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jtomasik
12/28/2013 9:28am
12/28/2013 9:28am
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12/30/2013 9:44am
Giving my bath a shower remodel for Christmas (how I spent my Christmas vacation....). Decided to plumb in a rain head and a few jacuzzi jets....the plumbing cracked me up. I was gonna post it last night taking bets whether it'd leak or not (I would've bet against me), but amazingly, it doesn't....lol. I'll still be wearing a flak jacket the first few times I shower; I don't trust me.
Is the laundry room behind the shower there?
Gotta get my ass back in there keep going. Gonna lay in the ceiling and hardi-backer up to a foot or so off the floor, then have to trowel in the first layer of sand mix for my pan before I can call it a night.
The Shop
Whaddya mean by "hydro outlets that close to the water line"? Do you mean the electrical outlet? It's dead...220V that I disconnected and now use that fuse as power to my AC/DC source in the garage.
This old house is full of 'interesting' modifications. Been going through bit-by-bit and trying to correct what I can.
PEX
Finished!!!
Also, any new tools you ran across to make the tiling portion easier, lemme know. I've only done one shower pan but about, oh, 8-10 tile and granite jobs in the past, so I'm not completely clueless. But, with all of the new tools coming out, maybe there's some new stuff/techniques available, especially since I don't do this daily for a living....so I don't see this stuff everyday.
By doing it a little at a time, it'll give you time to warm up your skills. Just think ahead so you don't ruin your new work by working on your old stuff. And, post here. There are lots of guys who can offer good advice.
Or, you can call these guys:
hjacks.com
How long start to finish?
Void,Cutting into a slab isn't really all that big of a deal as long as the concrete isn't 8" thick ( it most likely isn't ). Probably 3 1/2 to 4" is normal. A garage slab is usually 3 1/2 to 6" thick. You don't need to get a concrete saw. Get a diamond or concrete blade for your friends circular saw ( you don't want to trash yours out do you?) . You can have the boy or your wife with a hose keeping the concrete wet as you run the saw to keep dust down and cool the blade. Have the shop vac there to catch some of the water. Or dry cut with the shop vac catching the dust off the saw. Then take a sledge (12lb-16lb) and pound the snot out of it. Once you get through it gets easier. A concrete saw makes the job easier .
The Laziness I have no advice for. If you do find out what do do for it let me know. I have issues with it myself.
shower doors were the cheap homedepot ones for $300
Vanity was $250, toilet was $100
pex tube, fittings and clamps were $600
new door was $75
a day demo-ing it
3 days for getting the saw and cutting the floor, taking the saw back, roto-ing he old slab and installing the stub steel..pouring the concrete, letting it setup overnight. tile took me and my buddy 3 days. building the showerpan took a day. new supply lines were 6 hours.
Actually I remodeled my entire rental house. took almost 3 months. spent $38,000, increased value 200k. sold a 1680 sq foot house for $450k .. I had 3 offers after the first day with an escalation clause that bid it up 25k
new plumbing throughout, moved the elec panel to a more convenient location (had that done by a contractor), new deck, all new windows, new doors. new kitchen, stripped to the studs.
took down trees, landscaped.
Pit Row
my concrete was about 5 inches thick.
I'm not aware of any way to "dry cut" concrete. you must use water and it's still a horrible dusty mess. use eye protection and masks.
I'm traveling right now and the rest of my pics are on my big computer at home
laundry room on left, upstairs bathroom is above the basement bathroom
I went to a big tool rental place here and asked for their biggest no gas engine tool they had. It blew a breaker every 5 minutes. We had 12 gauge power cord as well. We went as big and powerful as possible and it was still tough, loud, dusty and slurry was everywhere.
no room for this one, unfortunately
I'm a retired batchman, never personally seen anyone ever drycut concrete. not saying it can't be done but....
why were you cutting a mile of concrete a day? did you get a hat when you were done? ( concrete finisher joke!)
20 feet apart? must have been a +12" deep slab. That's hard work, too.
Of course you know how much harder 50 yr old concrete is than stuff poured last week
I got this video from my still working ex-coworkers last week. We supplied the concrete for this mat, silver and red trucks...
Good people working long hours! I don't miss that part. I hate that they set a new record without me, fuckers!
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