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Bathroom Remodel

We just finished tackling a bathroom remodel in our home. It didnt sound to tough when my wife and I talked about it, that's funny. We contracted with a plumber and a Tile Contractor, I can do the demo with my 12 year old son, how hard can it be? Oh my Lord! At first its not bad you kind of carefully take it apart and then quickly realize that it was built in the 60's and was not designed to come apart. Just tear it all out, walls, floor, its all got to go. We quickly realized the floor damage that was next to the iron bathtub, pull up all the floor, down to the beams. When the house was originally built it had a floor furnace, this means chimney, and it's in this bathroom. Tear out the wall and start removing the bricks. Our plumber came in and did all his plumbing stuff, then the tile guy came in, or should I say 2 of his workers did, they finished the job but the man I hired wasn't satisfied with the work and gutted it and started over again,,,you don't here that very often. Pull up the floor tile, the shower tile ,the pan, all the Duroc, its gutted! He did all the work himself, it is awesome. Advice: it will cost more then you plan for, the floor will be damaged more then likely, it is cheaper then a new house, and I'm a Realtor.

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Posted Saturday Jul 04