bathroom

this post is long overdue....... we are pleased to announce that our bathroom is officially completo! hooray! 

you will notice that we kept the general layout the same to keep costs down. as the house is on a slab, the position of the waste had to be kept the same. we nutted out changing the layout but this configuration seemed to be the best for space without getting rid of the bath.
 
remember this:

 before

 after

 before

after

 before

after


after

after

and the process begins...... total time taken is approximately 3 months but was 90% complete after about 2.5 weeks

step 1: demolition- remove asbestos internal walls- we paid professionals to do it (seen too many cases of mesothelioma- it's not worth it) and jackhammer original tile floor.

step 2: find termite damage in studs from leaking shower (yay!)- fix stud work, build bath plinth, "rough in" plumbing and re-sheet walls with villaboard. new louvred window.

step 3: waterproofing (learnt that lesson) and pour new concrete floor.

step 4: tiling!

 (tiler using spacers for rectified tiles)

step 5: installing bath, tapware, vanity, shaving cabinet and lastly the shower screen. 

Cost: (kinda don't want to know this one)

asbestos removal.............................$1,000
tiler........................................$1,600
electrician..................................$500
plumber......................................$500
villaboard...................................$300
wet area gyprock + final finish..............$100
treated pine.................................$150
new louvred window...........................$800

bath (caroma classic 1500)...................$360
shower (dorf crystal)........................$269
shower mixer (phoenix gen x).................$199
bath mixer (as above)........................$199
bath spout (scala swivel)....................$199
basin mixer (phoenix gen x)..................$250

vanity (cibo vida 1200)......................$1,400
shaving cabinet (tradelink adf 1200).........$465
towel rails..................................$250
shower screen (custom frameless).............$1,500
door handle..................................$40

paint (british paints wet area white 1L/4L)..$15
paint (taubmans water based enamel 4L).......$70
architraves..................................$60


total........................................$10,027