Master Bathroom Update (1)

Wow, it's amazing how time flies when you're working AND working on your house! Since the last post, we have made significant strides with our master bathroom. Although...we DO still have some things to do before calling it finished.

Picking up where we left of back in the tail end of spring, the first thing that we had to do was prepare the substrate for the tile. We opted to use Wonderboard on the floor, shower walls, and shower ceiling. This is by no means a steam shower, but we liked the idea of tile on the ceiling. Since I am a freak and totally overdo things, we also decided to use Schluter products between the substrate and the tile. For the floor, we laid Ditra, which is a decoupler that is supposed to ensure that even if the floors shift a bit, the tiles won't crack. For the walls and ceiling of the shower/tub, we used Kerdi as a waterproof membrane.

In hindsight, I will probably opt to just use greenboard behind the Kerdi when we do the upstairs bathroom as I really think that it will help out with keeping the surfaces smooth, which will translate to making it easier to keep all of the tiles flush. Unfortunately, after we had all of the tiling and grouting done and I taped out the are of where the cabinets were going, we realized that our toilet placement sucked. So we (I) had to remove some tiles, patch the subfloor, install some new tiles, and make appropriate cuts for where the toilet woud be moved to without breaking anything. I turned out great, but what a chore. I guess while planning the layout I should have listened to my wife...and my dad...and the plumber.

We also installed our cabinets and ordered our countertop. It's actuall starting to look like a bathroom, and not having to go into the dungeon to shower at 5:30am for work is a true pleasure that is often taken for granted (IMO).

You guessed it...pics to come!