Tim finished the wall behind the sink and repainted it. I was hoping to get some pictures of the support system he put in behind the wall for the sink, but he finished it and closed the wall up pretty quickly. I may need to have him start taking his own pictures as he goes along.
The sink is ready to install. He's planning on recessing the back of the sink into the chair rail, which will also need to be reinstalled. Hopefully I'll have pictures of the installed sink up next weekend.
Tim has a few concerns about the plumbing for this sink, so we'll be bringing our plumber in to do the hook-ups and make sure all is done correctly. I believe I've said this before... Tim's two downfalls are plumbing and electrical. He'll only do the very basics on either. Making sure everything is up to code and safe is the most important thing.While waiting for the paint to dry, he started fitting the new medicine cabinet into the wall. It seems that when the manufacturers say that a medicine cabinet will fit into an opening "this big", that isn't entirely true. I'm not sure I understand why this happened, but Tim had to make the opening smaller. He made the adjustments at the top of the opening and patched it up. He'll have to sand and repaint this area, too.
While taking a couple pictures in the bathroom, I thought I'd also get a picture of the bathtub that we are looking into having refinished. You can see that there's no corrosion or rust - it's just many, many years of build-up from improper cleaning.
P.J., a regular reader of my blog, recommended that we look into having it refinished. Ironically, Tim and I had just been talking about that during lunch earlier that day. One of Tim's co-workers used to refinish tubs and recommended it. This way we'll get the white tub to match the rest of the bathroom, keep our nice cast iron tub and it will look much nicer. We do not want the type that fits over top of the old tub... We want the porcelain look. This Old House has a great article on tub refinishing.
We're now looking for good tub refinishers in the area. If any of our readers know of a good one in southeastern PA, just let us know.
1 comments:
I've had Beacon Hill B&B for 16 years and have had 2 tubs refinished. Actually had the master bath tub refinished twice! For what I've paid, I could have replaced the tub, but it's a 7' long, cultured marble with a step up, so a big deal to 'replace'. Just a note of caution on using the 'right' product to clean it, and if you leave anyone in charge of innsitting -- be REAL specific as to how they should clean it. Also, I've had guests actually leave drops of hair dye that was tricky to clean. Could have been a disaster -- so you have to keep a guarded watch. Scrubbing Bubbles is the product my refinisher (in Seabrook, Texas) recommended, and it looks as good today as the day it was refinished. Good luck!
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