After our long-term tenants bought a house and moved out, we had a few
months free before we had new downstairs neighbors. A good time to gut
renovate the first floor bathroom! It was a lot of work, stressful at
times when I was under time pressure, but also, a lot of fun. It
helped that this was my third time, after installing a new bathroom on the third
floor and
gut renovating the second
floor bathroom.
Sat 11/19: second day of demolition. Overall demo went about
as expected. Exhausting, but no surprises.
You can see there's space for a few shelves in the corner behind those
pipes. I was originally planning to put some in but ran out of time
and boxed it in instead. I'd like to come back and open this up at some
point.
Mon 12/9: floor framing and subfloor, with help from Chris
Sun 1/1: wall framing and nailers
Mon 1/2: more wall framing in the evening
Tue 1/3: electrician rough electric
Mon 1/8: plumber rough plumbing day 1
Tue 1/9: plumber rough plumbing day 2
This took two days because they needed to completely redo the toilet
and sink drains: the toilet drain was cast iron and falling apart,
while the sink drain was illegally tied into the kitchen sink.
Wed 1/10: plumber rough inspection
Fri 1/12: electrician rough inspection
Tue 1/16: my rough inspection in the morning, vent piping in
the evening
Sat 1/20: ceiling drywall in the morning with help from Peter
Sun 1/21: wall drywall in the morning with help from Peter, tub
surround in the afternoon with help from Devan, wall drywall in the evening alone
I caulked the edge of the tub surround here, which was too early: I used silicone caulk, which doesn't hold paint.
Tue 1/23: drywall touchups in the evening
Wed 1/24: screw inspection
Tue 1/30: mudding in the evening
Wed 1/31: mudding in the evening
Thr 2/1: mudding in the evening
Fri 2/2: mudding in the evening
Sat 2/3: sanding in the morning with help from Peter, Julia priming and painting in the afternoon
Sun 2/4: flooring and trim
Mon 2/5: spackle, caulk, cleaning in the evening
Fri 2/9: install vanity in the evening
Sat 2/10: install medicine cabinet, cleaning, tidying in the evening
Mon 2/12: plumber finish plumbing first day
We tried to reuse the toilet, but the gasket leaked when they put it
back together and they ran out of time to deal with it. We ended up
needing to have them come back to install a new one.
Mon 2/12: towel racks and toilet paper holders in the evening
Wed 2/13: electrician finish electrical
Thr 2/15: plumber finish plumbing second day; final clean in
the evening.
Estimated hours (not counting contractors and inspectors):
After our long-term tenants bought a house and moved out, we had a few months free before we had new downstairs neighbors. A good time to gut renovate the first floor bathroom! It was a lot of work, stressful at times when I was under time pressure, but also, a lot of fun. It helped that this was my third time, after installing a new bathroom on the third floor and gut renovating the second floor bathroom.
Here's the timeline:
Sun 11/18: first day of demolition
Sat 11/19: second day of demolition. Overall demo went about as expected. Exhausting, but no surprises.
You can see there's space for a few shelves in the corner behind those pipes. I was originally planning to put some in but ran out of time and boxed it in instead. I'd like to come back and open this up at some point.
Mon 12/9: floor framing and subfloor, with help from Chris
Sun 1/1: wall framing and nailers
Mon 1/2: more wall framing in the evening
Tue 1/3: electrician rough electric
Mon 1/8: plumber rough plumbing day 1
Tue 1/9: plumber rough plumbing day 2
This took two days because they needed to completely redo the toilet and sink drains: the toilet drain was cast iron and falling apart, while the sink drain was illegally tied into the kitchen sink.
Wed 1/10: plumber rough inspection
Fri 1/12: electrician rough inspection
Tue 1/16: my rough inspection in the morning, vent piping in the evening
Sat 1/20: ceiling drywall in the morning with help from Peter
Sun 1/21: wall drywall in the morning with help from Peter, tub surround in the afternoon with help from Devan, wall drywall in the evening alone
I caulked the edge of the tub surround here, which was too early: I used silicone caulk, which doesn't hold paint.
Tue 1/23: drywall touchups in the evening
Wed 1/24: screw inspection
Tue 1/30: mudding in the evening
Wed 1/31: mudding in the evening
Thr 2/1: mudding in the evening
Fri 2/2: mudding in the evening
Sat 2/3: sanding in the morning with help from Peter, Julia priming and painting in the afternoon
Sun 2/4: flooring and trim
Mon 2/5: spackle, caulk, cleaning in the evening
Fri 2/9: install vanity in the evening
Sat 2/10: install medicine cabinet, cleaning, tidying in the evening
Mon 2/12: plumber finish plumbing first day
We tried to reuse the toilet, but the gasket leaked when they put it back together and they ran out of time to deal with it. We ended up needing to have them come back to install a new one.
Mon 2/12: towel racks and toilet paper holders in the evening
Wed 2/13: electrician finish electrical
Thr 2/15: plumber finish plumbing second day; final clean in the evening.
Estimated hours (not counting contractors and inspectors):
Material and fixture choices:
Costs, not counting the ~103hr of DIY labor: