Bathroom Remodel

Both of our houses in Keller were new houses, so we never did any major renovations. Well, we did have hardwood floors put in both houses, but we did that before we moved in...so I don't really count that.  We didn't LIVE THROUGH any major renovations.  

Our house here is little, and I really like almost everything about it.  It was built in the 40s, but most things are in great shape, and a lot of things have been updated.  The big downside to the house: only 1.5 baths.  6 people. 1 shower.  YIKES! The one full bath that it did have was GROSS. The tub was the original cast iron tub, which was great, but needed to be refinished.  Over the nearly 70 years that this house has been in existence, it appears each owner has layered on a new layer of tile into the bathroom- on the floor and on the walls.  So the walls were over an inch thick with layers of tile.  WEIRD! We were quoted by our contractor that it would take 4 days to tear out the old stuff and lay the new stuff.  We bought a new vanity, but the toilet was fine.  A different guy would come in to re-enamal the tub.  We figured 4 days without a shower wouldn't be the end of the world.  We can make 1-2 trips to the gym to shower and cleanup.

WELL, it took our contractor TWO WEEKS!!! 

I wish I had taken some before pictures. While I was extremely frustrated with how long it took, we are very happy with the outcome.  

Last week, we started construction on making our master 1/2 bath into a full bath.  I can already tell it's going much faster (different contractor), and it's going to make such a difference having 2 full baths!