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WARNING!!!!! Picture Dump Incoming. Been a hot minute since I've updated last but hasn't been without new content. With the holiday season rolling through, progress got slowed a little but recently started to kick back up. Have had a few extended weekends with the GF away for work which gave me ample time to focus on getting work done on the bathroom. After much hassle, stress, annoyance, ETC, I am proud to say that all of the nonsense measure, measure, cut, rougher fit, trim, rough fit, apply is behind me and real progress feels as tho it's been accomplished! 

 

Individually cutting, trimming, and fitting, all of the small individual triangle pieces:

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Working my way down the side of the bath

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Back up along the corners and the ceiling line

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Shotty picture but you can see here how I was originally planning on tackling the area around the window. This I think was the hardest part to decide which direction to go with. I originally thought that putting the bullnose on the inside face would be easiest and making a small ledge but couldn't deal with how halfassed the lines of the tile looked around it. Stay put for the solution!

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Decided to go with a basic white edge piece for the outer face of the wall. It felt like the right way to do it at first. Well after getting it put in and tucking it under the edge tiles, I quickly changed my outlook on it. Ordered more bullnose tiles that you'll see shortly to use for a tile border and draw the line straight. 

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Most of the shower head wall finished along the edge piece

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More "detail" pictures

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After much back and forth and debate of direction to go around the window, I finally came up with (IMO) the best solution. With my OCD to details, I knew there was no way that I could of made the tile around the edge straight enough that I would be happy with it. so I had the idea, if I'm going to be trimming back, why don't I just trim the wall tile back enough that I can use the bullnoses on the wall face, instead of the window inset. Well here's how the beginning stages looked.

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Needless to say, after seeing the few tiles put in, I was sold on the strategy. Building in the corners

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Up the one wall

 

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Building out the other

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Pulled the upper tiles and trimming back for the top

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Exterior bullnose done!

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Next I moved to the insets, which were basically just trimmed own pieces of the regular tile

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Upper insets finished

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Window Tile done! I think this also marked the finishing of the wall tile, aside from maybe a piece or two that I didn't picture but you've got the idea by now!

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Obligatory Pet Supervisory pictures:

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At this point, it was time to move to the floor. As I mentioned prior, we were using the same floor tile as the front vestibule thingy as the bathroom. 

Backer board laying

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Dry layout of the tile, I found that this made life so much easier when you lay out the tiles, it allowed you to trim without worry about your mortar drying up from sitting while you're cutting and fitting every piece. Ended up that the tile was just barely too wide to fit full tiles from wall to tub. Ended up trimming the piece up next to the tub, I think it was only off by a matter of 1/4" so not too terrible!

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Final Layout!

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Next was time to mix up the mortar and get to work! ended the first batch with only 1.5 rows left hahah turned out that I had the perfect amount of mortar left to mix and finish out pattern so I can't complain too much!

 

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Grouting in next post!

 

 

 

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Finally, After an afternoon/evening of work, grouting is officially finished! We decided to go with a Grey grout to help make the herringbone pop more. The color itself is a lot lighter than pictured, it was still wet when I took these pictures. The only downside to the darker grout is that it highlights all the areas that my amateur came through. Overall I can't complain being that I went into this pretty blind to everything that had to happen.

 

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This is a better representation of the color of the grout. 

 

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And finally floor finished out

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Took the day off yesterday to recoop from going at it hard all weekend. Need to go back through and caulk the corners, along the ceiling, at the window, and around the tub. Planning on using the matching color caulk for everywhere except for right along the window frame, will likely just end up using basic white caulk there. Next steps are to finish smoothing out the walls and putting final paint on. we ended up running into and issue where the drywall along the door wall didn't' sit flat so I've got to trim out the lower half and re-straighten it all. Luckily that part will be behind the vanity so it should be okay!.

 

On a little side project, picked up some new hardware for the house! Jo and I had been talking about getting and electronic deadbolt for months since we saw a friend's house that had it, we had to grab something from their house when they were out of town and they just gave us the guest code, such a convenience! After that, we were sold. Found this deadbolt on the HD clearance rack for $30! Couldn't pass it by! Then scooped up a matching smart key handle so we can have one key for both locks, makes life a lot easier that way to say the least, nothing bothers me more than having 150 keys on one keychain. Don't mind the greasy paw prints all over the door, it's likely getting painted this spring anyways!

 

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1 hour ago, LWARRIOR1016 said:

That work around the window came out perfect. I really like that you decided to do that. Makes the window stand out from the wall pattern a lot more.

 

Bravo, sir.

 

Thanks man! Yeah I think with what I was working with it ended being the best solution to make it look nice and neat!

 

45 minutes ago, Prokiller said:

looking really good Bryan!  looks to be about ready for grout

 

One step ahead of you ;) Thanks Ry!

 

42 minutes ago, Yeahloh95 said:

great idea on the trim what color grout are you going with ?

 

We ended up deciding on going with a gray grout to accent the patter more. It ended up that we used the same grout color for the floor and the wall, go figure, you cant even tell it's there on the floor and it looks black on the wall but it is what it is lol 

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turned out really good in the end.  I can see what you mean about the rookie mistakes, but it's all par for the course.  in the end, the only one that is really going to notice it will be you.  Everybody else who walks in there is going to be looking at the whole room, not picking apart those imperfections.

 

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16 minutes ago, Prokiller said:

turned out really good in the end.  I can see what you mean about the rookie mistakes, but it's all par for the course.  in the end, the only one that is really going to notice it will be you.  Everybody else who walks in there is going to be looking at the whole room, not picking apart those imperfections.

 

 

That's what JoAnna keeps on telling me. I keep on saying yeah you're right, but in my head I'm really thinking man if only I would have done it this way instead, etc etc. *le sigh*

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its true.  not a single person has ever mentioned any of the things that bother me about our bathroom remodel.  they are just impressed with the final product and the overall change to the room.  

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Looking good man! And I second Ryan's comment. Usually you're far more critical of your work than anyone looking at it who wasn't involved. Your eye is drawn to that mistake you remember making, but to someone coming in fresh, most are usually not noticeable.

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On 1/16/2018 at 10:45 AM, Prokiller said:

its true.  not a single person has ever mentioned any of the things that bother me about our bathroom remodel.  they are just impressed with the final product and the overall change to the room.  

 

On 1/17/2018 at 6:46 AM, 95riosnake said:

Looking good man! And I second Ryan's comment. Usually you're far more critical of your work than anyone looking at it who wasn't involved. Your eye is drawn to that mistake you remember making, but to someone coming in fresh, most are usually not noticeable.

 

On 1/19/2018 at 12:31 AM, Number Tew said:

I'm not noticing the rookie mistakes!  Looks a thousand times better than if I would have tried it!

 

On 1/19/2018 at 9:44 AM, Psychorugby said:

Looks great Bryan!  Nothing like picking a simple pattern for your first attempt at tiling haha.

 

On 1/25/2018 at 2:19 PM, Blackmage said:

looks great from here Bryan! 

 

Thanks for the confidence booster gentlemen! Finally trotting down the home stretch! Been at it hard the past week or so in between other extravagant life events! I'll give you guys a teaser:

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See that smile on her face? Yeah it isn't because there's a fully functional bathroom! Popped the question last Saturday and couldn't be happier, now the fun of planning a wedding begins!

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But alas, back to the regularly scheduled housing program. Remember me mentioning before about how the plastic edging looked like shit and I hated it? Well, I found the answer, what do you know, it involved me running a level at the "narrowest" part of the tile pattern vertical, making a trim line down the wall, and spending hours grinding, smoothing, and trimming the outer edge of the pattern to prepare for the new bullnose pieces. 

 

Freshly cut edge

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New bullnose pieces laid down

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One wall done, another to go: VIDEO, CLICK PICTURE

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Bam! Another wall down

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Grouted and ready to be done with tile! Naturally it cant go entirely to plan, thanks painters tape for pulling up paint =D

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If you notice the corner of the showers here, I caulked those with color matched grout. It isn't perfect but you'd never be able to tell if you were just glancing over it

 

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Decided to go out on a whim late last night and get the toilet all hooked up, after slightly trimming the floor tiles for the toilet studs, we have water pressure! VIDEO, CLICK PICTURE

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Getting closer and closer! Hopefully will knock 98% of everything else left out tonight

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Thanks guys! Finished up 97% of the bathroom this weekend and am ecstatic with how it turned out! Just need switch overs, and to paint/cut and place baseboards/trim.

 

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1 hour ago, 95riosnake said:

Bathroom came out nice! The best part of a bathroom remodel is that first dump you take where you sit there and admire your work, as you take a shit in it lol.

 

This!

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On 2/6/2018 at 7:19 AM, 95riosnake said:

Bathroom came out nice! The best part of a bathroom remodel is that first dump you take where you sit there and admire your work, as you take a shit in it lol.

 

On 2/6/2018 at 8:27 AM, Psychorugby said:

 

 

This!

 

On 2/7/2018 at 5:18 AM, Number Tew said:

Congrats!

 

Also, I have two of those thrones at my house!

 

On 2/8/2018 at 3:06 PM, Blackmage said:

looks terrible dude! Rip it out and start over!  :D 

 

Thanks guys! Definitely rewarding shitting on the new throne! Couple small things to finish up so I'll probably tackle those this weekend. 

 

For a much more automotive oriented update, While fucking off on craigslist the other week (story of my life) I came across a lot of 35 sheets of 1/2" drywall for $150 bucks. Being the bargain hunter I am, I couldn't say no! So I grabbed my buddys truck despite the 8" of snow we got and picked up the lot. Most of the sheets (25) were 4x9, the remainder (10) were 4x8. Doing some rough math, it worked out ot be more than enough to cover the walls on both my own garage and my good buddy ken's where we've been storing Jo's V since half of my own garage has become dedicated workshop.


Jumping right into it, we ended up going with R-15 faced insulation for the walls and a generic moisture barrier to put in between the insulation and the drywall. We're still determining the best route for the ceiling as his sorry excuse for collar ties have seen better days, but I'll get to that after the main portion of this post.

 

Back wall Insulation Packed

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First row of drywall screwed in!

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One wall done

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Final wall work!

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Some detail work around the doors

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Ta-Da!

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So the biggest question next is what to do with the seams. The quirky thing about the drywall is that it's all vinyl covered, Apparantly It got taken out from an art gallery so it actually has fairly nice textured wall vinyl on it. Not sure what the plan is going to be for the same, I'm half tempted to see if we can find the matching vinyl and just run a colored strip across the center and call it a day =D

 

Here's a decent picture of what he has going on for collar ties. As of now the ridge beam seems to be in good shape, so my thought was to get a lot of 2x8 lumbar, long enough to span, and pop those bad boys in at every rafter, then we can insulate up, get a nicer R-30 or something, stick it up from the bottom side, and then just cover it with a thin 1/8" drywall to finish it off. That way, we can pop in a rafter vent from the soffit to just past the insulation in a few bays on each side of the garage, stick a few vents up top, and should be good for air flow!

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I would definitely try to get a folding attic ladder to make sure you can get in there!

 

The drywall looks awesome!  I hate working with drywall so I am impressed!  Should be an awesome garage!

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12 hours ago, Evilcw311 said:

If you get a pull down ladder do yourself a favor and buy a metal one. Lowe’s has em for around $200 and they’re far superior to the wooden ones 

 

And they hold fat asses like me!

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Love seeing updates here.  First the tile pattern in the bathroom is awesome, looks really slick.  I like that you went with the grey grout, my dad did the same in their bathroom and it looks real awesome with the white tile.  

 

Ken’s garage came out nice!  Should help keep those temps up during your freezing winters!  When you say that Jo’s car is being stored there because you’re lacking space, all I hear is you need a bigger garage.  Just sayin’

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The bathroom came out awesome!  Garage is going to be legit too.  Spackle, spackle, and more spackle, but it'll look great when it's done.   Years ago I was commenting on your sexual teal whale cannon, and Rio's sexy ass cobra... Now I'm over here commenting on house builds.  It's almost like we're getting older or something.

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That's going to totally transform the atmosphere in the shop for sure. Not only because it'll actually be insulated, both for hot and cold weather, but also for noise and the light reflecting off the walls for seeing wtf you're doing in there lol. Looking good!

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