Bedroom Bathroom Remodel Questions

[TomH]

Time for a long overdue update on this project. Life got in the way again and I've only worked on this 5 days since the last posting (2 months). And only one of those days was a full day.

It took a day and a half to finish up the siding - kind of. It still needs to be caulked and the trim needs to be painted but I figure I can do those things when I have an hour here and there. It came out good and I'm happy with the finished product. I think the extra work was worth it.

I spent about half a day getting the bathroom framing wrapped up. Had to put in a header (probably should have waited until I decided on the door) and all the ceiling joists were removed an replaced since none of them were at the same height. I framed the interior wall that I had previously removed and still need to put some screws in the drywall. (When I removed the wall I wanted to leave the drywall up because it was the barrier between that room and the back porch. It worked well - the drywall had been held in place by the taped joints on the top and sides) I also got all the drywall backing in.

Then, this weekend I put up a wall in the basement so I can get going on the plumbing. I need the wall because I plan to add a sink and move the washer next to the dryer. It has been on the other side of the basement since I moved in.

Some pictures:
Pic 1, 2, 3 - siding

[TomH]

Bathroom framing.

[TomH]

Basement wall

[Cookiemonster]

Funny how life gets in the way when your making some progress. Looking good.

[LandCruiserPhil]

Nice work, well done...to bad you had to cover it all up

[TomH]

Originally Posted by LandCruiserPhil

Nice work, well done...to bad you had to cover it all up

That's pretty funny actually. Every time I go down to the basement I take an extra minute to admire my work and enjoy the smell of freshly cut OSB.

Hoping to get all (most) of the drain/waste/vent work done this Friday. I think the biggest issue will be dealing with the roof penetrations. I'll have to peel off a bunch of shingles so I can patch the old holes and route the new ones. Then it's on to the copper.

Tom

[TomH]

Is there a plumber in the house?

Got started on the DWV last weekend - put in about 12 hours over two days and probably five hours of that was trips to the plumbing store. Fortunately, I have at least four stores within about a mile of my house. Only needed to use two of them though.

The DWV is kind of like putting a puzzle together only there is no set way for it to go. Everything I know about plumbing I learned on the internet so I'm not positive it's all per code. My biggest concern is the shower (not yet finished). I plan to connect it to the top of the original stack with the vent going up about 3 - 4 inches and tying into the washer/utility sink vent shown running along the wall.

Nothing is glued up yet so if anyone sees any obvious problems, please let me know. (The existing system is still sealed up - I haven't tapped into it yet).

I also carefully removed all the singles on the roof to patch up the original vent holes and cut a new one. Haven't put the new shingles down yet. I'll just get something close in color as a new roof is in the not to distant future.

Pic1: Washer/Utility sink.
Pic2: Stack/toilet/vanity and eventually kitchen
Pic3: Bathroom

[TomH]

A couple more pictures.

Pic1 is the top of the stack. The shower will come in on one side and the bathroom vanity and kitchen sink will come in on the other. The top outlet will be for the shower vent - specifically - as both sinks will have their own vent. The vent will go up a few inches and then go horizontal and tie into the vent running along the wall.

Pic2 is the connection for the washer/utility sink. I was going to come out the top of the four inch pipe but that ended up being too high for the sink. I'll just cap that one.