Day 11 (Saturday) - Getting ready for texture & paint, electrical, floor

I'm not sure what all was done today:

1. I brought home some flooring samples & we decided to go with Parchment Beige.  There's none in Portland; the nearest is in Seattle.  Hopefully it will arrive here in time to stay on schedule for Wednesday completion, but it may not.
2. Everything that's not going to be painted has been carefully taped off & protected.  On the downside, however, we can't see the counter, tile or backsplash now to try to figure out paint color.
3. One of the switches seems to be in, as well as the can light for the shower.
4. Something's been applied to the floor & planning for the self-coving has been done.
5. The back patio is no longer full of equipment.  It's all been put away & the space cleaned up.

Something's been applied to the floor

Floor planning

Day 10 (Friday) - Grout, more electrical, wall patching

1. The double switch looks to be wired.  On the left (closer to the shower) will be a timer for the shower light & fan.  On the right (closer to the heater) will be a timer for the heater.
2. The shower and backsplash are grouted & it looks great
3. The half-wall & seam area next to the shower & various other wall spots have been patched.
4. Matt arrived with the Marmoleum mid-day.  It's supposed to acclimate awhile before installation.  Bad news, though --- it's the wrong color!  Mushroom instead of Parchment Beige.  We put the roll in the bathroom to see if maybe it would be ok, but it seems too dark.  :(  In the morning I'll go check out samples of Parchment Beige & Mushroom & bring them back to compare.  Assuming we still like Parchment Beige the best, Matt will get it reordered right away & try to get it here in time for Wed. install.
5. I've been researching toilets & stopped by Home Depot to looked at them.  I was hoping to actually sit on one ;) to see if "comfort height" really was comfortable, but it wasn't possible - the display was mounted high on a wall.  The Kohler Cimarron 1.6 gpf looks nice, gets pretty good reviews, & I think is the one Matt likes for the way the tank & toilet bolt together.  

Matt working on the switch.

Day 9 (Thursday) - Mosaic liner & backsplash, subfloor.

1. George installed the mosaic liner in the shower and tiled the counter backsplash with a combination of shower tile & mosaic.
2. The drywall was patched around the shower.
3. Another layer of 1/2" plywood subfloor was installed, covering all the patches.

George working on the backsplash installation.

Backsplash

Mosaic liner in the shower

Day 8 (Wednesday) - Tile, electrical, countertop & sink

1. This morning George brought sheets of the mosaic that will be used as an accent line in the shower and on the backsplash.  We determined how much to use each place.
• The mosaic sheets have a repeating pattern every 3 rows.
• The plan for the shower is 6 rows of mosaic.
• The plan for the backsplash is 3 rows of mosaic, with shower tile above and below that.
2. The shower tile is laid, including the shower cubby, with spacing left for the mosaic liner.
3. The shower floor tile is in.
4. The countertop arrived and was installed with the sink under Matt's supervision.  The installers made 2 dry-runs with a luan template to plan out how to navigate the corners & line things up before they brought the counter in.  The fumes from the adhesive (apparently the catalyst that hardens the epoxy) were dreadful, but relatively short-lived.
5. Preparations for the fan & switch install were done, e.g. mortising & running electrical cable and the fan was installed.
6. The guy who will fabricate the glass door & half-wall came and took measurements.

New fan mounted in ceiling

Matt and George

Day 7 (Tuesday) - Tile, shower cubby, toilet floor.

Jose came back to work with George today, while Matt took care of other business.  They put in close to a 12-hr day -- those boys worked hard!

1. The first 5 courses of tile were laid -- up to where the mosaic accent will be installed.
2. A 12" x 12" shower cubby was constructed in the half wall -- a place to set shampoo, body wash, etc.
3. The shower curb and top of the half-wall were pitched and tiled.  The pitch caused some angst because it seemed so extreme, but both George & Matt said it's standard (& subsequently the glass door guy seemed to agree & had stories about situations where others had done it wrong).  I think we won't notice it when the glass is in.  I also checked it from head-on, as if entering the shower, & it's imperceptible then.
4. The new shower ceiling was put in.  A shower light will be installed later.
5. The outside of the half-wall was dry-walled.
6. The water-damaged subfloor around the toilet was removed & blocking added.  A new plywood subfloor was installed.

Mid-day

Mid-day

Day 6 (Monday) - More backer board, some electrical

George arrived back from vacation today to help Matt with the project.

1. The existing lights in the soffit above the sink look fine, so we're keeping them.  Matt climbed up in the attic & fully checked them out.  (p.s. Brian - he said it's the best lit attic he's ever been in; too bad it wasn't in the part he was working in.)
2. There's more backer board up & a ceiling in the shower and the seams are taped.
3. There's a coat of something over the mud in the shower pan.
4. There's a hole in the ceiling where the old exhaust fan was.

Day 5 (Friday) - Mud pan, backer board, more plumbing.

Today was a long day, almost 12 hrs (9:30am - 8pm)!

1. The mud pan is in.
2. The shower curb is in
3. The moisture barrier & cement backer board is up
4. The shower valve & shower head are in.
5. Apparently the nailgun, used to install backer board on the shared wall studs, knocked some of the grout out of the hallway bathroom's tile, because I found shards of it in the tub as well as holes in the grout lines.  So a little grout repair is going to be needed there.