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Video tour of the new bathroom

Video tour of the new space created

More demolition!!!!

Well what an exciting time. We finally demolished some of the 

inside of the house. We removed the old bedroom we use to live

in and now have created space for the kitchen, dinning room and

lounge room. The house finally has it final shape. Though there is

a lot of work to do. You no longer really need to try and image 

the space.

\\ Before Before After After

Demolition fun!

Well out with the out and in with the new. The front office had to go. As it faces the north it would be blocking the sun into out living room. This marks the beginning of the third phase of the build and a significant one. The area we are creating space for will be the front veranda and some major windows. Heather and I have been eager to get to this part of the build ever since we began.

Tiling

I have to admit i found the tiling nerve racking. The first tile was the hardest but the rest weren't too bad. At first I thought i didn't do a terrific job however after closer inspection of some shopping centre floors etc.... I didn't do to bad especially considering I used rectified porcelain tiles. This is a close up of the decal tile we used.  Walls first Floor second The tricky shower bit... I had to get some stiff cardboard and make some templates.  I got the curve right then used an angle grinder to cut the curve.  I used an angle grinder for this hole as well.  I used an angle grinder here as well.  Finally the last row of wall tiles where they  met the floor. I used alot of cardboard shims to get it right.
Grouting was messy and fun
I had to wash it twice

How it looked after the final polish.

Dad v's the shower

Well the shower was the first struggle i had. As mentioned in a previous blog it all started with the base. Well now it came time to glue the acrylic liner to the wall. I applied the adhesive, placed the wall liner and rubbed all over it for the required time. However the internal courner wanted to remain at a 45 degree angle not the 90 degree angle that I had put it in. Well after a long long long time of rubbing it, it was still refusing to stay in place. So i had to prop it however i didnt want to prop it using the walls as the grey water proof membrane handnt fully cured. so i had to become more creative. I started off bracing it against the shower base using some wood and my level. However the higher braces didnt exert enough pressure to keep it in place. in the end i lay a door across the level and placed a 20kg bag of plaster on the bottom. Bit crazy really but it worked.

this is the end result out new shower!!!!