Pictures: (click any to enlarge) There was a lot to document for historical purposes, so I'll try to minimize any confusion with some bullets about each picture.
- Before - A picture of the very pink accessories and the blue tiles. Aside from the true sense of despair one gets by viewing the room in person, what is barely discernible in this picture is the poor craftsmanship of the room. The grout was done badly. The trim was done badly. The floating and taping on the walls was HORRIBLE. If professionals did the work and they were paid for such obviously inferior efforts, the original owners were either robbed or blind or both. I'd never have signed off on any of it.
- Before - A picture of the very pink tub and the very scummy tiles. Since we've never bathed in there, that grime on the walls is decades old. I think Cindy TRIED to clean it, but couldn't put a dent on it. Again, the photo doesn't convey the poor quality of the work in the room. But it isn't long for this earth.
- During - A picture of Kimmer eyeballing the guts of the ancient vanity and contemplating what to cut out first. He was instrumental in getting everything shutoff properly and I'm sure I would have flooded half the house without his help.
- After - Once the vanity was removed, we found a mess that was likely older than I am. Seeing as it was UNDER the vanity, either the builder left it there or a former owner swept it under there.
- After - A closer picture of the antique mess left behind by someone decades ago. Mostly cigarettes and a pack of matches. I wanted to see what the pack said, but I thought I'd have to be disinfected if I touched it.
- During - Kim "Urban Lumberjack" Hall took a couple of swings with a 10lb sledge and dashed open the side of my mighty pink tub.
- During - Instead of busting the tub in place, Bruiser freed it from the wall. It is filled with broken tile and surrounded by shattered porcelain.
- After - Eventually, I shattered the tub into manageable pieces. The dark debris is shards of cast iron. The light debris is an obscene mixture of tile and porcelain.
- After - A final view of the tub. Everything in the last two pictures is the entire remains of the tub. We hadn't removed anything, yet. It was amazing to see how little space a 5' tub could take up once you shattered it.
Tools Used: Reciprocating saw, screw drivers, wrenches, claw hammers, FatMax Extreme Fubar, 10lb sledge hammer, lots and lots of muscle power.
Process: Kimmer was kind enough to volunteer to disconnect EVERYTHING. Fortunately we had very little problem with removing the connections. Once we knew everything was dry, Kimmer cut the back out of the vanity and we tossed everything into the dumpster. The toilet went next, but it put up a good fight and soaked Kim before it was done.
I'm certainly looking forward to doing it to our other bathroom. And I'm going straight for the sledge when that happens!
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