Eric, are you sure this is a good idea? (Part 1)

I was going to make a really elaborate blog post (or posts) about how I remodeled both bathrooms, but I after seeing the job other people do on their home remodel blogs, I figured I stood no chance for a favorable comparison, and will opt instead to just smother you with pictures and pithy one-liners.

Why did we do this now, you ask?  Because the ceiling below the bathroom fell in -- water leaked out over the side of the tub, got into the space between the walls, and rotted out the subfloor.  This has probably been  going on for years.

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Then, imagine lots of demolition, kind of like this.  Oh, and Liesel and the kids had just driven back to Kansas, so I got to work on this late into the night.  Anyway, the bathroom looked like this.

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And the rotten subfloor (just below the orange bucket) was worse that I thought.

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So, with the help a buddy (gotta have a buddy!) we tore up the floor...

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... put in a new floor...

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... and re fixed the tub in place with more construction adhesive than you can shake a stick at.

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Next time:  prepping for tile!

(no pictures of kids this time.  That's Liesel's job.)