WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".
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How's it going? Or should I not ask?
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It's actually going well @Chris - It's been a journey. The original shower had a 400lb mortar pan which I upgraded to Schluter pans, removed the oversized spa tub and moved the plumbing from the tub to having double drains in the shower, and sadly no rain shower head @Clint_D - that little joist notch was for the original wall, which I removed and built a more robust larger stud wall to take the shower from 44x36 to 44 x 80
It's been a process as the exterior studs are not super plum, so there are some humps I've had to level out - and big tile does not necessarily make bumpy walls easier, but in the end it will be sweet. We will have two shower heads on opposing sides of the shower (One oversized and one wand style). Lots of waterproofing happening as well, which just means layers and layers of seem taping and mortaring for me lol
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Sounds like it's going to be great when you get it finished. Double shower heads are fantastic, btw. When we were building our house, we did it because the builder suggested them, but I didn't realize how much use we'd get out of them.
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Thanks @Clint_D ! Yeah, it's not cheap, but it's pretty impressive. And after seeing how much moisture was under the shower on all the "by code" installs less than 10 years ago, I hope I make an impact on the long haul!
Once the shower is done in the next week or so, we will be ripping all the flooring out, replacing it with waterproof laminate, and then redoing the vanities, mirrors and lighting.
And potentially get someone to fix the hole in the ceiling and move that overhead light lol
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Great news @Giles !! Yeah, when it came time to deciding, it was either build a new mortar pan which would have weighted nearly 1,000lbs to cover the 25 square foot shower floor, or buy the Schluter's which weighed less than 1 pound and were presloped - All I have to do was chop and fit them to the new drains, which was nice.
I'm really impressed with their gear - I used the waterproofing membrane over all my seams and duraroc sheeting over my studs, and used all the corner and curb gadgets (With a ton of thinset applied in the process lol). Hoping it keeps everything dry, as my substrate is essentially a 3/4 piece of plywood with some spray foam underneath haha.
Thankfully we are 5ft off the ground under the bathrooms, so easy to access if needed.
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and were presloped
Such a bonus.
Here's the largest one we installed….I lifted it off the joists to give a greater slope to the waste, we have tremendous water pressure here (because the house is large, I insisted on 32mm from the mains to the house), so I need to get rid of water fast....
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That is an absolutely beautiful set up @Giles - and I totally get moving water fast. I figured two drains with 2" piping should do the job, but we shall see!
Your tile and glass placement is stunning. I wish we had the space to be creative like that! (Or that I knew how to do any of this before I started lol - Not a single contractor or handyman would take our job… c'est la vie!)
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I take zero credit. When we rebuilt the house the division of creative labour was @Madame Buttonfly on bathrooms, me on kitchens…..
The glass is just a piece of 10mm shatterproof glass with bevelled edges sunk into a 12 mm groove I chased out of the floor tiles and is held in place at the top with some stainless steel marine fixings. The lot cost next to nothing.
The glass tiles are gorgeous and come in 300x300mm sheets and are super easy to lay...
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You are giving me great ideas for my glass @Giles !! I was honestly just going to turn on the shower heads, se where the water ran and place my glass where it needed to lol I like the idea of having a single fixed piece of glass like yours.
And yes, those sheets of tiles look much more forgiving then the wall slabs I'm using.. luckily, grout conceals most mistakes (or so I'm hoping lol)
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@Appfaff - new shower sounds fab, I'm sure it will also look amazing. Keep up the hard work!
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Not having a shower door or curtain is a game changer
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Thank you @Madame Buttonfly - I hope all is well!
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…yard work, in full swing til the first snow drops. Leaves are just starting to fall. The Gray Squirrels and I shall be taking care of business until the winds of Thor start blowing cold. ::)
IHTL-1501-OLV
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Got two rooms completely stripped of wallpaper this weekend. After the electrician moves/adds sockets, the plasterer will smooth everything out.
There are some messed up holes. Especially where they screwed furniture into the wall. And the big hole above the fireplace is a power cable that was dropped down in the plaster for a tv.
I can see why victorians had picture rails. I’ve pretty much decided to do no screws or nails into the walls to hang art.
Been wearing my bleached out OD 21oz, the work is doing them well.
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…@Nkwkfld. Wow! That's a lot of work! Tell you what, the big bad wolf won't be blowing your house down!
Hurricane proof! 
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Watching the fire in my new UHF after a hard day picking garlic.
