Before
We’ve been in our new house for about 6 months, and it’s time the bathrooms got a makeover.
There are 3 bathrooms and all of them are just as ugly. The taps are old and starting to drip,
the shower enclosure is falling apart. The cast iron baths have been re-enameled one too many times.
The overall design didn’t make sense. We have planned to sacrifice the Study and replace it with a Walk-In Closet
come Dressing Room. Overall this will be my second largest renovation on this house.
The guest bathroom was always planned to be first on my list as it was a lot smaller and less complex,
but with the state of the “Master Bathroom” we decided to tackle it first and get it out the way.
After this, refurbishing the swimming pool and installing wood laminate floors in the last 2 bedrooms will
feel like weekend jobs.
After much deliberation, I think we have everything layed out for what will work for us. Ideally I hope to be left with an upmarket
his and hers bathroom where we will each have our own individual space.
After
The “Blue” wall is what I’ll need to have built (My masonary skills still need to be honed). The “Red” walls are what we’ll be
breaking out. I don’t need to replace all the plumbing, but considering I’ll be tearing absolutely everything down, I may as
well replace the old galvanised pipes with copper while I’m, busy. It will save me from doing it later when the pipe corrodes through.
Also, the current shower takes forever to heat up, so I’ll re-run all the pipes in the most direct route possible, probably through the
roof to what we call a geyser but is probably more universally known as a water heater.
Being an older house, I’d like to replace the converntional taps with “Mixer Taps”. To be able to do this I need to ensure my geyser/water heater
is a “high pressure” unit and that I have a “master flow” valve installed. So while the demolition starts, I’ll be gathering that info…