One Last Demo

I'm finally on the last demo, at least I think it's our last one. The up stairs bathroom is being taken out. This spot will be a place to bring in the morning sun and a spot for the cats to rest.

Plumbing and fixtures are out, now to get at the walls and do a little re-wiring.

The white spot in the corner by the front door was where the water ran up and the drain pipes flowed. It wasn't a very nice looking enclosure, if you go back to one of my earliest posts you can see what it looked like then.

Some Finishiing Touches

Every day we add a few more things to the bathroom, and with a bit more finishing work to be done I'll keep adding pictures as I go along until it's done.

Not much new here.

Hang a mirror under these lights and it's very bright.

A Rest Day

Today is NB Day and a rest day, so my work load should be light today. HA. I didn't do anything big or get into heavy construction. Just cleaned up some things, did a couple of little projects that needed to be done and are now out of the way.

I pulled out all the duct work in the basement, sanded and added more mud to the opening I made earlier to fix a little plumbing mix up, removed a plug and did a little rewiring, ran satellite cable, got it in place and out of the way. And one last thing cleaned up the door way I made in April between the master bedroom and the dressing room, it was not cut out properly the first time. Like I said a light days work.

This is the opening from the dressing room side, the plug is still in the way and not a very strait cut on the right.

All better now, plug removed, opened up a bit more and straitened out the right side. Ready for framing.

The Last Bit Of Flooring

Finally all the old floors are up and a hundred and some years of dirt and grit cleaned up. Soon I'll but down an additional sub floor of ¾ inch plywood. This will give it strength and stability for what ever type of final flooring ReBecca wants.

From the addition down the hall. This piece of plywood is just laid there over the old underlay they used, Tar paper.

The main entrance, I'll remove the furnace intake vent, add new floor joists and use the old boards as a sub-sub floor. This way all materials are the same and if there is any seasonal movement it will follow suit.

A Hot Flush

Well if I can't laugh at myself then who can I. I told ReBecca to not tell anyone about this I was not happy to say the least, but we learn from our mistakes and this one was not costly. With all the reworked plumbing and water lines you would think I could get it right, but I didn't. I installed the toilet, turned on the water, and everything worked great. Except for one little thing, I had the line connected to the hot water line. Not a good thing, too much condensation. Luckily I used PEX pipe and fittings, and knew exactly where they were in the wall, behind the tub. This left only one thing to do. Open the wall on the other side and change the connectors.

I knew where the lines were and how they were feed, as well I have pictures of everything to guide me in the future.

A simple mater of switching the elbow with the "T" connectors and I'm back in business. The hole is closed up and the mud is drying.

It's O'flushal

I should have said "Official" but for this room "O'flushal" works. Except for a few pieces of trim around the tub, we now have a down stairs bathroom. And the in-floor heating works. Now I can take the upstairs one out.

The door is back on, towel rack installed and a bead of caulk applied to clean up the top side of the baseboards.

New toilet, nice and high, very comfortable, and a recessed toilet paper holder.

This is a tall sink and with nice wide wings to sent things one in the morning.

The door doesn't look all that small now with the wide trim.

A Little Peak

The trim is almost finished, we have to decide how we want the trim around the tub done. Finding a commercial frame or I make one. Once that is done I can do the cupboard doors and finish the trim off. Here is what it looks like after a bit of wood fill and a fresh coat of paint.

The little bathroom window isn't so small now.

The door even looks the right size now. It started out looking a little slim.

With 8 ½ foot ceiling height, 8 inch baseboards work very well. Our own profile, even with a different twist to the quarter round. Those details will be reviled later, I have to save something for the final bathroom pictures.

Trying To Stay Dry

One of our new neighbours that has been seen running under the west side deck is trying to stay dry, under the overhang. If the wind doesn't shift he shouldn't get too wet.

They must be getting used to us, I made a lot of noise cutting trim and nailing it in, and he didn't move.

He's not impressed with the rain, his seeds are getting wet.

More Suprises

With having to wait for the grout to cure before putting on the sealer, and waiting for the paint on the trim and baseboards to dry, I thought this was a good time to take up the last of the old floor boards. The one's in the kitchen, dining room and hallway. In the kitchen there was more paper under the boards. I guess to stop them from squeaking.

There wasn't many but they dated back to 1947 and 1948.

We've see the Farmers Advocate before, this one was from London Ontario. Addressed to Mrs. Fred Smith.

This one is new, the Eaton's Summer Sale magazine from 1948.

I wonder if they still make these. A gasoline iron, maybe something for the camper.

In 1948 don't know how may people could afford a $400.00 power saw.

Fresh Veggies

ReBecca's garden may have been put in a little later than most, and that means we'll be getting fresh veggies a little later than everyone else. Her garden is looking fantastic, everything is coming along very well and I can't wait.

Tomato's at the top, with peppers, carrot, lettuce, cabbage, onion, beans, peas and radishes. I can't remember them all. In the lower part of the garden she has beans, squash, cucumbers, corn and sunflower's.

Check out the potato's, she wasn't sure if we were going to get a feed off it or not when she started. I think we'll get a couple off this garden.

A great looking garden beside a great house.