"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:17:11 -0800, "Bill McKee"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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The ongoing saga of the house renovation is now near completion stage.
Two weeks from tear out to 95% complete - only waiting on the four
foot heater which, for some odd reason, neither Home Depot or Lowe's
had in stock.

Tear out:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/1011091838.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/1011091839a.jpg

95% complete:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/1126092102.jpg

Whoof - that was a job and a half. I decided to do this bathroom
myself just for the experience - it's half the size of the master bath
which was redone as a "spa" with cedar walls, jacuzzi, etc. This one
was drywall, but the same tile on the floor (heated), same style
tub/shower and the raised panel vanity/medicine cabinet and vanity
light fixture I built myself using white oak stained golden.

Only thing left to do is install the heater and base board trim which
shoudln't take long at all.

It's not bad if you have the time - five hours a day for two weeks.

I built the kitchen cabinets too - same material. They came out great
too.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/1126092330.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/1126092330a.jpg

The contractor did the cabinet indtallation, granite countertop, waist
panels out of shiplap pine, floor and dishwasher installation.

So, starting in March, the only thing left is the rest of the floors,
resurface the living room walls, paint and

WE'RE DONE!!!

WHOO HOO!!!

Sorry for the lousy pics - I took them with my cell phone.

Very nice job. Only recommendation is where the towel rod is, put a 2x6
across the towel bar area. Makes it much easier / nicer to install towel
bars. Learned that trick working on a Habitat for Humanity project.

Way ahead if you. :)

I learned the same thing on two houses HfH did in Putnam.

Learned a couple of other tricks that saved some time too.

It's fun, but I'll tell you what- I ain't gonna do it again. :)

It was nice to dust off the old wood shop and use the tools again
though.

I thought SWMBO had banned you from power tools in the wood shop.