In May we were able to restart the project and the team arrived to start demolishing the bathroom. We did one change request to replace the toilet in the downstairs half bath to use the same toilet as we were installing upstairs. This would be a good decision as both toilets were not comfortable for my wife and we found that the gasket on the downstairs and the mounting ring were both broken and leaking.
During the demo upstairs we found that there were leaks in the old tiles and about 15 cm (6 inches) of the tile around the tub was soaking wet and moldy. Fortunately it didn't impact the studs. We also found that there is a concrete wall between us and our neighbour. We also found the duct from the downstairs batch went through the corner of the shower so we had to adjust the size to allow for a 8 cm (3 inch) adjustment to the plan as we couldn't move that. The pipe also went overhead and that was the reason for the bulkhead so we left it in place.
During the demo they pointed out we really didn't need to remove the ceiling or the existing drywall outside the shower. For the popcorn ceiling they installed a new drywall over it and the bonus is that it gave us more room when mounting the larger fan.
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| You can see the pipe venting the downstairs half bath. |
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