Bathrooms

Just a quick note and a few pics – the Bathrooms are taking shape and you can actually see how they’ll function.  The new tub is in place, the shower outlined and the floor pan ready to go in (there’s a liner, topped with a concrete-like substance, and then the tile goes on top of that) and the “backer board” – ¼ inch stuff that the tile sticks to, which goes down over the subflooring) is going in place.  This is important because you have to have the plumbing all laid out and holes drilled in it EXACTLY.

 

Probably the only surprise in that part of the job has been the need to build a new chase for plumbing in the office.  There was a space about 8 inches deep and 24 inches wide next to the closet door that will accommodate the drain pipes from upstairs and let them go to the plumbing downstairs.

Remember what rolls downhill, after all.

Doing this lets us avoid cutting lots of holes in the new support beams that were just installed and make the building inspector happy.  In reality, we’ll never miss that space out of the office and most people won’t notice that it’s been added in.

Except for the OCD types who’ll now see that the closet isn’t centered on the wall any more.