Something's Rotten in the Bathroom

mood: accomplished
music: silence

Lando's bathroom sink is chipped, with a hole that allows water to drip down into the cabinet below. This problem apparently went unnoticed or ignored for quite awhile. The wooden floor of the cabinet was rotten through and moldy. After we took this picture, we removed all of the rotten wood, only to find that the subfloor below it was rotten as well!

After we removed the rotten wood, it was time to remove the old faucet. That meant getting into some awkward, uncomfortable positions, which apparently is a feature of pretty much any plumbing project. The new faucet has separate handles for hot and cold, which are easier for a pre-schooler to operate. In addition, the old faucet had the hot and cold water reversed!

Before we began removing the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom, I decided to take a picture of it. Lando immediately demanded that he be in the picture. (He's so shy.)

Here's the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom. It will be gone in 7 minutes.

Dawn begins removing the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom. You can see some of the water stains on the underside of the carpet. If only that were the worst of it!

With the purple shag carpet removed from Lando's bathroom, it was time to take another picture. Guess who wanted to be in this picture, too?

This is the most important reason for removing the 36-year-old purple shag carpet. Water from the leaking sink, as well as water from the bathtub and perhaps the occasional overflowing toilet resulted in a wonderful environment for mold. This is a good reason to NOT have carpet of any kind in the bathroom, much less purple shag.

The carpet pad and toilet are gone. We're now down to the damaged particle board underlayment. As you can see, we've already removed the worst of it around the back of the toilet, as well as cutting a test hole to check the depth of our circular saw's blade. (Yes, I spent my birthday removing a toilet.)

We've cut out the damaged underlayment, removed the old rosin paper, sprayed the mold with a 50/50 solution of bleach and water. We're done with the demolition! (Hopefully.) Now we just need to figure out how to cut a new underlayment of the right shape, smooth everything down, and then we'll finally be ready to put down the vinyl tiles that Lando picked out for his bathroom.

(Reposted from my old LiveJournal blog)

mood: accomplished
music: silence

Lando's bathroom sink is chipped, with a hole that allows water to drip down into the cabinet below. This problem apparently went unnoticed or ignored for quite awhile. The wooden floor of the cabinet was rotten through and moldy. After we took this picture, we removed all of the rotten wood, only to find that the subfloor below it was rotten as well!

After we removed the rotten wood, it was time to remove the old faucet. That meant getting into some awkward, uncomfortable positions, which apparently is a feature of pretty much any plumbing project. The new faucet has separate handles for hot and cold, which are easier for a pre-schooler to operate. In addition, the old faucet had the hot and cold water reversed!

Before we began removing the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom, I decided to take a picture of it. Lando immediately demanded that he be in the picture. (He's so shy.)

Here's the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom. It will be gone in 7 minutes.

Dawn begins removing the purple shag carpet in Lando's bathroom. You can see some of the water stains on the underside of the carpet. If only that were the worst of it!

With the purple shag carpet removed from Lando's bathroom, it was time to take another picture. Guess who wanted to be in this picture, too?

This is the most important reason for removing the 36-year-old purple shag carpet. Water from the leaking sink, as well as water from the bathtub and perhaps the occasional overflowing toilet resulted in a wonderful environment for mold. This is a good reason to NOT have carpet of any kind in the bathroom, much less purple shag.

The carpet pad and toilet are gone. We're now down to the damaged particle board underlayment. As you can see, we've already removed the worst of it around the back of the toilet, as well as cutting a test hole to check the depth of our circular saw's blade. (Yes, I spent my birthday removing a toilet.)

We've cut out the damaged underlayment, removed the old rosin paper, sprayed the mold with a 50/50 solution of bleach and water. We're done with the demolition! (Hopefully.) Now we just need to figure out how to cut a new underlayment of the right shape, smooth everything down, and then we'll finally be ready to put down the vinyl tiles that Lando picked out for his bathroom.

(Reposted from my old LiveJournal blog)