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This is what the old tub looked like before the work
started. You cant see the wear in this graphic, but it's pretty worn out.
There was plain white tile around the tub up about 5 feet. We kept as much
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| The first step is to remove the old tiles so the old
tub can come out. We removed one row all around, and Mark's over aggressive
hammering took a few more tiles than needed around the soapdish. Not too
bad!
You can sort of see the old plumbing here, which had to
go! After looking at the old fixture plumbing, we decided that a profesional
should come and do the copper welding. |
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For the plumber to come I had to do a small wall modification
so he could get at the pipes! Big mirror sized hole was the answer. OUCH!
We thought about getting a mirror to fit that hole, but
later decided to sheetrock it back over. Should've bought the mirror!! |
The tub shows up, notice that the up wasn't when the
tub showed up. Hmmm...
There was also another problem. Wendy told them the WALL
was on the left had side and the highly paid trained professional sold
her a tub with the skirt on the LEFT HAND (CETRA LH W/SKT) side. Duh!
They were able to deliver another quickly however! It
saved the weekend for me! |
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The pump has an 18" cord on it, barely enough to get
to a wall. I took the box in the upper left and put a tap in down to the
metal box in the middle. that box has a GFI receptacle in it and a little
door in the wall if we need to reset it. The motor draws about 1/2 the
current available for this cuircuit so don't plug in any big heaters while
bathing! |
| Wendy did great work with the surround. She picked out
the fancy stuff and set all the tiles. So far only the soap dish fell off,
but that's because I sprayed it with the shower head about 4 hours after
she set it... OOOOPS! |
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Getting that puppy into it's place was no small task.
We had to push and tip and pray and kick. There was just no way I wanted
to remove the toilet for this. A couple of weeks of back pain would be
more tolerable...
And that's about what it was too! |
| PROOF! It's in there! Wendy finished the tile work, I
sheetrocked the wall. |
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PLEAD GOD, NO LEAKS!!!! |
| There is the sheeted wall. Actually, the tub has been
done about 6 weeks now, and the wall is not yet covered. She is still waiting
for me to finish finishing the sheet rock so we can paint or cover with
decorative mirrors, or whatever! |
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