Bathroom Remodel

[Chuck Smith]

A few months ago, I redid the downstairs bathroom. The sink is a little large, but it worked out great, and it was a BIG improvement. The shelf was just a place to accumulate junk. I moved the shelf to the garage where it will have a long life of storing "Stuff" (notice it's not called junk when it is on the shelf in the garage:D).

The whole bathroom is only 3' x 5'. The sink that was there you could pretty much wash one hand at a time!

~Chuck

[William B.]

Wow Chuck, you've been busy. Looks great.

William

[snowplowjay]

That is definitely NOT a mans sized crapper LOL...

You did a terriffic job Chuck that looks great...............


Jay

[Pelican]

Nice job!

Brings new meaning to the term "water closet" though! :haha

[Chuck Smith]

I know when the house was built, it didn't have bathrooms. It had an outhouse, the foundation of which, is still out back. Upstairs there was a tub and sink, but no toilet. The downstairs bathroom was an upgrade at some point. They took the back porch, and split it into a mud room, and second half bath. The kitchen had two doors, now it has one. I assume to keep the heat from the wood cook stove from spreading to the rest of the house during the warmer months. I still have the wood cookstove chimney, but it is blocked off. I found the hole when we renovated the kitchen. I also found an ash hole in the floor where they would bank the ashes to the cellar. Pretty cool. I still have the coal bin in the cellar. My cellar has an 8' ceiling, which is rare in the older homes around here. Since my house was built by a lumber company, no shortcuts were taken, It was top notch technology for the 30's after the depression. My cellar walls are poured concrete, not block. When I ripped up the plywood on the kitchen floor to replace it, I found oak hardwood flooring under it. Even my entire walk up attic is tongue and groove flooring. The story I got is the original owner worked for the lumber company. They wanted him to manage a new office in town, so they gave him the lot(actually 2 lots), built the house, and he paid for the materials.

The house across the street is a Sears, came in on a train. The one next to it, is a Montgomery Ward, also came in on a train. It was the easiest and cheapest way for the miners that lived and worked here back then to buy a home.

Jay upstairs is the elongated bowl, with the power flush little keg in the tank.. vaaawhooooosh. With three females here, I spend most of my time in the water closet though... works for me.

~Chuck

[Pickering Snow]

Chuck

Great job on both projects glad your getting it done know, with JR just days away , Its cool how you know the history of your house same goes for me i live in the very house i was born in yes born in Grandma Pickering lived around the corner from this house and midwifed all 7 of us boys , any way growing up here i know just about everything that dad did here to the house and its so cool raising my kids in the same house i was i have had the same adress and phone number for 42yrs.

Ps on the note about the girls try having three of them sharing 1.5 bathrooms and you can know why iam up so early in the morning :wink

[SIPLOWGUY]

Nice work again Chuck!

[cat320]

Chuck looks good I like the wainscoating.

[chipsearthworks]

I know when the house was built, it didn't have bathrooms. It had an outhouse,
~Chuck

So another words you finally got indoor plumbing :grinz :jk

Looks good though my parents just got finished with there remoldes seems like it took forever
Growing up with two older sister I can relate to the pleasure of haveing your own "place of comfort"