Day 4 (Thursday) - Preslope & pan liner

Report:

Today was a half day, because a former client had an emergency.

1. The pre-slope is installed.
2. The pan liner is in.
3. Considering:
• whether to install new can lights above the counter.
• chrome vs brushed nickel fixtures (leaning towards chrome).
• a shower fixture with detachable handshower like the Delta In2ition.
• a faucet style similar to the Delta Classic in the downstairs bathroom.

Net net - Steady progress.  Still on schedule.

Day 3 (Wednesday) - Framing, floor, countertop template

Report:

1. New half wall is framed in.
2. New shower sub-floor is in.
3. New studs sistered to the one(s) with dry rot shaved off.
4. Shower cubby will go into the half-wall because there isn't room in the side wall with the hall bathroom's plumbing. 
5. New exhaust fan switch will joining the heater switch in the heater switch location. Switch box will be changed to plastic. 
6. The fabricator came & made a template for the counter-top.

Net net - Construction seems slower than demo, but on schedule (2.5 wks).

Day 2 (Tuesday) - More demo & some plumbing

1. The flooring dried nicely overnight. :)
2. The electrical  box at the shower entrance is history.  A new switch/ timer will move to a new "legal" location (code says it can't be within reach when standing in a wet shower.  I thought... "that's a little overly conservative," but shortly thereafter changed my mind when insulation of the white wire to the existing switch turned out to be abraded, apparently from a ragged edge on the box, & energized the box while Matt was removing it.  Eek!)
3. The soffit & studs making up the NW corner of the shower are gone and the roof did not collapse, so they truly weren't load-bearing.  ;)
4. The iron water lines in the shower have been replaced with PEX tubing and run to the E wall.
5. New drain installed & re-centered (was off-center before).
6. Dry rot was shaved off stud.
7. We decided on an oval sink.

Net net - Good progress.

Day 1 (Monday) - Preparation, demolition & debris removal

Matt & Jose got most of the demo done today and carted off the debris.

1. The shower tiles had been mounted directly on drywall (not backer board) which I'm told is/was not good practice in OR (& doesn't bode well for the other showers in the house if they're used more often and/or not wiped down). There's some dry rot in the studs. The shower mud pan had held, though, & there seems to not be water or dry rot in the shower floor. 
2. The steel/wax ring that the toilet was mounted on has been leaking; you can see water discoloration 2-3 ft out. The brown stuff forcing its way up through the linoleum seams (that I had always imagined was some kind of oogy chemical reaction) was just wet bits of particle board. 
3. Mostly the subfloor looks ok 4) the sistered studs at the NW corner of the shower don't appear to be load-bearing so they can come out, allowing a half-wall with glass above for a more spacious feeling.
4. Surprisingly, when the floor was removed, there's a register-sized hole in the subfloor to the left of the heat register.
5. Pentalquartz is mostly not available in honed anymore, so back to polished Botticino for the counter-top.

Net net - There's some water damage, as expected, but not as much as feared.  Shouldn't cost too much to repair.

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