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In the process of trying to sell our house we had to change out our bathtub.
The couple looking at it told us that they would more than likely buy it if that was replaced.
About two weeks ago i startes to tear into it.
What a mess that was. I started by removing all the old tile and bathtub base. Once i removed all that i had to reolace a small piece of subfloor.
I found out that fitting a tub and levelling all up is actually not as easy as i thought. Once i had the base in i started on the plumbing before i put up the surrounds.
I replaced all the plumbing in the bathroom while i was doing this. When i got to the shower valve i used copper sweat fittings. I was taught many years ago by an old plumber to sweat everything away from the valve. So keeping that im mind i dry fitted all the fittings i needed and took them out in the garage to sweat them. I taped the threads and everything fit perfectly in place. To tie back into the supply lines i put unions in.
After i had the water lines hooked up i decided to start on the drain lines. I cut all the old out and replaced with 1 1/2 pvc. That all went well until I cut a piece of old out only to realise that it was my sump pump drain. Well naturally as soon as i cut the damn thing the pump kicked on and dumped water all over me and my sawzall. The sawzall is still out of comission.
Next was putting up the surround walls. They were a direct to stud installation and the walls are extremely close to level so that was a breeze. I did the wall with the valve and shower head in it last because I had to cut holes in the surround for everyrhing. I was a little nervous about cutting the holes in but after i did i was relieved to find they were all in the right place.
Now that the shower is installed and operational i had to start the drywall. Now i absolutely hate that shit. I put the final coat on last night and painted some tonight.
I will post pictures when it's all the way finished.
The couple looking at it told us that they would more than likely buy it if that was replaced.
About two weeks ago i startes to tear into it.
What a mess that was. I started by removing all the old tile and bathtub base. Once i removed all that i had to reolace a small piece of subfloor.
I found out that fitting a tub and levelling all up is actually not as easy as i thought. Once i had the base in i started on the plumbing before i put up the surrounds.
I replaced all the plumbing in the bathroom while i was doing this. When i got to the shower valve i used copper sweat fittings. I was taught many years ago by an old plumber to sweat everything away from the valve. So keeping that im mind i dry fitted all the fittings i needed and took them out in the garage to sweat them. I taped the threads and everything fit perfectly in place. To tie back into the supply lines i put unions in.
After i had the water lines hooked up i decided to start on the drain lines. I cut all the old out and replaced with 1 1/2 pvc. That all went well until I cut a piece of old out only to realise that it was my sump pump drain. Well naturally as soon as i cut the damn thing the pump kicked on and dumped water all over me and my sawzall. The sawzall is still out of comission.
Next was putting up the surround walls. They were a direct to stud installation and the walls are extremely close to level so that was a breeze. I did the wall with the valve and shower head in it last because I had to cut holes in the surround for everyrhing. I was a little nervous about cutting the holes in but after i did i was relieved to find they were all in the right place.
Now that the shower is installed and operational i had to start the drywall. Now i absolutely hate that shit. I put the final coat on last night and painted some tonight.
I will post pictures when it's all the way finished.
