Say goodbye!

Our old master bath will be demolished on Monday, a bit sooner than we expected. The only thing we are saving is the bathtub, which is behind the wall on the right in the photo below. We’re going to have it re-glazed; it’s in decent shape except for some stains. The shower fixtures will be removed, and it will become a tub-only.

Otherwise, the bathroom will be gutted. We’ll be installing new cabinetry, counter tops, ceramic floor tile, under-floor heating, sinks, toilet, lighting, mirrors — the works.

The sheet of OSB on the far wall covers an opening into the new accessible shower room. When the demo begins, the OSB will come down, and the walls on either end of the tub will become half-high walls (kneewalls). The bath and shower rooms will then be one large room.

A last look at our old master bath.

Todd the plumber worked in the laundry and shower today. He made considerable progress on the drains and vents for the washer and sink and installed the box for the washer hookup.

Drain and vent plumbing in the laundry.

In the shower, Todd mounted the temperature control and diverter valve. The diverter will route the flow of water to either the main shower head, which will be on the left, or to the handheld shower head, which will be on the right near the built-in seat.

Shower controls: Temperature on the bottom, diverter above.

While checking out today’s work, Lynda noticed a date stamp on one of the VERSA-LAM engineered beams. A little over two months ago, that beam was inside a Boise Cascade Engineered Wood factory in Alexandria, Louisiana. Now it’s in our house. Cool!

This engineered beam went from the factory to our house in two months.