Well the last day of construction was today. It was a valant effort, with the electrician staying until 6:30 and the contractor until 9:30, but things just didn't go smoothly as we had hoped. That is usually how things go, and the last little bit always seems to take a lot longer than planned.
To start, the shower was a bit difficult to level. That had a lot to do with the floors, as there is a drop to the center of the room throughout the whole house. It actually worked out ok though, as it will allow me to use a thick, soft and absorbent rug in front of the shower. The shower glass was assembled and sealed. That took about 3 hours. Some of the hardware was a little different than the directions, and some of the directions were just plan missing. The changes were actually better, so they must have made some improvements. It just took some thinking to figure out what to do with some of the parts. But we did get it together, and it looked nice.
The GFCI circuit was not as easy. The electrician is going to check with the factory to make sure that we fully understand it before applying the power. So no steam shower for a while until that is figured out. Better to be safe.
Still a lot to finish over the coming weeks. The baseboard needs to be painted, the venting for the exhaust fans needs completed. We also had some problems with the vanity. It did not come with any instructions, so once again we had to fumble through it. The chrome drain stem and the faucet lines were not long enough. We were able to get some extensions for the lines, but it was too late in the day to find the right stems. So the vanity is not yet usable. I opted to wait until we could get chrome rather than forge ahead with PVC pipe.
At least we know what it will look like now, and I can work on cleaning and painting.
To start, the shower was a bit difficult to level. That had a lot to do with the floors, as there is a drop to the center of the room throughout the whole house. It actually worked out ok though, as it will allow me to use a thick, soft and absorbent rug in front of the shower. The shower glass was assembled and sealed. That took about 3 hours. Some of the hardware was a little different than the directions, and some of the directions were just plan missing. The changes were actually better, so they must have made some improvements. It just took some thinking to figure out what to do with some of the parts. But we did get it together, and it looked nice.
The GFCI circuit was not as easy. The electrician is going to check with the factory to make sure that we fully understand it before applying the power. So no steam shower for a while until that is figured out. Better to be safe.
Still a lot to finish over the coming weeks. The baseboard needs to be painted, the venting for the exhaust fans needs completed. We also had some problems with the vanity. It did not come with any instructions, so once again we had to fumble through it. The chrome drain stem and the faucet lines were not long enough. We were able to get some extensions for the lines, but it was too late in the day to find the right stems. So the vanity is not yet usable. I opted to wait until we could get chrome rather than forge ahead with PVC pipe.
At least we know what it will look like now, and I can work on cleaning and painting.
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