Bathroom finished
I completed the upstairs bathroom several weeks ago - but did not get a chance to post pics. Overall I am very happy how it came out. I really wanted to pull off a slick job to convince myself I could actually do this on a regular basis. I ended up subcontracting several parts to avoid a chance of a mistake due to my inexperience. So the shower base and the toilet were set by a plumber [$$$] Also - after i laid the floor tile, I had a friend Travis come over to help me grout. The required grout job was not rocket science - but i knew it would take me 4 hours and be an "OK" job - whereas it took Travis hmmm... 21 minutes to do it and it looks WAY better than I could have pulled off.
So lessons learned:
- Self leveling concrete does not always self level.
- Don't buy concrete in Barbie pail sizes to avoid a mess. [$$$]
- Lowes only charges $150 to install a shower door.
- Use only your Lowes and/or Home Depot Credit cards during a project to track expense better.
- I took WAY too long to figure out a couple of things
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