Catching up on the bathroom project

Still trying to get caught up on the bathroom progress so here is some of the tiling and plumbing for the bathtub.  I started off with the tile under the window.  The seat is covered in large Tavertine marble and for the wall I used multi-colored slate.  Notice the old water pipes sticking up in the lower right corner....these will be replaced shortly.

Along the edge of the seat, I used some long thin rounded tiles to hide the flat edge of the marble.  These took some effort hold in place until they set.

After this I had to stop and wait for the plumbing.  We originally planned to hire a plumber, but a friend a work had some plumbing experience and wanted to teach me to braze copper.  With some practice work and a little supervision we managed to get it right with no leaks! The valve handles and tub spout will connect to this hardware in the wall.

The next step was replacing the backer board over the plumbing.  By the way...the little black kitty in the window is Inka.  We adopted him last year a couple of months after we lost Jasper.

And then of course more tiling...

And for the last picture we have all the tile on the walls!

In the next post I'll show the results after grouting (much darker!) and the start on the floor tiling. 

 

Shower Remodel - final results!

For those who still haven't seen it...here is the final result of the shower.  Before we installed the glass I wanted to start the tile on the wall next to the shower.  It started off ugly when I put the backer board up without insulation and didn't realize it until some of the tile was on.  Fortunately I could cut the board enough to get insulation in all the sections except one, and that I VERY carefully filled with expanding foam. 

Next came the glass.  We hired this part out.  It would have taken some special tools and a lot more courage than I have to measure the glass and install it.  With this and the faucet hardware installed we finally have a working shower! 

For anyone who may be wondering...the project took 6 months from tear out of the original shower to finishing the glass.  The other tile work is still in progress - mainly due to all my other projects, trips, and that pesky career that often demands my time!