I'm a self-employed contractor and this was the biggest job I've done so far. I guess this still counts as DIY since I did it all by myself? (except for the electric)
I did a complete bathroom remodel
I'm a self-employed contractor and this was the biggest job I've done so far. I guess this still counts as DIY since I did it all by myself? (except for the electric)
35 Comments
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 38 pts · 208d
Looks good now that the sink is attached 😉
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 208d
Customer prefered it that way as well
Drusas@fedia.io · 21 pts · 208d
NGL, the ceiling looked way better before. Not knocking your work--it was just a nice-looking ceiling and now it's more of a plain-looking one.
Xenny@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
Nah, it was a nice ceiling for sure, but it was adding too much of a warm tone to the bathroom. The cooler tone overall is a lot nicer to look at.
Lemming6969@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 207d
Yeah and why is it so dirty looking
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 20 pts · 208d
Nice work. Redoing all the above wall piping must have been a pain.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 30 pts · 208d
Not too bad actually. I'm a plumber by training and it's all done in PEX which is quite easy to work with.
Here it's still mostly visible
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 208d
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 31 pts · 208d
I did it for money.
regedit@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 207d
Coincidentally, so did some gods!
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 208d
God I love European style bathrooms. Why can't we have floor drains in our bathrooms here in the US?
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 208d
Agreed about the drain. We have the same problem in Canada and I think it's because the insurance companies, restoration companies, and builders are conspiring here to keep it that way.
But I would prefer that the shower was self contained and had its own drain. The wet baths I constantly deal with when I travel are one of my pet peaves.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 208d
I just asked someone here about this a while back. Didn't get a good answer to explain the difference.
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 208d
Our showers are seperated from the bathroom floor by at least a few inches of lip (for lack of a better word) so that water never flows into the rest of the bathroom floor. The drain is only in the shower section, so you can't spray down the rest of the bathroom with water and have it just drain out.
A drain in the bathroom floor (rather than just the shower floor) allows you to spray water on any of your bathroom walls, appliances, and fixtures for cleaning and it will just drain away as if you were running the shower. We generally can't do that here in the states.
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d
Is that common In Europe?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 207d
Bathrooms where there's no division between the shower and your toilet and sink suck ass. Why would you want to hose your entire bathroom down every time you take a shower? What do people have against shower curtains or doors?
Ideally the toilet would be in a completely different room from the shower, but a shower stall is the bare minimum.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 208d
The thought of stepping barefoot on a surface where a toilet may have overflowed is too much for me. More power to you of that's your preference though.
Drusas@fedia.io · 11 pts · 208d
? But toilets can overflow even if you don't have a drain in your floor.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 208d
You wouldn't shower wearing sandals in your own bathroom would you?
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 208d
The good thing about having a drain in the floor is that in the extremely rare event that your toilet overflows you can just hose down the entire room.
Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 208d
What materials did you use for the wall work?
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 208d
Tile - mortar - water proofing - primer - plaster board (wet space rated) - plywood.
Normally I wouldn't use plywood there but it was under the old tiles and plasterboard so I just left it in place.
Sunny@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 208d
Wow neatly done dude, kudos!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d
i really like it! i love how functional it all is
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 207d
That's how plumbing is done in most places...behind the wall. If there's a leak you can never get to it. If I ever get a chance to design my own bathroom, I will try to add access panels to get to the plumbing. Access panels don't have to look ugly.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 207d
The pipe carrying water sits inside a larger protective sleeve. If it ever leaks, the water runs into that sleeve and drips out the ends onto the floor instead of soaking into the walls or structures.
You can then disconnect both ends, pull the damaged pipe out, and slide a new one in. No joints hidden behind the walls, and leaks in the middle of the pipe are super rare - you'd basically have to drill into it. The manifold above ceiling has a an access panel.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 207d
Oh that's neato bonito! Local laws here require fasteners every few inches/feet for electrical and plumbing. They take the pex and clamp it to the inner wall studs. Any leaks then mean that you have to re-do the wall.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 207d
The protective outer sleeve is clamped down here as well but you can still pull out the inner pipe. It's not alway the easiest job but it can be done.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 207d
Very cool!
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 208d
I wouldn't actually want to live there but come on, the civil defense vibe of that old bathroom is fire. That said, great job, I second not quite being in love with the ceiling but still great.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 208d
it looks significantly less squizzonkchy
CarterAva@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 46d
A complete bathroom renovation is a huge amount of work that takes a lot of time and energy, but the result and this feeling of "before and after" are definitely worth it. The main thing in this case is not just to update the tile, but to think everything through so that the space remains unloaded and comfortable. When I arranged everything from scratch, I searched for a long time where to hide all the towels and household chemicals so as not to clutter the interior. As a result, I ordered functional lockers and cabinets at https://www.bellabathrooms.co.uk/bathroom-furniture.html. We managed to choose everything in one tone, the furniture became perfect in size, and now all the cosmetics are hidden, and the bathroom looks spacious and modern.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 208d
I liked it better before it looks more lived in.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 208d
So did the mold
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 3 pts · 208d
Feels like home.
death_to_carrots@feddit.org · 0 pts · 208d
🤔