Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[drstratton]

I left Detroit, my daughter's, just ahead of the storms there. They have been having flooding ever since including the major highways where people had to abandon their cars.

The weather everywhere is just nuts right now.

I'm glad you made it home safely!

 

[BY Bob]

I'm glad you made it home safely!

If I had stayed 4 hours longer. Just crazy.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I know I have not been around a lot. My daughter had a crisis that I spent the last week helping her with.

She was in the middle of a bathroom remodel and the contractor abandoned her for a higher paying job. They only have one bathroom in their house. And it was stripped down. So I headed out on Monday to help. Here is the story as I wrote it for my thread.


Monday
I arrived at my daughter's on Monday night and they had gotten their part done. The floor and tub were tiled and the walls painted. The first thing I did Monday night was to install the toilet.

There had been no toilet for a week. Did I mention the house only has 1 bathroom and was built in 1948.

There was no door so I grabbed a rug I keep in my car for emergencies and tacked it up.

Since it took me 7 hours to drive there, it was midnight Monday when the toilet was operational.

Tuesday
We woke up early Tuesday and went to work. Tuesday's priorities in order of installation.

1. Vanity Light
2. Medicine Cabinet
3. Vanity
4. Sink and faucet
5. Caulk tub
6. Install shower head and shower fixtures

By the end of the day, all was completed but a flaw was identified in the shower control knob. The shower was usable but it was 12:30 am when we were done and showers would wait until morning.

Wednesday
It was hard waking up on Wednesday until you realized a shower was waiting. Everyone showered before we got started. There were a lot of smiles.

The big project on Wednesday was to install a new door. I hate installing doors. Along with the door we wanted to install

• GFI outlet
• Towel rack
• Toilet paper holder
• Exhaust fan
• Baseboard molding
• Window trim
• Marble window sill
• Bathroom door trim
• Door knob

We got the door installed, outlet, towel rack, exhaust fan, toilet paper holder, baseboard, and marble window sill.

It was when I was working on the window trim when I made my first error. It was about midnight and I mis-measured a cut on the left side trim. I had them purchase extra trim but before I cut that window trim again I wanted to cut the door trim.

Once I cut the door trim I uncovered issues mounting it to the door frame. Nothing was even. The door frame, studs, and wall were all at different depths. There was no good way to fasten the trim. At that point I pulled the plug on everything. I put on the door knob and sent everyone to bed around 1:30 am.

Thursday
I only had a half day on Thursday as I had to drive home. Everyone was up early and off to the home improvement store we went. After searching through all the trim options, I found two things which would make a nice fix. We bought the trim and headed back.

Everything went together beautifully. It turned out like it was designed that way. I finished the window trim and I was done.

Close up door trim. There are 4 pieces of wood making up this trim. I am still surprised at how well it came out.

The rest was on them. I left them with a functioning bathroom again.

As I pulled out of their driveway, my son-in-law's father pulled in to complete the electrical and help with finishing the trim and painting the door.

Here is the bathroom as I left it.

Bathroom door, inside

Outside

Vanity, sink, medicine cabinet, and window.

Window and bath tile.

Bath tile and shower fixtures

Light fixture and exhaust fan

Water running into the tub.

Wow! That was a lot of work! Nice work! I bet your daughter was so relieved and grateful! You are a good dad!

 

[BY Bob]

Wow! That was a lot of work! Nice work! I bet your daughter was so relieved and grateful! You are a good dad!

It was really appreciated. They were very glad. I was happy to help.

 

[drstratton]

Happy 4th of July everyone!

I'm sharing the last pictures of our kitchen. Except for the doors that we are waiting for we are finished and it feels good. Thank you for putting up with this part of my journey and thank you for all of the encouragement you have all given to me along the way!

Starting on Monday...I'm hoping to at least be able to pop onto everyone's pages and say hello! Catching up will be a daunting task, but I'm looking forward to it!

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy 4th of July everyone!

I'm sharing the last pictures of our kitchen. Except for the doors that we are waiting for we are finished and it feels good. Thank you for putting up with this part of my journey and thank you for all of the encouragement you have all given to me along the way!

Starting on Monday...I'm hoping to at least be able to pop onto everyone's pages and say hello! Catching up will be a daunting task, but I'm looking forward to it!


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Wow wow wow wow! Look at that! And the green tile!!!
It looks beautiful. I hope you are really loving it.

 

[drstratton]

Wow wow wow wow! Look at that! And the green tile!!!
It looks beautiful. I hope you are really loving it.

Thank you RC! It makes me so happy...you all encouraged me to go with what I really like...thank you for that. Hubs liked the blue tile initially, but I know that he's also very pleased with green!

 

[N F C]

Happy 4th of July everyone!

I'm sharing the last pictures of our kitchen. Except for the doors that we are waiting for we are finished and it feels good. Thank you for putting up with this part of my journey and thank you for all of the encouragement you have all given to me along the way!

Starting on Monday...I'm hoping to at least be able to pop onto everyone's pages and say hello! Catching up will be a daunting task, but I'm looking forward to it!


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It's beautiful Rene, congrats on completing such a huge project!

 

[BY Bob]

Happy 4th of July everyone!

I'm sharing the last pictures of our kitchen. Except for the doors that we are waiting for we are finished and it feels good. Thank you for putting up with this part of my journey and thank you for all of the encouragement you have all given to me along the way!

Starting on Monday...I'm hoping to at least be able to pop onto everyone's pages and say hello! Catching up will be a daunting task, but I'm looking forward to it!


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It is magnificent and the green backsplash is even prettier than I remembered. What an amazing job you have done!

 

[drstratton]

It's beautiful Rene, congrats on completing such a huge project!

Thank you Debby! I was beginning to think it would never be finished!