Reggie's Bathroom Project

My Bathroom Remodeling Project

During May of 2009 I took on one of the biggest construction projects of my life - remodeling my bathroom. From
May 20, 2009 - July 03, 2009 I spent every one of my days off in the bathroom. Long story short, I had no idea
what I was doing when I began this nightmare but on the plus side, I saved over $1000 dollars by not paying
someone else to do it. This is what happened.

Ever since I could remember, mildew
has always been a problem in our
bathroom. This is the same house I
grew up in, so for 40 years this is what
I have had to live with.

Having a window in your shower is just
begging for trouble. Water would seep
down into the window seal and
saturate the studs below the window.
This created mold, mildew and not to
mention serious structural damage.

This end of the bathroom was in pretty
good shape but in order to make
repairs to the other end of the room, I
would have to destroy all of this as well.

May 20, 2009 - And so it begins. I
started ripping out the plaster walls so
that I could see exactly what type of
moisture damage I was going to be
dealing with.

Clicking onto any of the photos will
display a larger more detailed picture.

All of this had to be disposed of. After
tearing out a wall I would fill up buckets
and trashcans full of plaster and rotten
wood and haul them away to a local
dumpster. This was very time
consuming since I only had small
containers to work with

I was really surprised to discover that
there was no more wood damage than
what is shown here. I was expecting to
have to replace the entire outer wall.