Working on the bathroom
The bathroom had to be gutted to the studs and replaced. In addition to obvious cosmetic problems, the sink does not fit into the vanity, the bathtub is missing handles (there were channel locks left by the previous owner for the valves), and all fixtures were grossly dirty.
What it used to be
Here's a shot of the sink, with the gap at the rear.
Here, rust stains in the extremely dirty tub. Note the missing handles and downspout.
Demolition
It all has to go! Here the tub is gone, along with all surrounding sheetrock.
Vanity gone, with surrounding sheetrock. The toilet remains til last, for presumably obvious reasons.
Looking upward into the attic, all sheetrock removed. this old light assembly will be replaced.
The Rebuild
Here, the new tub is in, we passed it through the wall from the 2nd bedroom. No harm there since all sheetrock in this bedroom will be replaced as well. It would not be possible to replace the tub without opening up the walls, as there is not enough space to rotate the tub with the sheetrock in place. This is a very nice, very heavy, iron tub.
A plumber was hired to replace the water supply for the laundry room washer connections, and to install a new valve assembly for the tub. They share a wall so thats pretty convenient really.
All sheetrock has been replaced, the new ceramic tile floor is in, and the first row of ceramic surround for the tub is in.
the remaining tub surround is in, with a nice decorative border near the top.
detail of the corner cuts for the surround border.
A better shot of the ceramic floor
Here, fixtures are in, the downspout still needs to be added to the tub, but most everything is back in working order including a new toilet, and new vanity and sink. It is starting to look phenomenal!
