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3rd Floor Bathroom
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Wall Cover
There was a huge delay as we awaited plumbing
and electrical inspections before we could go ahead with the "button
up" process. "Button up" means we can go ahead and put on
the wall coverings, ceiling and floor. After all that is done, we can ask
Joe the Plumber and the electrician to come back and finish installation of the
plumbing and electrical.
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We did a lot of thinking about the type of wall coverings
we wanted for this bathroom. The space is not very large, so we
did not want any covering that would make the room look even smaller or
darker.
I happen to like wood bead board both for the look it provides and
the ease of application. Each piece also weighs nothing compared
to sheet rock so is much easier for me to schlep up at least two flights
of stairs.
To the far right is the wall for the shower stall. The 3/4 inch
bead board is just tacked into place for now. I learned the hard
way not to get too carried away with nailing this stuff in place until
you see how it will really fit on both edges of a wall.
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any wall material is how to cut those holes so that whatever needs to
come through...can. So far I have been very lucky through some
fairly careful measuring and a decent "eye-ball" of the
situation.
Sometimes though, it is worth the time and effort to cut a
template. Heavy cardboard will do even though some people use
light 1/4 inch plywood scraps. One person I know covers the ends
of the pipes with that sidewalk chalk then places the template against
the pipe. That leaves a mark for each hole that needs to be
made.
Like I said, I still mostly eyeball it with a lot of measuring.
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There is no such thing as a straight and level wall, floor or ceiling
in a 100+ year old house. Just forget that fantasy. That
means you have to sometimes "shim" areas such as we had to do
on the outside wall of our new bath. Normally, you would not
notice the "curve in the wall" but by using bead board the
tilt could be seen. |
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I had this handy little angle tool laying about down stairs from an
old project. It was perfect for determining the angle of the roof
line. It was easy then to transfer that angle onto each piece of
bead board that had to be fitted on the outside wall. |
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Guess I should not have be surprised, but I was anyway. Found at
least one board in each package of bead board that had a serious
defect. Serious enough to not use. In the end I had exactly
enough pieces to complete the job. |
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You are required by Massachusetts building code to provide an access
to plumbing and electrical that will be "hidden" by new
construction. We tried all kinds of options on how to provide
access and finally went with what will look a bit like a window just
forward of the new toilet.
The bright metal are the connectors placed there by Joe the Plumber
when he added our new plumbing. Unseen to the right is the new
electrical connection box added by the electrician. Both have to
be accessible.
Still working on how to make this work right, but we have a few more
ideas to try.
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| Remember awhile back I mention that the floor in the new bathroom was
a bit off? In other words if you placed a marble on one side of
the room, the glass orb would quickly roll to the other side. As
you can see below from the picture of the top of the new bead board,
something is amiss. |
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At first it looks like I got sloppy in measuring the bead board.
Wish that was the case. Instead, the floor slopes upward rather quickly
as it nears the outside wall of the house. This is going to present a
real challenge to me to find a way to minimize the visual
appearance. Nope, have not a clue how I will do that yet.
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I pride myself on being able to cut a piece
of wall board so that it fits rather nicely about electrical boxes,
plumbing, whatever. I also take a fair amount of care (and way too
much time in Anna's opinion) to measure and carefully cut each piece of
expensive wood. Some times, I just screw up.
See that big ole G A P between the bead board? That is because
I should have snugged up all those other pieces to the right before so
carefully measuring and cutting out that electrical box hole.
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The sheet rock arrives in Progress
# 4
and I struggle with hauling the stuff up three flights of stairs.
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