Bathroom Remodeling final
Mar 2, 2021 16:17:42 #
Fantastic job. I've just finished a complete renovation of our bathroom. I'm 65 and It was eight weeks of hell and no photography.
Mar 2, 2021 17:44:09 #
Jerry Coupe
Loc: Kent, WA
You have done a very good job on your remodel. The tile work is creative and well done.
Mar 2, 2021 18:16:47 #
Jerry Coupe wrote:
You have done a very good job on your remodel. The tile work is creative and well done.
Thanks
Mar 2, 2021 19:17:44 #
Mar 2, 2021 19:54:54 #
Dennis833 wrote:
Fantastic job. I've just finished a complete renovation of our bathroom. I'm 65 and It was eight weeks of hell and no photography.
I like to think of it as just a different type of artistry.
Mar 2, 2021 23:01:27 #
BurghByrd
Loc: Pittsburgh
Very nice work. Nothing quite as satisfying as producing something particulary if accumulating new tools and skils are involved. It's also nice having something like this to occupy your time and interrests in retirement. I took on a Harley engine rebuild this winter. I hope you don't mind me tagging onto your post; here are three images from that project. Great fun, hope it runs.
broken exhaust valve spring
Engine stripped down
Engine complete and ready for finishing
Mar 3, 2021 00:50:41 #
BurghByrd wrote:
Very nice work. Nothing quite as satisfying as producing something particulary if accumulating new tools and skils are involved. It's also nice having something like this to occupy your time and interrests in retirement. I took on a Harley engine rebuild this winter. I hope you don't mind me tagging onto your post; here are three images from that project. Great fun, hope it runs.
Thank you. I didn’t need to worry about new tools, I have everything I need for most any job. I was a general contractor here in California for quite some time before I changed careers to work for the telephone company.
I’ve had some very diverse jobs in my life, but building was something that I learned as a boy. My brothers and I helped our Dad to cut down the trees in private lots around the lakes in western Massachusetts, we would then take the logs to the sawmill and get cured lumber in exchange so we could build cabins in those lots for customers of my Dad’s. Nowadays I like to think of building as one of my artistic outlets.
Edit.
I once had to pull the engine on a 73 Super Beetle and replace one of the jugs and head when it swallowed an exhaust valve. The toughest part was I had to do the work while camping in a spot at the KOA Campground in Cheyenne Wyoming. I was very glad I had my toolbox with me.
Mar 3, 2021 09:21:14 #
BurghByrd
Loc: Pittsburgh
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I once had to pull the engine on a 73 Super Beetle and replace one of the jugs and head when it swallowed an exhaust valve. The toughest part was I had to do the work while camping in a spot at the KOA Campground in Cheyenne Wyoming. I was very glad I had my toolbox with me.
I once had to pull the engine on a 73 Super Beetle and replace one of the jugs and head when it swallowed an exhaust valve. The toughest part was I had to do the work while camping in a spot at the KOA Campground in Cheyenne Wyoming. I was very glad I had my toolbox with me.
I once had a waterpump fail while at the beach, also a VW (Scirocco). I had to wait until Monday for the parts stores to open and spent the day walking and hitching around gathering parts and Tuesday rolling around under the car to fix it (I was thinner then). At the time I was back in collage and working a summer job; my summer job employer had a hard time believing why it took me an extra two days to get back to work. Imagine that! Fortunately I realized the scepticism I'd be facing and returned with the old waterpump and receipts.
Mar 3, 2021 14:36:10 #
Well done! I can relate, it took me a year to redo mine... retirement pace.
Mar 3, 2021 15:50:46 #
Slimshot3 wrote:
Well done! I can relate, it took me a year to redo mine... retirement pace.
Thanks. I totally get the retirement pace idea. I was only working about 4hrs a day unless I had some other activities planned. Like golf or photography, or just plain being lazy.
Mar 3, 2021 18:43:08 #
pmorin wrote:
I started this project just before thanksgiving an... (show quote)
From embarrassment to magnificence
Congratulations 
Mar 3, 2021 19:10:03 #
joecichjr wrote:
From embarrassment to magnificence Congratulations
Congratulations Thanks. Now I’ll need to set my brain up for the next one.
👍
Mar 11, 2021 17:52:55 #
jmancini228
Loc: Central New York
The bathroom looks nice finished but I think you missed the boat on some major issues.
The tar paper you used to waterproof is not the acceptable method any longer.
There is products out there that you paint on that give you a one piece rubber backing.
They can be used on the floor and walls and even the ceiling if you wish for 100% waterproofing.
KBRS is one of these waterproofing supply companies.
Once you have it waterproofed you tile right over it. You would never have water damage or mold problems again.
The tar paper you used to waterproof is not the acceptable method any longer.
There is products out there that you paint on that give you a one piece rubber backing.
They can be used on the floor and walls and even the ceiling if you wish for 100% waterproofing.
KBRS is one of these waterproofing supply companies.
Once you have it waterproofed you tile right over it. You would never have water damage or mold problems again.
Mar 11, 2021 20:00:23 #
jmancini228 wrote:
The bathroom looks nice finished but I think you m... (show quote)
Well now, aren’t you special.
I prefer the tried and true methods that I’ve used since I learned how. I'm happy to have the newest generation of builders try new stuff though, so go ahead and use your method on your projects, I'll stick with mine.
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