Bathroom Refit 2005

Day 1, October 16th 2005, Our bathroom refit, got underway today. Iain ripped out the old shower unit and got the tiles off the wall. The walls have now been left to dry out, as there was so much water that had got in behind the tiles, that the plaster fell off the wall with ease.

31st October 2005. As can be seen from the above pictures the bathroom is in full swing. The cylinder was installed in the attic on a floor that was also installed. A lot of the tiles came off the wall in readiness for the plastering. Near where the sink is/was the tiles had been put on the wall three deep.
The old cupboard with the old cylinder got ripped out on day three and the bathroom door was reversed so that it backed against the wall rather than opening into the middle of the bathroom. The new water cylinder was up and running distributing water around the house today also.
Day 4 and the bathroom was started proper with the start of the plastering.

Day 5 and the 1st wall has been plastered and is now left to dry out over the weekend.

Day 6. A small wall had to be erected to house the pipe work and electrical cables in which is what can be seen in the above picture. Once covered in plaster board it is ready for a coat of plaster.

Day 7. Well that's the plastering for the shower completed in the above photo. Also pictured is Iain taking a tea break again.

After Day 7 and day off was called for as the job was at a point that the plaster needed to dry and Iain had another small job to do. So the fan was installed on Day 8,above the shower so as to take the steam directly outside from the shower when it is in use. I also bought home from work the new shower tray. I purchased it from work at a cost of £50. It had originally been intended for use in the Vice Chancellor's bathroom at the University of Warwick.

Work has been put on hold for the last 2 days while the plaster dries out on the walls ready for tiling. Work is due to begin tomorrow with the ceiling being replastered. Quite a messy job to do but it will a least mean that the bathroom will be done from top to bottom upon completion.

16th November and we have been without a shower for a month now.So on Day9, the ceiling was scraped in readiness for plastering. The light was taken down along with the switch so we were left without lighting in the bathroom. I set up an extension lead and hooked up a lamp to get us by. So the order of the day tomorrow will be to order some new ceiling lights.

Day 10 and 1st thing today I got the new lights ordered. Upon returning home from work pleasantly surprised to find the ceiling now plaster and not to much mess as Iain had the good thought of covering the room in polythene sheeting to stop having a mess everywhere. The job is now on hold until next week now so as to let the plaster dry out again. The pictures below show the ceiling in progress and myself and Panee painting it on 26th November.