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I'm getting alarmingly close to being finished. So as per my form with previous PPOR renos, that means I'm only spending the odd hour two on the bathroom as I have well and truly moved onto other things. Bath is in and the girls have commissioned it. The bath side will be white Corian (or...

I had a builder over last week to help me do something. It was a two man job and I thought it might be an idea if I was getting an extra body to get one who knew what they were doing - as opposed to the blind leading the blind. I thought it would take us most of the day to do what I wanted to...

It's getting closer. No really, it is.

Right, I'm back onto the bathroom reno. Has it really been going this long? Got distracted by another PPOR reno and a few holidays. I've made a deal with missus to get the bath in by October 12 - her birthday. And I've made a deal with myself to finish the bathroom 100% - I usually lose...

And some inside

Now I remember why when I did a bathroom rebuild 15 years ago in another PPOR I said I would never do another one. I had forgotten what a layered process a bathroom is. That box sticking out (that will be sheeted in FC and screened) will house the laundry. Tiling the floor this weekend...

Some 'during' photos. A few hairy moments pulling the side out of the house - sandstock bricks with lime mortar means more wall than you want usually comes down.

Got some photos A couple of 'before' ones first. So this was the downstairs bathroom. A pokey little one just inside the front door. The front door is now gone - we've never used it. That whole area will be the bathroom and laundry. Up till now we've had the washing machine stuck under the...

I've bitten the bullet and started on a bigger downstairs bathroom/laundry. Came up against the typical problems with old houses. - Discovered that the power for the existing bathroom was all coming off a light circuit. It then went on to feed rooms beyond. That part of the house needs to...