My Master Bath Renovation

[Jimmy B]

so, last week (perfect time right before christmas) we found out that our master bath toilet has been leaking around the wax ring. no, crap was not getting everywhere, just liquid. I have no idea how long this has been happening, for all i know 3-4 years since i bought the house.
the tile was startign to lift up sightly so i fugured i would take a look and pull a few up. Well, nedless to say, its been leaking for a while, the subfloor was starting to rot out, there was no concrete hardyboard under the tile, and thats why the grout was cracking.

So i made a choice, RENOVATE THE WHOOOOOOLLLLE ROOM!

i will be updating periodocly. heres the frst pix

[B18c1Turboed]

Damm man!!! u know they make shampoo for humans now!

[Nittanys1]

^^lol

looking good man! Keep up updated as you are building.

[Jimmy B]

HA, yea.. i know i throw that in the shower so the baby wont get it if its sitting on the edge of the tub.. our dog HAS top get a bath at least once a week so we jsut keep everythign in the bathroom for easy access

i was waiting on a comment on that!


Also, the tiles are in one of the top pix, its a greyish, with a little tan cermic tile, for the floors, and the shower walls, floor, celing, and around the jacuzzi tub are going to be slate.

[B18c1Turboed]

Something like this? One of are friends did this for a certain IA memebrs bathroom !

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h174/B18c1turboedEK/BATHROOM2.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h174/B18c1turboedEK/BATH4.jpg

[Jimmy B]

yep, kind of, but im putting slate all the way to the top and in greyish

we are also getting all the "new" faucets, along with glass bowl vanities

heres a few pix of supplies,... 72'x42' 8 jet tub, and the slate

anyone need pinkish toilet, sinks and a tub? lol

[DrewS2K]

gonna be a nice setup, good job

[Jimmy B]

also, i can dicide if i want to go with a doorless shower, or put a door on there.. im thinking a doorless would be nice and look great, but with the cold air comming in, it would suck! lol

[B18c1Turboed]

Damm thats the same exact slate we put in are kitchen, i still have like 8 boxes of that stuff left!!! If you need any more left me know !!

[r0bb86]

Wow - Thats going to be super nice!

Granite/slate/marble/travertine counter-tops?

Lemme know - its what I do.
(haha - shameless plug)

[Jimmy B]

cut up the shower lastnight, wish i had pictures of that!!! i loove my sawzall!!

im putting down most of the backer board down today (floor & tub surround) and getting the shower preped to build the shower pan. im also going to ho to home depot expr to see if i can get the kohler body spray's... i LOVE those things!!!

when i get done its gonna be a 3/4 million dollar bathroom!!! to bad the house isnt worth that.. lol

[Jimmy B]

well, i have ran most of the plumbing to the other side of the shower, i still have to run it for the body sprays, and hand-held bar sprayer, but that shouldnt take to long.
got the shower pan all prepped to build it with morter, and the liner, and got the subfloor cut out out and replaced. ai also have almost all of the concrete backer board on the floor, and most of it on the tub surround, so, its almost ready for tile! (as soon as we finish the showerpan)

[civic95]

keep em coming I need the motivation.

[Jimmy B]

i poured the first layer of the shower pan, its dry now, i have to lay the neoprene liner and water test it... that will happen tommorow..

i have to finish the plumbing, and cut some studs out to route the pipes adn to mount the pipes.. i jsut finished all of the backer board minus the shower..

i should have more pix tommorow!

[type s yo]

when i move into a house, that the one area i want to customize. i need a dual shower, cause my girl hog the da** water.

[Jimmy B]

here is some of whats been happening in the last few days, in between Christmas shopping!

first is a some of the accessoried in the shower, handheld showerhead, shuare shower head, body jets and the controls for all of that

then some of the plumbing for the jets and temp control and switcher

then the tub surround all cement boarded up except for the hole where it will have a door for access to the heater and motor for the whirlpool.

[Jimmy B]

Here are a few of the finished shower pan, morter sloped for draining, then a neoprene plastic liner, then more morter to finish the slope and level the sides out and then build the "curb" to keep water IN the shower.

oh and putting the drain in correct also! lol

[JessAlba452]

Awesome it's going to look sweeeettt when it's all done! :D

[Z32redondo]

Helped my dad do his..Have fun lol.

[WÉK SÔS]

looks pretty ballin' man

[Killer]

i wanna huge tub... :(

gl and nice work!

[Jimmy B]

well, i have gotten the slate tile started, its a PAIN to line up the first row level!!! but after that its going pretty smooth. now is the time to start putting in the slate for the soap/shampoo box and cutting around the pressure reg and tempeture control (greaaat) lol

i also included a pic of the backerboard all finished

BTW im really diggin the colors and textures in the slate

[ridgegirl]

That is looking SOO awesome! I love the slate! Keep the pics coming!

[Jimmy B]

thanks guys, and ladies, i cut a bunch of slate yesterday, but didnt gt a chance to do any work on it today.. so.. mabye tommorow? ill post up a few more pix when i get some more done.. im thinking the tub surround is gonna go quick also..

[Chuckster]

damn dude, I wouldnt even know where to start on a job like this. Looks like it is gonna be a pimp ass bathroom.

[Deaf Pimp]

Damn Jimmy! Looking good!

[Jimmy B]

here is the shower just about done.. i have a few more pieces to put on, but i didnt have them (measured wrong) lol

i might do the tub surround and the floor of the shower tommorow, not sure yet..

i think it looks great myself! :D

[Jimmy B]

well, the tub box is done.. now i just need to finish the floor of the shower, and few little pieces and then grout....

i picked up a box of the floor tile yesterday to lay it out to see how its gonna look..

ill snap that pic and get yalls opinions...

[civic95]

Looking good so far. Keep the pics coming.

[thepolecat]

I am impressed- my wife and I will be doing this kind of renovation this summer. +1

[Jimmy B]

im about to upload some more pics, gotta resize first.. thanks for the complements

i got the shower all done and then half of the floor

[Jimmy B]

so, i got half of the floor done, then the baby had to go to bed, so, no more cutting tile!!

the shower is all done, except the grout and we are doing that tommorow..
shower floor is all 4x4 slate squares at a 45degree angle to make it look bigger, and to offset the straight lines of the walls

the floor tile is a 16x16 porcelin(sp) tile at a 45degree angle also to give the room a bigger feel and to not be so monotine with the straight lines.

hopefully tommorow grout will be done and i can finish the floor tile so we can grout that also.

after grout is all done we have to sand down all the walls, patch the holes and then paint and put the trim up.

[JessAlba452]

sweeeetness love how it's coming together. How much $$ spent so far on the renovation? :D

[Jimmy B]

so far i think ive spent about 3 grand.. the shower fixtures were 950 of that though

the little things add up when you put them all together!! just in the mud to secure the tiles i spent 160...

im thinking(hoping) that i can get done with about 5K and doing all the work myself.. the big things i still need are vanities, sinks, toilet, and faucets, a shower doorm lighting then the little things like paint, towel racks, mirrors, etc..

[MMTasty]

wow!

[GirlieZ]

so far i think ive spent about 3 grand.. the shower fixtures were 950 of that though

the little things add up when you put them all together!! just in the mud to secure the tiles i spent 160...

im thinking(hoping) that i can get done with about 5K and doing all the work myself.. the big things i still need are vanities, sinks, toilet, and faucets, a shower doorm lighting then the little things like paint, towel racks, mirrors, etc..
thats not bad at all, my rents are contracting out there master bath and its going to be 30k, another 20k for updating fixtures in the other 3 baths so 50 k total. you save a sh!tload by doing it yourself thats for sure bc alota that money is in labor

[green91]

looks great man, its a blast doing home improvements on your own.

[Jimmy B]

it was a blast.. the grout was left on the slate a little to long, and being slate its porus.. it sucked all the water out of the grout.. now im stig SCRUBBING each tile to clean the dried grout off of it.. BLAHHHH

it looks good though! i will post some more when i get most of the grout off of the slate.. i will tell you, the floor looks great right now! hhahah

[Jimmy B]

thats not bad at all, my rents are contracting out there master bath and its going to be 30k, another 20k for updating fixtures in the other 3 baths so 50 k total. you save a sh!tload by doing it yourself thats for sure bc alota that money is in labor

yep, by teh time its all said and done, it would have been a GOOD 15-18k job if i had contracted it out.. i will prolly go over the 5K mark, but hopefully not to much

[MaconPerformance]

looks really good man, wish I could do that myself.

[dartingd]

Just curious, but is your house on a slab? If not, what kinda floor support do you have under all that slate?

[Jimmy B]

no, its on a basement.. i have 10" joists under the floor, and its a corner with 2 walls close to being under it. i will be putting some more bracing under just to be safe, when i clean out the stuff that is in the basement in that corner. it is heavy, but nothing that the house was not designed to handle..

[takume]

should be fun, keep it up. Post up after everything done.

[ueyedgr8tness]

U doing this or some 1 doing it for u ?

[Jimmy B]

im doing it all myself, with the help of a friend some days.. he goes to GA tech, so i dont get much help from him.. lol

dartingd, i got your IM, but wasnt home.. hit me up on PM..

[keevo54]

awesome work +1

[civic95]

no updates? guess your still grouting...

[Jimmy B]

sorry no updates, i have been in fl for work, and trying to catch up on work.. lol

i should have final pictures of the tile work at the end of the week..

then i get to sand all the walls adn paint! woo hoo..

[Nemesis]

excuses............