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DAY FIVE: Nearly There And Completion

May 7th, 2011 by admin

Day five was the day that I was looking forward to. This day consisted of tiling the floor, fitting the shower, completing the grouting and then painting the room.

I was ready to put the time in today as I wanted it finished. I spent the whole day working my backside off on what can only be described as the most boring jobs in the world. Grouting and painting.

Fitting the shower was fun especially when you are messing with electricity and water. I wouldn’t recommend doing this yourself as it is just to dangerous if you get it wrong. It is quite a simple process if you already had a shower where you are putting your new one and literally only involves unscrewing the old one and screwing the new one in. The electrical connections are the same as if you are wiring a plug so not rocket science at all. If you are not 100% sure though get some help.

I could taste the success as I could see the finishing line ahead. I worked from 09:00 until 23:30 that night and finally I had finished. When I say finished I mean we had a working bathroom that was fully painted and ready to use. All that was left was the accessories.

These got added the next day and all I can say is that I am very proud of myself for taking this project on and winning. Don’t get me wrong if I had the money to pay somebody else to do it I would but when I stepped back and looked at it I did say to myself “I did that”

Without further ado please take a look at the 321 corner suite that I fitted myself. Before you look at it I suppose the answer to the initial question that was can a novice hit his or her own bathroom suite is YES THEY CAN:

AMAZING I KNOW

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DAY ONE: The Big Rip Out

May 2nd, 2011 by admin

I have a family of four including myself and two of those family members are under six. What this means is that speed is a must and having no bathroom for even a short period of time is not an option.

I set to work smashing the walls, bath, basin, toilet etc and all seemed to be going well. This was easy, until I came across the stubborn wall of tiles. Those of you who have tried to remove wall tiles will know what I mean. Those tiles that at the time of putting them up had way to much adhesive on them that over time has just become stronger and stronger.

All I could do was role up my sleeves and continue to bash away. Eventually I had smashed everything in site and surprisingly enough hadn’t caused to much damage. There was one thing that my dad always told me when DIYing. That was to keep your working area tidy. Taking that advice I started to take all of the rubble out of the bathroom and placed it nicely in the skip.

Again I realise that the last three paragraphs may have made the job seem simple but let me now list my top tips for this small jobs that I wish I would have had prior to starting the job:

  • Remember to turn the water off before smashing anything
  • Organise a skip (Do not rely on your domestic bin)
  • Purchase quick fit cap ends for your exposed piping
  • Probably best to leave the toilet in until you are ready to actually replace it
  • Wear gloves and safety goggles as broken tile is lethal

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