Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Bathroom reno day 1

I know - so much boring bathroom stuff! I did warn you that this was going to be bathroom week.

The bathroom is totally stripped down at this point and the guys are getting the plumbing all sorted out. It feels so much bigger without the dang bathtub. Of course, not having the sink and toilet in there also frees up some space...






















































































































































The guys who are doing it are really great. The whole bathroom company is sort of a family affair. The office manager and my main installer (Rob) are brother and sister and the bathroom designer is married to another sibling. Rob's apprentice is his younger brother (Luke). He seriously must be like 15 years old. He is really sweet and quiet and him and Sascha are buddies. Rob has a back injury so Luke has been doing all the heavy lifting - like carrying the old tile downstairs. I asked him how it was going and he was like "I'm exhausted!"






























And then he got to carry all the tile from outside the house to the van. Poor guy!

Things should be taking shape in the next few days and I'm ridiculously excited.

Oh and I was talking to the neighbors (Joan and Sweeper-Man) today and up until 16 years ago this house DID NOT HAVE A BATHROOM. An old lady lived here (and had lived here most of her life - raised 6 kids here) until she was 90 years old and could no longer live on her own. Apparently, the house was practically a museum piece when she moved out. Only one running water tap (in the kitchen), no hot water, no heating (just a wood burning stove of some sort) and a bathroom in a shed where the garage is now. It also had a ginormous garden - including the land on which the neighbor's house AND their neighbor's house sit. I still can't get over the fact that was only 16 years ago.