Well, here it is, Monday morning. We have water, but as I predicted, the bathroom is still in shambles. The shower is plumbed, but the wall is still not in, the lavatory is not installed and the window sill still needs paint. Oh, and don’t forget the caulking of EVERYTHING.
I did get the old water line holes under the sink repaired and painted last night and no one will even know they were there except me. They could use a little more tweaking, but I have to move on. The hole in the wall under the toilet where the old line came in has set overnight, so I must finish the spackle on that today. It was a challenge to get the mesh hole patch to adhere because of the bulge in the wall board. Fortunately I’m good with spackle, paint and caulk, so I know the project will look good when I’m done.
I totally encased the nasty rotted window sill in the shower with silicone caulk and I’m going to put 2 coats of Killz on it today. Then I’m going to use a thick oil based enamel on top of that. That bitch won’t be going anywhere until we get the money to renovate the bathroom properly. This is just a down and dirty reno, we’re reusing the plastic shower parts and leaving the window intact for now. Eventually, we’ll demo the whole bath down to the studs and redo everything.
In the meantime, the new fixtures on the sink and bath will go a LONG way towards making the bathroom more acceptable to us! Pix of all this are at Nick’s site.