Blackhole Bathroom

After shelling out money to contractors, the major repairs to the bathroom plumbing and flooring is done. I used the same plumber as I had for the work in the kitchen and he finished things off in a day which was great so I didn't loose all my running water in the apartment.

The floor was also done quickly, but a bit trickier. I hired the same contractor that I used to install my recessed lighting back at the early beginnings of the project. His crew were very professional, on time, and clean. They ripped out the whole concrete subfloor and tiling, installed a new standing waste valve for the tub (that's a drain valve if you're not familiar with that term) and poured a new floor all in one day.

The new floor has helped two fold by leveling the floor and sealing up piping penetrations, reducing noise traveling up from the apartment below (not that there was much before, but you can certainly tell the difference).

With the floor and plumbing finished it's time to finish framing out walls for drywall and tile board. The small space and odd brick corners is going to make it a bit tricky and time consuming, but it's nothing that won't be done in a couple evenings and some noisy mornings of sawing and screwing.