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Main Bathroom Renovation

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Some progress during eight days of work for a client. This is the existing bathroom.1000015842.jpg
 
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Big job removing the concrete shower base as I had to break it into small chunks to get it out of the house.
 
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Nice work Scott. A shower built with plasterboard walls (drywall) is always a failure waiting to happen.
 
Eric the Viking said:
Looking good. Did your customer keep sufficient spares to patch the floor, or are you re-tiling all of it?
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I will remove the brown tile and install new tile. Kept some of the shower tile off cuts as I may use them on the curb riser or may use the floor tile on the riser.:unsure:
 
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Good old Schluter Kerdi again, I always laugh when I come across it, reminds me of a job much like yours that I did for Dil in California.
Looking good, a big job and you never know what you will find. In my case it was a steel water pipe with a long crack along it.
 
My eldest (and his family) used to live in a suburb of LA, where there was a lot of aircraft industry during WW2 (and later spacecraft!). So a lot of housing also needed for the workers.

There was no room for us in their apartment, so we stayed with friends close by, in a bungalow on one of the wartime estates. It was done well, insofar as the bungalows looked quite pretty, but I went up in the attic space on one occasion, to help fit a LED panel in the kitchen ceiling (I am small, my friend Mark, who was hosting us, is "ample").

It was somewhat terrifying - roof trusses were pretty much 1x2, plated together, ceiling joists similarly made, and the wiring belonged in a museum. It was really difficult to see where to put any weight, etc. I now have a violent allergic reaction to wire nuts, too.
 
My last visit down south I finished the bathroom. Painted the sides of the tub, installed the new tub taps, what a pain in the you know what that was. New taps had metric threads and no reducers available any where, so had to MacGuyver it using a hose bib reducer 3/4" to 1/2 " to attache new braided supply lines. Worked well!.
Also tarted up the shower niche.
In 4 weeks I will continue with the rest of the renos. My wife needs me home so she can recover from back surgery.
 
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Thanks Ian, she is still in hospital. Surgery was yesterday and was successful. She(surgeon) removed two discs and attached two posts and pins to support her back from compressing the nerves. In a nut shell that is how I understand the operation.
 
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Thanks Ian, she is still in hospital. Surgery was yesterday and was successful. She(surgeon) removed two discs and attached two posts and pins to support her back from compressing the nerves. In a nut shell that is how I understand the operation.
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That sounds pretty major Scott hope her recovery goes well.
 
That's a massive improvement, Scott. Well done.

I hope your wife recovers well.
 
@duke Scott: I was in surgery last Thursday (two days ago), having a very similar operation on the base of my neck. Huge sympathy for your other half. I am presently jolly uncomfortable and painkillers were a wonderful invention!

The NHS chucked me out yesterday afternoon, so I'm home, but that's OK. Superb neurosurgeon, and absolutly no complaints (but boy, it hurts!).

Given what you say, your wife's operation might be lower down the spine - hope it's not as painful as mine and does the job.
 
Good to see you are home and the pain killers are a must. Hope you have a speedy recovery. They sure did chuck you out quickly.
She also has issues with her neck, probably another operation similar to yours.
When the pills kick in she is ok but in between dosages her left leg gives her problems.
Surgeon visits daily, even today being Saturday.
 
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