to catastrophic notebook loss, but whenever I use various pieces of paper half of them disappear.
Planning upfront will always save time and hassle later. ( duh- right?) But recently I did a job where some tile wainscoting intersected with the light […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Birth of a Bathroom #2
Ordering Tile-
Do this right away- since lead times vary.
I decided on a sea foam green field tile 3X6 from a local tile company. And then figured I’d buy cheaper black accent tiles from Dal. However I began to cruise the Revival line at Missiontilewest.com and it was so lovely I could not resist. I tried […]
