Last week, we finished demo and roughed in some plumbing once the wall was moved eight whole inches. A little unorthodox to be sure but still got the job done - and inspection passed!
Next up was getting in electrical rough ins. You know, light can be important when it's going to be dark half the winter! Once that was all set and inspection passed, we were ready to move on to the base and waterproofing.
While generally I likely would have done this myself, I planned a complex tile design for the back wall and my tile guy only raised the price slightly to do the whole wall and floor including backer board (kind of like drywall but cement so it doesn't get wet and moldy), waterproofing and one very large surprise for later.
Once my plumber was done with the newly cut holes in my bathroom floor, the tile guy had to patch in with 3/4 plywood where my plumber had cut out the floor.
Once the patching and leveling of the floor was complete, he hung the Durock using special hardi board screws - these are important so that water doesn't follow normal metal screws and rust out....
And waterproofed! This membrane, similar to the Red Gard we used in the downstairs bath, protects from lots of water damage inside and out of the house.
Suddenly, we were ready for tile! Stay tuned next week for the beginning of the pretty part of this new saga!
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