Sorry it's been a while since our last post....we were supposed to have the plumber come out a few weeks ago to give us an estimate but - he never showed! So it was back to square one with finding a plumber.
We got a name from a service online (they come recommended and have ratings, etc.) and had him out at our place last Saturday. We just got his bid yesterday, and Whew! It's the same as the upper end of what we were planning on spending for all of the other work combined! And his bid didn't include tax or permit fees. So we've asked him to itemize his bid to find out what costs what, exactly, and we're also going to get a few more estimates from other plumbers. We might just have to study up on DIY plumbing work. Who knew plumbers could be so expensive?
Other than that, we haven't really done much work prepping the bathroom. We've sanded the vanity a little, but that's about it. We'll update more once we get more estimates in from other plumbers in the area.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Prep Work
We have begun the process of preparing our rooms for the remodel! This involved changing bedrooms and moving some furniture from the 2nd room into our master room (simply for lack of space). It sounds simple, but was a lot more work than we originally expected. Here are the finished products!
In an attempt to do some 'spring cleaning' along with rearranging our bedrooms, we ventured into the dark recesses of.....our attic. And we actually put some stuff up there! (As well as accumulating a bunch of stuff for Goodwill.) David chopped up some boards to lay down in the attic for support on the beams, and also cut up the vanity top while he was at it. It fits much easier in the trash can now. :-)
We called the plumber last week, and he's going to come on over this Wednesday. Hopefully he'll be able to give us a good idea of what we're working with, and then - DEMOLITION!
We'll keep you posted!
By the way, today was a beautiful day outside! We worked with the windows wide open, and as you can see from the photo of David cutting wood, it was bright and sunny. We reached 70 degrees! :-)
Our 2nd bedroom, now serving as our master bedroom during the remodel
Our master bedroom emptied of our bed stuff, but replaced with the office stuff.
In an attempt to do some 'spring cleaning' along with rearranging our bedrooms, we ventured into the dark recesses of.....our attic. And we actually put some stuff up there! (As well as accumulating a bunch of stuff for Goodwill.) David chopped up some boards to lay down in the attic for support on the beams, and also cut up the vanity top while he was at it. It fits much easier in the trash can now. :-)David in action
We called the plumber last week, and he's going to come on over this Wednesday. Hopefully he'll be able to give us a good idea of what we're working with, and then - DEMOLITION!
We'll keep you posted!
By the way, today was a beautiful day outside! We worked with the windows wide open, and as you can see from the photo of David cutting wood, it was bright and sunny. We reached 70 degrees! :-)
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