a photoblog of what i did today..... - Page 11

Tulip · 02-16-2011, 02:33 PM

What did you do? Btw, that kitty is adorable!

ZenGum · 02-16-2011, 05:56 PM

RAWR! I is a LION!

Tulip · 02-16-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

RAWR! I is a LION!

Oh, I see it now. Poor kitty!!!!

Clodfobble · 02-16-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

(my apostrophe key doesn;work sometimes and i;m tired of pounding the shit out of it)

The noble apostropholon returns!

plthijinx · 02-16-2011, 08:59 PM

phone is seriously smoking crack right now. no pics. maybe later. i have a poker tournament now that i forgot i registered for so...more later.

plthijinx · 02-16-2011, 09:47 PM

light sucks with the light on in there and the crackberry really torches the pipe when the light is on. here;s a few pics of what was done this morning before i went in to work.

plthijinx · 02-16-2011, 09:53 PM

paul picked up a couple handy tools. he needed to buy a new battery for the drill but it;s cheaper to buy a new drill and get the battery with it. this is what he picked up. a small pistol grip drill and hackzawll by Milwaukee. neat little set cost 150 bones. i dig the charge light....

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 12:44 PM

alright...while paul is sheetrocking the downstairs window in the bathroom i am starting the demo of the shower wall in the upstairs master bath. there is a leak back there that we finally found. remember earlier in this thread we did the floor in there.

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 01:30 PM

demo is generally pretty easy and in most cases quick. total time on this was about a half hour. good news is there is no visible termite damage. the leak isn;t coming from where paul thought. it;s been a pain in the ass trying to find. i think, after going under the vanity and looking at the drain pipes, that that is where the leak is. the rubber gaskets are hard and rotten. now paul is considering taking the tub out completely and replacing it with an elongated shower pan. remains to be seen.

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 02:54 PM

i was apprehensive about how to do the shower pan installation. getting the slope right and all. then i found this:

zippyt · 02-17-2011, 06:43 PM

now paul is considering taking the tub out completely and replacing it with an elongated shower pan. remains to be seen.

Tell him Dont do that , bath rooms with Only a Shower are considered 1/2 bath , he could Devalue his House , call a realtor

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 07:55 PM

i told him what you said. makes sense though. so now we may just keep it in there. it will be a pita either way. replacing the gaskets or even taking the tub out entirely and hauling it down stairs would be a royal pita. i;d rather leave it in place and replace the gaskets.

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 10:03 PM

alright. we went into overtime tonight. after supper we started pouring concrete. i had wanted to get a pic of the shower drain flange and the amount of distance from the floor to the bottom of the flange but paul started mixing concrete and i had to haul butt to help so i didn;t have my camera on me. anyway, there was about a 3 inch gap or more between the existing concrete and the bottom of the flange. i cut off one inch earlier today and recommended more but paul didn;t want to do that. well i finally convinced him. reasoning being we would loose depth of the finished floor if we left it the way it was. so i took off one more inch from the drain pipe then set the flange. we mixed 1 and 1/3 bag of quickcrete and floated in a floor. when doing this sort of thing you want the cement dry. add only enough water to make it moist then use a trowel and level it as best you can using a level. doesn;t have to be perfect. the installation kit we are using makes the slope fool proof.

plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 10:03 PM

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plthijinx · 02-17-2011, 10:06 PM

now all we do is wait for the crete to cure. in this case we are only going to wait about an hour. then we will set the quick slope installation kit and pour the rest of the crete.

in these next pics, sort of another interactive if you will, we are looking and trying to decide what paint color we want for the walls. the tile is the tile that is going in the shower. i like the darker but the lighter colors also bring out contrast. any thoughts?

02-16-2011, 05:56 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	RAWR! I is a LION! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-16-2011, 08:59 PM	#5
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	phone is seriously smoking crack right now. no pics. maybe later. i have a poker tournament now that i forgot i registered for so...more later. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-16-2011, 09:47 PM	#6
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	light sucks with the light on in there and the crackberry really torches the pipe when the light is on. here;s a few pics of what was done this morning before i went in to work. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-16-2011, 09:53 PM	#7
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	paul picked up a couple handy tools. he needed to buy a new battery for the drill but it;s cheaper to buy a new drill and get the battery with it. this is what he picked up. a small pistol grip drill and hackzawll by Milwaukee. neat little set cost 150 bones. i dig the charge light.... Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 12:44 PM	#8
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	alright...while paul is sheetrocking the downstairs window in the bathroom i am starting the demo of the shower wall in the upstairs master bath. there is a leak back there that we finally found. remember earlier in this thread we did the floor in there. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-16-2011, 02:33 PM	#1
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	What did you do? Btw, that kitty is adorable!

02-17-2011, 01:30 PM	#9
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	demo is generally pretty easy and in most cases quick. total time on this was about a half hour. good news is there is no visible termite damage. the leak isn;t coming from where paul thought. it;s been a pain in the ass trying to find. i think, after going under the vanity and looking at the drain pipes, that that is where the leak is. the rubber gaskets are hard and rotten. now paul is considering taking the tub out completely and replacing it with an elongated shower pan. remains to be seen. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 02:54 PM	#10
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i was apprehensive about how to do the shower pan installation. getting the slope right and all. then i found this: __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 06:43 PM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	now paul is considering taking the tub out completely and replacing it with an elongated shower pan. remains to be seen. Tell him Dont do that , bath rooms with Only a Shower are considered 1/2 bath , he could Devalue his House , call a realtor __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-17-2011, 07:55 PM	#12
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i told him what you said. makes sense though. so now we may just keep it in there. it will be a pita either way. replacing the gaskets or even taking the tub out entirely and hauling it down stairs would be a royal pita. i;d rather leave it in place and replace the gaskets. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 10:03 PM	#13
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	alright. we went into overtime tonight. after supper we started pouring concrete. i had wanted to get a pic of the shower drain flange and the amount of distance from the floor to the bottom of the flange but paul started mixing concrete and i had to haul butt to help so i didn;t have my camera on me. anyway, there was about a 3 inch gap or more between the existing concrete and the bottom of the flange. i cut off one inch earlier today and recommended more but paul didn;t want to do that. well i finally convinced him. reasoning being we would loose depth of the finished floor if we left it the way it was. so i took off one more inch from the drain pipe then set the flange. we mixed 1 and 1/3 bag of quickcrete and floated in a floor. when doing this sort of thing you want the cement dry. add only enough water to make it moist then use a trowel and level it as best you can using a level. doesn;t have to be perfect. the installation kit we are using makes the slope fool proof. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 10:03 PM	#14
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

02-17-2011, 10:06 PM	#15
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	now all we do is wait for the crete to cure. in this case we are only going to wait about an hour. then we will set the quick slope installation kit and pour the rest of the crete. in these next pics, sort of another interactive if you will, we are looking and trying to decide what paint color we want for the walls. the tile is the tile that is going in the shower. i like the darker but the lighter colors also bring out contrast. any thoughts? Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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