Sunday, April 09, 2006

Whew

So we didn't get nearly as much done as I had hoped to this week, but I think all in all we got off to a good start on our trailer renovation. For this post I'm just going to post pictures and a few comments to show you how the week went.this is what things basically looked like when we first got started on Saturday morning
yup that's right, the tub was being supported by Styrofoam.
breaking out the reciprocating saw
this tub just does not want to come outfinally the tub is out and things are looking a little betteras you can see the floor under the tub leak is not looking good
so we took it all out
there was even a place in the wall that was rotten so I made a brace for it.
bathroom floor with new insulation
this is a tool that I made from a hacksaw blade and two blocks of wood. I needed it to cut out the bottom of the toilet.
this is the bathroom with some of the new floor in placea box of left over wood scraps

the inside of the bathroom after the new walls went up.this is how we left it yesterday

I love my miter saw

Monday, April 03, 2006

Crap

It's 6:30 am on monday morning. I am tired. I am guessing now that there won't be alot of pictures with my posts this week, because by the end of the day I am exhausted. Anyway, we are about on schedule after this weekend. We got all of the walls out that we planned on, and the bathroom tub and toilet out. We also got all of the bathroom floor torn out. Which was pretty easy considering it almost all just crumbled in our hands. Then we made a 3 hour trip to Lowes and got alomst everything that we are going to need to finish up.

Things I learned this weekend.

  • 6 am is really early
  • just because there is a floor there it doesn't mean you can step on it
  • muscels can get sore
  • sawdust is not good for your sinuses
  • lowes is a really big store
  • drywall is really heavy
  • toilets break when you hit them with a hammer
  • life is dirty and smelly and so am I

This is the rest of the toilet I was holding.