The latest bathroom progress is as follows:
The loo cistern has been a condensation magnet so I'm trying a YouTube fix whereby you line the cistern with a yoga mat and industrial strength glue, this acts as a sort of insulation (and could be considered a cowboy version of cistern lining), so MAY stop the condensation. Dad was helping and he was convinced the glue wasn't sticking. We couldn't find and gaffer tape to hold it in place, so the cistern is currently filled with an array of heavy objects to hold it in place whilst it dries! Fingers crossed this will work. The knock on effect of the damp cistern, was that it blew the plaster behind it. So Dad has just chipped the shot stuff off, and we re-plastered that section along with the final wall to be done and above the door. The plastering was by no means quality this time, due to us being plastered the night before (is it ever??), but I'm embracing the rustic finish for my rustic house!
The toilet soil pipe didn't have enough of a gradient on it, so we are lifting it slightly to allow gravity to work it's magic in harmony with the flush.
Dad extended the flex pipes to both the sink taps and the loo, just to be on the safe side.
The radiator is now in and working a treat. It looks very lovely, again slightly raising the overall temperature of the bathroom.
I have pulled the old nails out of the window frame and Dave and I put some decent architrave around it.
We cut the wood for the larger window sill and screwed the toilet down. It's a bloody novelty to sit on a toilet that doesn't wobble, none of this gingerly lowering yourself down business anymore!! Yippee, I can safely wait until I'm really desperate again!
Last week we painted 3 of the walls and the ceiling.
This weekend I painted all of the final wall areas and around the windows. It took 8 bloody hours!!!! Although it does look gorgeous. I was very good and unscrewed the toilet cistern so I could paint behind it, then spent blooming ages trying to get the rubber washers back in place to screw it back down. Jenks came over and we drank tea and talked shit as I painted, which was a very welcome distraction. He also showed me how to adjust the flush handle, as the angle it was at was just all wrong (pointing downwards, meaning you had to shut the loo seat down before you could flush it), especially for splashy, messy little boys! I also tightened bits on the flush system and it's stopped dripping, mind you not before pulling the waste pipe off and splashing water all over the floor (at least I hope it was 'water'). The drip has moved, so I still need to address that at some point, for now it is addressed with a good old Tupperware box fix!
So there you have it, we are on the home straight with the bathroom. All that is left to do is:
- Buy and fix up skirting boards
- Fasten down the floorboards & fill the gap by the door
- Box in the sink and mount the shaver point
- Box in the soil pipe
- Build all shelving/cupboards and box in the boiler
- Fit new light & spot light
- Tile behind the sink
- Put architrave around the door
- Replace broken glass in the door
- Put shelf basket up in shower
- Put mirror and pictures up
- Sort the drip!
The carpentry may be fun, I have no idea how to do things like that, so will be my Dad & Dave's apprentice. I'm so looking forward to it being finished, it's been a massive task, but is starting to look beautiful and somewhat mature...Jenks thinks I've grown up finally! xx
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| Lining the loo cistern, using the every tool in the box method |
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| Curtain pole up and painted |
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| Removal of loo so that the blown plaster could be stripped back |
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| Re-plastered and other areas plastered |
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| Painted and loo fixed back down |
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| Sink is now screwed in place and back wall painted |
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| Radiator in and wall painted. |
