My bathroom alterations started yesterday and by knock-off time, Jarrod had made short work of gutting the two rooms and Rex had disconnected the toilet and handbasin. The house had a toilet and handbasin in one room and a claw bath in an adjoining room. The toilet will stay in its original position but everything else changes - the bath is removed and that room will be made smaller so that a shower, laundry tub and the washing machine can be installed in my new 'wet room'. There's not a lot of room to play with but Jarrod knows exactly what he's doing. Just as well too, as I still have trouble visualising the finished product!
Here's progress to date with some 'before' and 'during' photos...
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| Original - toilet and handbasin through left hand door |
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| Original - bathroom from bifold door to deck |
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| 21 May early afternoon |
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| 21 May early afternoon - from bifold door |
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| 21 May mid afternoon - Jarrod moving framing to new position |
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| 22 May early morning - there will be a single door instead of two |
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| 22 May early morning - view from bifold |
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22 May early morning - view from lounge. Toilet stays in far corner with
900 x 900 shower where the handbasin was |
It was a surprise to find that there were no Batts in the external walls of the toilet - I guess the original builder ran out and couldn't be bothered getting another bale delivered. Some other partitions have up to 5 pieces of Batts and there were gaps in the ceiling as well. You put a lot of trust in a builder and it's disappointing when they don't build to specifications yet still charge as if they had been done. I'm so lucky to have found Jarrod.
Can't wait to see what today will bring - exciting stuff!
