I do not like drywalling. I wish I was good at it. I am not bad installing it, but I have not improved on taping and mudding. Since we removed the drop ceiling over the shower, I had to put new drywall on the ceiling and the walls above the shower. I also had to…
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I was ready to install the shower head and valve cover. It seemed it was long ago that the rough plumbing was done. No leaks to date. Before I started, I turned on the valve. No leaks by the shower head. However, when I shut it off, the valve started leaking again. I tightened down…
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Two weeks later and against the advice of my wife, Efiwym, I was going to start on the shower. Stepping into the master bathroom, I noticed the poor job I did removing the silicone. Using fingernail polish, I removed the silicone residue from around the wall edges. Once I cleaned them up, I needed to…
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I removed the walls to prepare them for installation. Again, I had to forcibly jerk up on the side walls to unlock them. I had to try it several times to get them unlocked. Not a good start. Before I cleaned up the shower base to apply silicone, I checked the location of the shower…
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The shower enclosure has two interchanging 3-foot side walls and a 4-foot back wall. The directions recommended that installing the walls was a two-person job. However, a Youtube how-to video showed one guy hauling around the walls without a problem. I had moved all the walls to the spare bedroom upstairs. It was recommended to…
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Efiwym, my wife, was not home, so I was on my own to turn on the main water shutoff valve and check for leaks. I went downstairs and quickly turned the knob on the valve. I ran as fast as an old fat guy could run. Up two flights of stairs and to the master…
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DIY Project – Master Bathroom – Shower Renovation – The Water Lines Knowing that I needed to shut off the water for the house to replace the water lines, I would build the water lines to the shower valve before I cut any existing water pipes. First, I took measurements multiple times to make sure…
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Once the room was clear of any debris, I started to plan the install. First, I shoved a rag into the shower drainpipe. The smell was really bad. I laid the shower base on the now empty area. I noticed I had the proper width, but the new shower base was 2 inches less deep. …
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I refused to start the demo until the new shower parts were delivered. I was not sure why. Maybe I was afraid that if it did not arrive, we would have an unusable shower forever. The shower enclosure arrived as scheduled, and I was ready for demo. We were going to remove the drop ceiling…
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I am not sure if I had a renewed energy in DIY, I had more time or we had money to spend, but Efiwym, my wife, and I finally decided to renovate the master bathroom. To be honest, I was a little nervous. This was a real renovation with plumbing. We shopped online and in…